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- Code Number:
- TAHV04P05_03
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N317Y, SFO Helicopter Lines, Sikorsky S-61N, flying, airborne, June 1969, 1960s
- CN: 61-223
History: Japan JA9507 Mitsubishi, delivered to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in kit form 1963 then it was reassembled as a Mitsubishi-Sikorsky MS-61N, CN M61-003, registered JA9507, 1964 returned to Sikorsky, USA as S-61N, CN 61-223, N317Y, 08/04/1974 USA as N317Y San Francisco Oakland Airlines sold to SFO Airlines, in San Francisco as N317Y, 08/04/1974 reg canx, 23/11/1976 United Kingdom G-BEID British Airways Helicopters sold to UK as G-BEID, 24/11/1976 An engine fire warning causing the aircraft to be ditched into the North Sea, all 21 aboard were rescued as the aircraft burned and sank, 18/07/1988. written-off
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Sikorsky S-61, Turbo Shaft, Twin Engine, Single Main Rotor, Helicopter, VTOL, Helo, Rotary Wing, Whirlybird, Aviation, aircraft, Transportation, Transport, Rotorcraft, Rotarywing, H-3, Turbo-shaft, Civilian Helicopter, VTOL
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