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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-55 / H-19 / HRS / HO4S / Whirlwind
    Latest Model:UH-19D Chickasaw
    Last Military Serial:55-3218 US
    Construction Number:55-0967
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-HSS
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky UH-19D sn 55-3218 US cn 55...
    Latest Owner or Location:Orlando Helicopter Airways

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    Dates

    Event

    1955

    Constructed as an UH-19D.
    Sikorsky UH-19D 553218

    12 May 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 55-3218.

    To Allied Aircraft Sales, Tucson, AZ.
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    To Orlando Helicopter Airways with new c/r N37780.

    24 June 1985

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-ORL.

    Circa 1986


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: Circa 1986 photo at Archerfield, Brisbane, Australia

    November 1992

    To unknown owner with c/r ZK-HSS.

    14 July 1994

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Sikorsky S-55B ZK-HSS was engaged in aerial spraying in the Te Apiti Valley, 6 NM east of Elsthorpe, Hawkes Bay. The engine lost power at low level, necessitating a forced landing during which the helicopter caught fire and was burned out. The pilot escaped without injury.
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