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Old 18th Jun 2003, 10:08
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Lu Zuckerman

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I crewed and maintained this HO3-S in the Coast Guard. It was resurrected from the boneyard and completely overhauled to flight condition. It will be placed in the Smithsonian Aircraft Museum later this year. Prior to entering Coast Guard service the Sikorsky was operated along with five others by the Greyhound bus company which employed them as a taxi service in the Boston area.



I also crewed and maintained this HTL-1 picking it up in Miami and flying in it to Floyd bennett Field in Brooklyn, NY where we installed floats. We later flew both the HTL-1 and the HO3-S to Boston and placed them aboard the CGC Eastwind for her cruise to Greenland in 1952. The HTL-1 crashed after the cruise killing the pilot and the flight mechanic.



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