Sikorsky H-34

Sikorsky H-34 / S-58

Role	Helicopter
Manufacturer	Sikorsky Aircraft
First flight	8 March 1954
Introduction	1954
Status	out of production, still in civilian service
Primary users	United States Army United States Navy United States Marines
Produced	1954–1970 ^[1] (Foreign production of derivatives and sub-types continued under license after the Sikorsky production ended.)
Number built	2,108
Developed from	Sikorsky S-55
Variants	Westland Wessex

The Sikorsky H-34 (company designation S-58) is a piston-engined military helicopter originally designed by American aircraft manufacturer Sikorsky as an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft for the United States Navy. It has seen extended use when adapted to turbine power by the British licensee as the Westland Wessex and Sikorsky as the later S-58T.

H-34s served, mostly as medium transports, on every continent with the armed forces of twenty-five countries. It saw combat in Algeria, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and throughout Southeast Asia; other uses included saving flood victims, recovering astronauts, fighting fires, and carrying presidents. It was one of the last piston-powered helicopter designs before its replacement by turbine-powered types such as the UH-1 Huey and CH-46 Sea Knight. A total of 2,108 H-34s were manufactured between 1953 and 1970.^[2]

Development

A U.S. Navy HSS-1 with dipping sonar deployed, in 1960.

CH-37C and UH-34D of the United States Marine Corps.

The Sikorsky S-58 was developed as a lengthened and more powerful version of the Sikorsky Model S-55, or UH-19 Chickasaw, with a similar nose, but with a tail-dragger rear fuselage and landing gear, rather than the high-tail, 4-post pattern. It retained the nose-mounted piston engine with the drive shaft passing through the cockpit placed high above the cargo compartment.

The aircraft first flew on 8 March 1954. The first production aircraft was ready in September and entered in service for the United States Navy initially designated HSS-1 Seabat (in its anti-submarine configuration) and HUS-1 Seahorse (in its utility transport configuration) under the U.S. Navy designation system for U.S. Navy, United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Coast Guard (USCG) aircraft. The U.S. Army and Marine Corps, respectively, ordered it in 1955 and 1957. Under the United States Army's aircraft designation system, also used by the United States Air Force, the helicopter was designated H-34. The U.S. Army also applied the name Choctaw to the helicopter. In 1962, under the new unified DoD aircraft designation system, the Seabat was redesignated SH-34, the Seahorse as the UH-34, and the Choctaw as the CH-34.

Roles included utility transport, anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, and VIP transport. In its standard configuration, transport versions could carry 12 to 16 troops, or eight stretcher cases if utilized in the MedEvac role, while VIP transports carried significantly fewer people in much greater comfort. A small fleet of H-34 helicopters served US Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy from 1958 to 1961 using the call sign Army One.

A total of 135 H-34s were built in the U.S. and assembled by Sud-Aviation in France, 166 were produced under licence in France by Sud-Aviation for the French Air Force, Navy and Army Aviation (ALAT).

The CH-34 was also built and developed under license from 1958 in the United Kingdom by Westland Aircraft as the turboshaft engined Wessex which was used by the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. The RN Wessex was fitted out with weapons and ASW equipment for use in an antisubmarine role. The RAF used the Wessex, with turboshaft engines, as an air/sea rescue helicopter and as troop transporter. Wessexes were also exported to other countries and produced for civilian use.

Operational history

Algerian War

Main article: Algerian War

The helicopters used by the French Army Light Aviation (ALAT), including the Sikorsky H-34, aggregated over 190,000 flying hours in Algeria (over 87,000 for the H-21 alone) and helped to evacuate over 20,000 French combatants from the combat area, including nearly 2,200 at night. By the time the war in Algeria had ended, eight officers and 23 non-commissioned officers from ALAT had given their lives in the course of their duties.

The use of armed helicopters during the Algerian War, coupled with helicopter transports which can insert troops into enemy territory, gave birth to some of the tactics of airmobile warfare that continue today.^[3]

Vietnam War

A U.S. Coast Guard HUS-1G in 1960.

