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Sikorsky HRS-1 'Chickasaw'

Description
  Manufacturer:Sikorsky
  Base model:HRS
  Designation:HRS
  Version:-1
  Nickname:Chickasaw
  Designation System:U.S. Navy / Marines
  Designation Period:1944-1962
  Basic role:Helicopter, Transport
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Specifications
  Length: 42' 2" 12.8 m
  Height:13' 4" 4.0 m
  Wingspan: 53' 0" 16.1 m
  Wingarea: 2,210.0 sq ft 205.2 sq m
  Gross Weight: 75,000 lb 34,013 kg

Propulsion
  No. of Engines: 1
  Powerplant: Pratt & Whitney R-1340
  Horsepower (each): 550

Performance
  Range: 370 miles 595 km
  Cruise Speed: 85 mph 136 km/h 73 kt
  Max Speed: 112 mph 180 km/h 97 kt
  Ceiling: 10,500 ft 3,200 m

Known serial numbers
127783 / 127842, 127843

Examples of this type may be found at
MuseumCityState
United States Marine Corps Air/Ground MuseumQuanticoVirginia

HRS-1 on display

United States Marine Corps Air/Ground Museum
    


 

Recent comments by our visitors
 Jim Price
 Kilmarnock, VA
HRS is the designation given this bird prior to changing er'thang all around to USAF system of identifiers. After that fiasco it was identified as H-19. Same aircraft
02/01/2013 @ 09:00 [ref: 67538]
 RICHARD GOODE
 mCminnville, OR
I WAS A CREW CHIEF OF ONE OF THE HELICOPTERS IN HMR-161 IN
KOREA 1952-1953
I WAS READING THE REMARKS AND ONE OF THEM JOGGED MY MEMORY. IT WAS ABOUT A PICTURE OF A H-19 HELICOPTER AS SANTA CLAUS CHRISTMAS 1952. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR HELICOPTERS. SOME OF THE GUYS IN THE REAR ETCHELON AT ASCOM CITY FIXED IT UP. AND IF MEMORY SERVES ME THEY TOOK PRESENTS TO THE ORPHANGE AT INCHON AND OTHER AREAS, ALSO TO THE LEPROSY COLONY THEY ALSO CAME TO THE FORWARD ETCHELON AND TO THE 1stMARINE DIVISON CP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK
DICK GOODE
01/03/2008 @ 17:36 [ref: 19143]
 Marino L.DiLeo
 Bay Shore, NY
Iam a former aircrewman of HU2 and was a plane captain on the Sikorsky HRS-1 & 2 & 3 was the last one I flew as shown in the picture taken on board USS Lindenwald LSD 6.,
1955 Arctic Circle,Eskimo Point,Supply the DEW line.
I am also a FCM of the USS Intrepid CVA11 which is now docked in NYC,NY. I am in search of this Helo for display purposes on board the USS Intrepid. Any Info give me a call
516-343-9324. God Bless our young troops!!

01/26/2006 @ 19:20 [ref: 12335]
 Bob Dylan
 , FL
Vaya is the worst rock band ever.
01/11/2006 @ 18:48 [ref: 12128]
 Robert Carbajal
 Marrero, LA
When I was in HU-1, I dropped a HRS in the ocean off New Zeeland. Something about a "ground cushion".
07/27/2004 @ 17:51 [ref: 7922]
 Jack Ubel
 Eads, TN
I worked on HRS-1,2 and 3"s in the Marine Corps. I was in HMR 362 in 1952, Tustin, Calif., HMR 161 in Korea 1953/54 where we had HRS 1,2, and 3's. In 1956 I helped write the first helicopter school for Marines at Memphis, Tn. called ADH[A1]. The helicopter we taught was the HRS. I have worked on a check crew, worked in the component shop, flew as a crew chief, wrote curriculum, and taught the HRS. To me it was a great machine,but not quite the bird the H34 was.Spent two tours Vietnam with it so I guess I'm partical.
10/31/2001 @ 18:53 [ref: 3536]
 Kreig Loftin
 , GA
I'm a former Marine Crew Chief from HMM-262 (CH46's)and served in Vietnam from 1967-1968. I have a black and white photo of an HRS-1 that looks to be taken during the Korean War era. The aircraft is painted with a Santa Claus face on the nose of the aircraft and a "Merry Xmas" across the fuselage. Marine Corps BU number 127789. I ran across the photo at an antigue mall and had to have it as I had trained on the H-19 in Millington, TN in 1965-66. I'll try to scan and upload, but the photo is 11X14 and a rather large format.


08/18/2001 @ 11:11 [ref: 2946]

 

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