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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:HSS-1N Seabat
    Last Military Serial:145709 USN
    Construction Number:58-1055
    Last Civil Registration:N54526
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky HSS-1N sn 145709 USN cn 58...
    Latest Owner or Location:Grayson County Airport, Sherman, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HSS-1N.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145709.

    From 3 December 1970 to 6 April 1977

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number HD155.

    30 May 1979

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR54526 (S-58, 145709) issued.

    14 September 1982

    To Ross Steel Erection Corp, Niagara Falls, NY with new c/r N54526.

    15 October 1997

    To Ross Steel Erection Corp, Niagara Talls, NY keeping c/r N54526.

    2 February 2010

    To Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, TX keeping c/r N54526.

    Operated by Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    October 2019

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Grayson County Airport, Sherman, TX.
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    4 November 2019

    Civil registration, N54526, cancelled.

    5 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Sherman - Grayson County, TX, USA
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     MASDC (1983 Aviation Press ISBN 0 907898 02 8) by Peter Blanchard, Philip Chinnery and Martyn Swann
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2022 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aerodata Quantum+
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
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