French evaluations on the reported ground fire vulnerabilities of the CH-34 may have influenced the U.S. Army's decision to deploy the CH-21 Shawnee to Vietnam instead of the CH-34, pending the introduction into widespread service of the Bell UH-1 Iroquois. U.S. Army H-34s did not participate in Vietnam, and did not fly in the assault helicopter role, however a quantity were supplied to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. These saw little use due to a lack of spare parts and maintenance.^[4]

U.S. Marine Corps UH-34Ds over Mekong Delta.

U.S. Marine Corps UH-34Ds over Vietnam, 1965.

Its higher availability and reliability due to its simplicity compared to the newer helicopters led Marines to ask for it by name. The phrases "give me a HUS", "get me a HUS" and "cut me a HUS" entered the U.S. Marine Corps vernacular, being used even after the type was no longer in use to mean "help me out".^[5]

USMC H-34s were also among the first helicopter gunships trialled in theatre, being fitted with the Temporary Kit-1 (TK-1), comprising two M60C machine guns and two 19-shot 2.75 inch rocket pods. The operations were met with mixed enthusiasm, and the armed H-34s, known as "Stingers" were quickly phased out. The TK-1 kit would form the basis of the TK-2 kit used on the UH-1E helicopters of the USMC.

An H-34 was featured in the famous early-Vietnam War Time-Life photo essay "One Ride With Yankee Papa 13", photographer Larry Burrows, which depicted stages of a disastrous combat mission in which several crew were wounded or killed.

Post-Vietnam War

The H-34 remained in service with United States Army and Marine Corps aviation units into the late 1960s; at this time it was also standard equipment in Marine Corps Reserve, Army Reserve and Army National Guard aviation units, eventually being replaced by the UH-1 Iroquois utility helicopter. Sikorsky terminated all production activities in 1968, a total of 1,821 having been built.^[6] All H-34 helicopters were retired from service in the U.S. military by the early 1970s; the type having the distinction of being the last piston-engined helicopter to be operated by the Marine Corps. On 3 September 1973, the last flight of a USMC UH-34 occurred as Bureau Number 147191 which had been formally assigned to Headquarters Squadron, FMF Pacific was flown from Quantico, Virginia to MCAS New River to be placed on static display.^[7]^[8]

France

France purchased an initial batch of 134 Choctaws; these were shipped in kit-form from the United States and locally assembled by Sud-Aviation. Later, a further 166 were domestically manufactured by Sud-Aviation; these were operated by the French Army Light Aviation (Army), French Naval Aviation (Navy) and Air force.^[9]

Wessex at Ascension Island, 1982

United Kingdom

Main article: Westland Wessex

The Wessex was used as an anti-submarine and utility helicopter with the Royal Navy and as a transport and search and rescue helicopter with the Royal Air Force.

South Vietnam

VNAF CH-34As at Tan Son Nhut.

USMC helicopter in Vietnam.

S-58T of New York Helicopter at 34th Street Helicopter pad in 1987

The H-34 was the primary VNAF helicopter until replaced by the Bell UH-1 Huey.^[10]

Israel

Israeli Air Force Sikorsky S-58 (1967)

Israeli S-58s flew numerous combat missions after the end of the Six Days War; these missions were mainly against Palestinians infiltrating Israel or against their bases in Jordan. On 21 March 1968, various S-58s participated in the Battle of Karameh, bringing Israeli troops in and out of the theatre as well as evacuating the wounded. This was the last operation of the S-58 as it was retired shortly later, having been replaced by the newer Bell 205 and Aérospatiale Super Frelon.^[11]

Civilian use

Civil S-58T powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T Twin-Pac turbine power plant

The H-34's lift capacity was just sufficient to lift a Mercury space capsule. In 1961, the hatch of Mercury-Redstone 4 was prematurely detached and the capsule was filled with seawater. The extra weight was too much for the H-34 and the capsule, Liberty Bell 7, was emergency released and sank in deep water.^[12]

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, S-58T turbine-powered helicopters were operated by New York Helicopters in scheduled passenger airline service between JFK International Airport and East 34th Street Heliport, New York.^[13]

