Sikorsky S-61
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The Sikorsky S-61L/N are civil variants of the successful Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King helicopter. They are two of the most widely used airliner and oil rig support helicopters built.
Variants[edit | edit source]
- S-61L: Non-amphibious civil transport version. It can seat up to 30 passengers
- S-61L Mk.II: Improved version of the S-61L helicopter, equipped with cargo bins.
- S-61N: Amphibious civil transport version.
- S-61N Mk.II: Improved version of the S-61N helicopter.
- S-61NM: An L model in an N configuration.
- S-61T Triton: S-61 modernized upgrade by Sikorsky and Carson; Upgrades include composite main rotor blades, full airframe structural refurbishment, conversion of folding rotor head to non-folding, new modular wiring harness, and Cobham glass cockpit avionics; initial models converted were S-61N.
Users[edit | edit source]
- Canada
- CHC Helicopters
- Canadian Coast Guard
- Cougar Helicopters
- Helijet
- Denmark
- Royal Danish Air Force
- Egypt
- Egyptian Air Force
- Greenland
- Air Greenland
- Ireland
- Irish Air Corps
- Irish Coast Guard
- Lebanon
- Lebanese Air Force
- Malaysia
- Royal Malaysian Air Force
- Netherlands
- KLM Helikopters
- Pakistan
- Pakistan International Airlines
- United Kingdom
- Bristow Helicopters
- British Airways Helicopters
- British International Helicopters
- Her Majesty's Coastguard
- United States
- AAR Corp
- Carson Helicopters
- Croman Corporation
- Helicopter Transport Services
- Los Angeles Airways
- New York Airways
- San Francisco and Oakland Helicopter Airlines
- United States Department of State
