Sikorsky S-62

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Information from All the World's Rotorcraft web site:
Two S-62 prototypes were completed, with 1,050 shp T58-GE-6 engines derated to 670 shp. The maiden flight on May 22, 1958, and subsequent world-wide demonstration flights, were made by N880.... (The) FAA type certificate... was awarded on June 30, 1960.

The following text from Aviation Week is not unique to the aircraft pictured:
09/19/1960. A Sikorsky S-62 single-turbine helicopter has been delivered to Los Angeles Airways. The 9-12 passenger amphibious aircraft will be the first turbine-powered helicopter in scheduled airline service.
04/26/1965. Los Angeles - Two of the four helicopters by San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airways were involved in accidents in a 24-hr period on April 15 and 16, both because of power losses. One of the two Sikorsky S-62A's was damaged beyond repair. The first accident occurred during a night pilot check flight.... A malfunction of one of the... engines cause the pilots to shut down the engine and make an autorotational landing.... The boat-hulled S-62A made a normal touchdown... but flipped end-over-end while the rotors were still turning.... Ingestion of a large bird, possibly a pigeon, is blamed for the second accident, caused by a power failure over the Embarcadero area of San Francisco. Autorotation let-down was complicated by severe vibration. The tail rotor struck a power pole....


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Information from All the World's Rotorcraft web site: Two S-62 prototypes were completed, with 1,050 shp T58-GE-6 engines derated to 670 shp. The maiden flight on May 22, 1958, and subsequent world-wide demonstration flights, were made by N880.... (The) FAA type certificate... was awarded on June 30, 1960. The following text from Aviation Week is not unique to the aircraft pictured: 09/19/1960. A Sikorsky S-62 single-turbine helicopter has been delivered to Los Angeles Airways. The 9-12 passenger amphibious aircraft will be the first turbine-powered helicopter in scheduled airline service. 04/26/1965. Los Angeles - Two of the four helicopters by San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airways were involved in accidents in a 24-hr period on April 15 and 16, both because of power losses. One of the two Sikorsky S-62A's was damaged beyond repair. The first accident occurred during a night pilot check flight.... A malfunction of one of the... engines cause the pilots to shut down the engine and make an autorotational landing.... The boat-hulled S-62A made a normal touchdown... but flipped end-over-end while the rotors were still turning.... Ingestion of a large bird, possibly a pigeon, is blamed for the second accident, caused by a power failure over the Embarcadero area of San Francisco. Autorotation let-down was complicated by severe vibration. The tail rotor struck a power pole....