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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70025

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: YSH-60B
Effectivity:: 0005
Lot Number:: N/A
Mfr. Date:
Aircraft Status:: preserved
Last Updated:: 2024-04-19

* The model displayed above will either be the aircraft's birth or earliest modified model. To see the aircrafts modification history see the below Aircraft Historical Events.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 1

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
14 July 1980	161173	YSH-60B		Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
First Flight for this aircraft was on 14 July 1980 at the Sikorsky Facility, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

14 July 1980

161173

YSH-60B

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

First Flight for this aircraft was on 14 July 1980 at the Sikorsky Facility, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
February 1983	161173	YSH-60B		U.S. Navy
Flight tests were conducted between 9-16 February 1983, with original design long-wire HF antenna installed to establish a baseline database for testing. The aircraft was located with the Naval Air Test Center (NATC) at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. In March 1983 the prototype Rockwell-Collins 437R-2 tuned HF monopole and short-wire antenna system was installed by NATC personnel. Flight testing was conducted between March 14 - April 4, 1983, with prototype HF antenna system installed. In 1987 the aircraft was preserved and on Gate Guard Display with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 46 (HSL-46) at Naval Station (NS) Mayport, Florida.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

February 1983

161173

YSH-60B

U.S. Navy

Flight tests were conducted between 9-16 February 1983, with original design long-wire HF antenna installed to establish a baseline database for testing. The aircraft was located with the Naval Air Test Center (NATC) at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland.

In March 1983 the prototype Rockwell-Collins 437R-2 tuned HF monopole and short-wire antenna system was installed by NATC personnel. Flight testing was conducted between March 14 - April 4, 1983, with prototype HF antenna system installed.

In 1987 the aircraft was preserved and on Gate Guard Display with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 46 (HSL-46) at Naval Station (NS) Mayport, Florida.