Variants

H-34A: U.S. Army version of the HSS-1 powered by a 1,525 hp R-1820-84, re-designated CH-34A in 1962, 359 built and 21 transferred from the U.S. Navy.
JH-34A: Designation for H-34A used for weapon tests.
VH-34A: Staff transport conversions of H-34A.
H-34B: H-34As converted with detail changes, became CH-34B in 1962.
H-34C: H-34B design with detail changes converted from H-34As, became CH-34C in 1962.
JH-34C: Designation for CH-34C used for weapon tests.
VH-34C: Staff transport conversions of CH-34C.
HH-34D: Designation applied to aircraft given USAF serials to be transferred under MAP and MDAP.
LH-34D: HUS-1L re-designated in 1962
UH-34D: HUS-1 re-designated in 1962 and 54 new build.
VH-34D: HUS-1Z re-designated in 1962
UH-34E: HUS-1A re-designated in 1962
HH-34F: HUS-1G re-designated in 1962
YSH-34G: YHSS-1 re-designated in 1962
SH-34G: HSS-1 re-designated in 1962
SH-34H: HSS-1F re-designated in 1962
YSH-34J

SH-34Js on the USS Essex in 1962

YHSS-1N re-designated in 1962
SH-34J: HSS-1N re-designated in 1962
UH-34J: SH-34J without ASW equipment for cargo and training purposes.
HH-34J: Ex-USN UH-34Js operated by the U.S. Air Force
VH-34J: Staff transport conversions of SH-34J.
XHSS-1 Seabat: Three Sikorsky S-58s for evaluation by the U.S. Navy, re-designated YHSS-1 then YSH-34G in 1962.
HSS-1 Seabat: Production Anti-Submarine model for the U.S. Navy, re-designated SH-34G in 1962, 215 built
HSS-1F Seabat: One HSS-1 re-engined with two YT-58-GE as a flying test bed, re-designated SH-34H in 1962.
YHSS-1N Seabat: One HSS-1 converted as the HSS-1N prototype, re-designated YSH-34J in 1962.
HSS-1N Seabat: Night/Bad weather version of the HSS-1 with improved avionics and autopilot, re-designated SH-34J in 1962, 167 built (an addition 75 HSS-1 airframes were built to CH-34C standard for West Germany).
HUS-1 Seahorse: Utility transport version of the HSS-1 for the U.S. Marine Corps, re-designated UH-34D in 1962, 462 built
HUS-1A Seahorse: Forty HUS-1s fitted with amphibious pontoons, re-designated UH-34E in 1962.
HUS-1G Seahorse: United States Coast Guard version of the HUS-1, re-designated HH-34F in 1962, six built.
HUS-1L Seahorse: Four HUS-1s converted for Antarctic operations with VXE-6, re-designated LH-34D in 1962.
HUS-1Z Seahorse: Seven HUS-1s fitted with VIP interior for the Executive Flight Detachment, re-designated VH-34D in 1962.
CH-126: Canadian military designation for the S-58B.
S-58A: Commercial designation for basic cargo variant, certified in 1956
S-58B: Commercial designation for improved cargo variant, certified in 1956
S-58C: Commercial passenger transport/airliner version, certified in 1956
S-58D: Commercial airliner/freighter version, certified in 1961
S-58E: Certified in 1971
S-58F: Certified in 1972 an increased maximum weight variant of the S-58B.
S-58G: Certified in 1972 an increased maximum weight variant of the S-58C.
S-58H: Certified in 1972 an increased maximum weight variant of the S-58D.
S-58J: Certified in 1972 an increased maximum weight variant of the S-58E
S-58T: Commercial conversion to turboshaft power using Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3 Twin-Pac turboshaft with special nose cowling featuring distinctive twin rectangular air intakes, designations relate to original model:
S-58BT: Turboshaft powered-converstion of the S-58B
S-58DT: Turboshaft powered-converstion of the S-58D
S-58ET: Turboshaft powered-converstion of the S-58E
S-58FT: Turboshaft powered-converstion of the S-58F
S-58HT: Turboshaft powered-converstion of the S-58H
S-58JT: Turboshaft powered-converstion of the S-58J
Orlando Heli-Camper: RV conversion by Winnebago Industries and Orlando Helicopter, fitted with a Wright Cyclone R-1820-24 engine.^[14]
Orlando Airliner: Commercial conversion. 18-seat passenger transport helicopter.
Westland Wessex: Licence production and development in the United Kingdom.

