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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70374

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: SH-60B
Effectivity:: 0016
Lot Number:: 01
Mfr. Date:
Aircraft Status:: preserved
Last Updated:: 2024-05-21

* 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
September 1983	161563	SH-60B		U.S. Navy
The aircraft was manufactured in Owego, New York in September 1983 and on 24 May 1984 the Aircraft was accepted into the Navy Inventory. Following acceptance, the aircraft was transferred to the Seahawks of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light FOUR ONE (HSL-41), located aboard Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California. Nicknamed EasyRider 52 spent most of its service life with HSL-41, providing initial and refresher training to pilots and aircrew bound for operational fleet squadrons. Following the transition of HSL-41 to the newer MH-60R, EasyRider 52 was transferred in 2008 to HSL-37, located on board Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Kaneohe, Hawaii. EasyRider 52’s last flight was in March of 2009, culminating in 25 years of service, 10,399 flight hours, and 43,870 landings.

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

September 1983

161563

SH-60B

U.S. Navy

The aircraft was manufactured in Owego, New York in September 1983 and on 24 May 1984 the Aircraft was accepted into the Navy Inventory. Following acceptance, the aircraft was transferred to the Seahawks of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light FOUR ONE (HSL-41), located aboard Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California.

Nicknamed EasyRider 52 spent most of its service life with HSL-41, providing initial and refresher training to pilots and aircrew bound for operational fleet squadrons. Following the transition of HSL-41 to the newer MH-60R, EasyRider 52 was transferred in 2008 to HSL-37, located on board Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Kaneohe, Hawaii. EasyRider 52’s last flight was in March of 2009, culminating in 25 years of service, 10,399 flight hours, and 43,870 landings.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
25 January 2010	161563	SH-60B		U.S. Navy
EasyRider 52 was struck from the aircraft inventory on January 25, 2010, and received a commemorative EasyRider paint scheme. On December 13, 2010, EasyRider 52 was placed at the front gate of Marine Corps Base Hawaii for permanent display. The aircraft is on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum.