General Information about the S-70/H-60 Data Plate

The Aircraft’s Data Plate (Placard) for the H-60 can be found in one of several places depending on the Model and Country. On the U.S. Army and Air Force Aircraft it will be located on the right-hand side of the Center Console. For the U.S. Navy it is normally located of the left-hand Side of the Center Console.

Data Plate Overview:
Model No:
This is the model it was designated as built.
Serial No:
This will be the Aircrafts original Customers Tail Number.
Mfrs. No:
This represents the aircrafts sequence number based on the number of S-70 aircraft built.
Date Mfd:
Date aircraft was manufactured. (Not sure on beginning or End of process).
Contract Cert. No:
Contract number the aircraft was built under.
Data Plate 1
Data Plate for UH-60A 79-23318
Data Plate 2
Data Plate for SH-60B 163248

In the above images you will see examples of 2 Data Plates. The left is for UH-60A 79-23318 which was the 135th aircraft built under the S-70 model series and was built in February 1981 under a U.S. Army contract.The right is for SH-60B 163248 which was the 611th aircraft built under the S-70 model series and was built in October of 1988 under a U.S. Navy Contract.

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