Operators

Argentina

Belgium

Brazil

Brazilian Navy^[17]

Canada

Chile

Chilean Navy^[19]^[20]

Costa Rica

Ministry of Public Security^[21]

Dominican Republic

Dominican Air Force

France

West Germany

Haiti

Haitian Air Corps^[24]

Indonesia

Indonesian Air Force^[25]

Italy

Italian Air Force^[26]

Israel

Israeli Air Force^[27]

Japan

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force^[28]

Khmer Republic

Khmer Air Force

Kingdom of Laos

Royal Lao Air Force^[29]

Netherlands

Royal Netherlands Navy^[30]

Nicaragua

Fuerza Aérea Sandinista^[31]

Philippines

Philippine Air Force^[32]

South Vietnam

Vietnam Air Force^[33]

Republic of China

Republic of China Army^[34]

Thailand

Royal Thai Air Force^[35]

United States

Uruguay

Uruguayan Navy^[39]

Accidents and incidents

27 July 1960 Chicago Helicopter Airways Flight 698 a S-58C registered N879 crashed into Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois, United States with the loss of 11 passengers and two crew. The investigation concluded that the helicopter became uncontrollable as a result of structural disintegration in flight caused by a fatigue failure of the main rotor blade.^[40]
13 March 2011 Sikorsky S-58ET, N33602, suffered an engine failure, descended and veered off the side of an office building in El Segundo, California, while lifting an external air conditioning unit from the roof. The commercial pilot was seriously injured, the helicopter was substantially damaged and consumed by a post-impact fire. The helicopter was registered to Heli Flight, Inc., and operated by Aris Helicopters.^[41]

Aircraft on display

Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse in National Air and Space Museum

Chile

Naval 51 – SH-34J under restoration at Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio de Chile in Santiago, Santiago.^[42] This airframe was the first of two received by the Chilean Navy and was displayed for many years in the wrong paint scheme.
Naval 52 – SH-34J on static display at Viña del Mar Airport in Viña del Mar, Valparaíso. This airframe was the second of two received by the Chilean Navy and was exhibited for the first time after restoration at Exponaval 2014.^[43] It was previously on display at Alberto Widmer High School.^[44]

France

HSS-1, No. 182, is on display at the Base d'aéronautique navale d'Hyères, the military part of the Toulon–Hyères Airport in France.^[45] Serving until 1977 with 31F squadron, it was one of the last operational H-34's in French Naval Aviation. Now restored, No. 182 is displayed in the typical navy blue color of the French navy's helicopters of this time period.^[46]

Germany

80+73 – SH-34G on static display at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Bavaria.^[47]^[48]
81+09 – H-34 GIII on static display at the Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg in Bückeburg, Lower Saxony.^[49]^[50]
58-0356 – S-58C on static display at the Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg.^[51]

Netherlands

A former Royal Netherlands Navy SH-34J Seabat bearing the markings of number 134 operating from Valkenburg naval air station is on display with folded rotor blades and tail in the newly opened "Nationaal Militair Museum" situated at the former airbase of Soesterberg. Previously the aircraft was displayed in the National Airforce museum at Kamp van zeist which has since closed down.

Thailand

H4k-64/30 – Type 4A on static display at the Royal Thai Air Force Museum in Bangkok, Bangkok.^[52]^[53]
Unknown ID – Type 4 on static display at the Royal Thai Air Force Museum in Bangkok, Bangkok.^[52]^[54]

Philippines

153131 – UH-34D on static display at the Philippines Air Force Aerospace Museum in Manila, National Capital.^[55]

United States

138460 – UH-34D on static display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.^[56]^[57]
143939 – H-34A on static display at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California.^[58]^[59]
145694 – UH-34J on static display at the Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum in Horsham, Pennsylvania. This airframe was built in October 1958 and restored in April 1995.^[60]^[61]
145717 – LH-34D on static display at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.^[62]
147171 – UH-34D on static display on the flight deck of the USS Yorktown at the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Charleston, South Carolina.^[63]^[64]
147191 – VH-34D is on static display at the New River Aviation Memorial at the front gate of Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina.^[65] This airframe was the last flying US Marine Corps H-34 in 1973.^[66] It is painted with tail markings both for HMX-1 and MCAS New River.
148002 – SH-34J on static display at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo, Colorado.^[67]^[68]
148764 – UH-34D on static display at Fort Worth NAS near Fort Worth, Texas.^[69]
148768 – UH-34D on static display at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia.^[70]
148963 – HH-34J on static display at the Pacific Aviation Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii.^[71]
150213 – UH-34D on static display at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas.^[72]^[73]
150219 – UH-34D on static display at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum in San Diego, California.^[74]^[75]
150227 – UH-34D on static display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida.^[76]^[77]
150255 – UH-34D on static display at the Wings and Rotors Air Museum in Murrieta, California.^[78]^[79]^[80]
150553 – UH-34D on static display at the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, California. This airframe entered service in August 1963 and was donated to the museum in 2003 by the Pima Air and Space Museum.^[81]
150570 – UH-34D on static display at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia.^[82]^[83]
154895 – UH-34D on static display at the Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California.^[84]^[85]
53-4477 – CH-34G on static display at the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum in Edwards, California.^[86]^[87]
53-4526 – CH-34A in storage at the United States Army Aviation Museum near Daleville, Alabama.^[88]
53-4544 – CH-34C on static display at the Camp San Luis Obispo Museum and Historical Site in San Luis Obispo, California.^[89]^[90]
54-0914 – CH-34C on static display at the Russell Military Museum in Zion, Illinois.^[91]^[92]
55-4496 – CH-34C in storage at the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[93] This airframe was previously on display at the Florence Air & Missile Museum in Florence, South Carolina.^[94]^[95]
56-4320 – VH-34C on static display at the United States Army Aviation Museum near Daleville, Alabama.^[96]^[97]
57-1684 – VH-34C on static display at the Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.^[98]
57-1698 – CH-34A on static display at the Allegheny Arms & Armor Museum in Smethport, Pennsylvania. This airframe was previously on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York, New York.^[99]
57-1705 – CH-34C on static display at Travis AFB near Fairfield, California.^[100]
57-1708 – CH-34C on static display at the Pacific Coast Air Museum in Santa Rosa, California.^[101]^[102]
57-1725 – VH-34C on static display at the U.S. Army Transportation Museum near Newport News, Virginia.^[103]^[104]

Specifications (H-34 Choctaw)

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Capacity: 12 (A Model) 18 (C Model) troops or 8 stretchers
Length: 56 ft 8.5 in (17.28 m)
Rotor diameter: 56 ft 0 in (17.07 m)
Height: 15 ft 11 in (4.85 m)
Disc area: 2,463 ft² (228.85 m²)
Empty weight: 7,900 lb (3,583 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 14,000 lb (6,350 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-1820-84 radial engine, 1,525 hp (1,137 kW)

Performance

Maximum speed: 173 mph (150 kn, 278 km/h)
Range: 293 km (182 mi)
Service ceiling: 4,905 ft (1,495 m^[105])

Armament

Various (See Main Article: U.S. Helicopter Armament Subsystems)

Notable appearances in media

Main article: Aircraft in fiction § CH-34 Choctaw / Westland Wessex

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Sikorsky aircraft

Fixed-wing aircraft (company designations)	S-1 S-2 S-3 S-4 S-5 S-6 S-7 S-8 S-9 S-10 S-11 S-12 S-13 S-14 S-15 S-16 S-17 S-18 S-19 S-20 S-21 S-22 S-23 S-24 S-25 S-26 S-27 S-28 S-29-A S-30 S-31 S-32 S-33 S-34 S-35 S-36 S-37 S-38 S-39 S-40 S-41 S-42 S-43 VS-44 S-45

Fixed-wing aircraft (military designations)	C-6 C-28 JRS JR2S PS RS XBLR-3 XPBS XSS XV-2

Helicopters (company designations)	VS-300 (S-46) S-47 S-48 S-49 S-51 S-52 S-53 S-54 S-55 S-56 S-57 S-58 S-59 S-60 S-61 S-61L/N S-61R S-62 S-63 S-64 S-65 S-66 S-67 S-68 S-69 S-70 S-71 S-72 S-73 S-74 S-75 S-76 S-80 S-92/H-92 S-97 S-300 S-333 S-434

Helicopters (military designations)	SH-3 HH-3E/F R-4 H-5 H-6 H-18 H-19 H-34 CH-37 XH-39 HH-52A CH-53 CH-53E CH-53K CH-54 HH-60G HH-60J MH-60R/S SH-60B/F SH-60J/K UH-60 VH-60 RAH-66 CH-124 CH-148

Experimental aircraft	Cypher Cypher II Firefly X2 XBLR-3 XV-2

United States helicopter designations, Army/Air Force and Tri-Service systems

Numerical sequence used by USAAC/USAAF/USAF 1941–present; US Army 1948–1956 and 1962–present; US Navy 1962–present

Main sequence
(1941–1962)

Prefix R-, 1941–1948	R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 R-5 R-6 R-7 R-8 R-9 R-10 R-11 R-12 R-13 R-14 R-15 R-16

Prefix H-, 1948–1962	H-5 H-6 H-9 H-10 H-11 H-12 H-13/J H-15 H-16 H-17 H-18 H-19 H-20 H-21 H-22 H-23 H-24 H-25 H-26 H-27 H-28 H-29 H-30 H-31 H-32 H-33 H-34 H-35 H-36¹ H-37 H-38¹ H-39 H-40 H-41 H-42 H-43 H-44¹ H-45¹

Main joint sequence
(1962–present)

1962 redesignations	OH-13/UH-13J UH-19 CH-21 OH-23 UH-25 CH-34 CH-37 HH-43

New designations	CH-46/HH-46/UH-46 CH-47 UH-48 XH-49 QH-50 XH-51 HH-52 CH-53/HH-53/MH-53/CH-53E/CH-53K CH-54 TH-55 AH-56 TH-57 OH-58 XH-59 UH-60/SH-60/HH-60/HH-60J YUH-61 XCH-62 YAH-63 AH-64 HH-65 RAH-66 TH-67 MH-68 H-69¹ ARH-70 VH-71 UH-72 H-73 to H-89¹ MH-90 H-91¹ VH-92

1962 redesignations
reusing old numbers

¹ Not assigned

USN helicopter designations pre-1962

Helicopter, Anti-submarine

Bell	HSL

Sikorsky	HSS-1 HSS-2

Helicopter, Crane

McDonnell	HCH

Helicopter, Observation

Convertawings	HOC

Hiller	HOE

Gyrodyne	HOG

Kaman	HOK

Sikorsky	HOS HO2S HO3S HO4S HO5S

Helicopter, Trainer pre-1948

Sikorsky	HNS

Helicopter, Trainer 1948-1962

Hiller	HTE

Kaman	HTK

Bell	HTL

Helicopter, Transport 1944-1962

Boeing Vertol	HRB

McDonnell	HRH

Piasecki	HRP

Sikorsky	HRS HR2S HR3S

Helicopter, Utility pre-1949

McDonnell	HJD

McDonnell	HJH

Piasecki	HJP

Sikorsky	HJS

Helicopter, Utility 1950-1962

Kaman	HUK HU2K

Bell:	HUL

McCulloch	HUM

Piasecki	HUP

Sikorsky	HUS HU2S

Canadian Forces post-1968 unified aircraft designations

100–119	CF-100 CF-101 102–103 skipped CF-104 CF-105 CC-106 CP-107 CC-108 CC-109 CSR-110 CF-111 CH-112 CH-113 CT-114 CC-115 CF-116 CC-117 CH-118 CO-119 CO-119(2)

120–139	CT-120 CP-121 CP-122 CSR-123/CC-123 CH-124 CH-125 CH-126 CH-127 CT-128 CC-129 CC-130 CX-131 CC-132 CT-133 CT-134 CH-135 CH-136 CC-137 CC-138 CH-139

140–159	CP-140 CC-141 CT-142 CH-143 CC-144/CE-144 CT-145 CH-146 CH-147 CH-148 CH-149 CC-150 151–154 skipped CT-155 CT-156 157–159 skipped CU-160

160–	CU-161 CU-162 CU-163 164–166 skipped CU-167 CU-168 169 skipped CU-170 171–176 skipped CC-177 CH-178 179–187 skipped CF-188

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