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Description
| Notes: Modified version of af CH-3E. | |||
| Manufacturer: | Sikorsky |
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| Base model: | H-3 | ||
| Designation: | HH-3 | ||
| Version: | F | ||
| Nickname: | Pelican | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service | ||
| Designation Period: | 1962-Present | ||
| Basic role: | Helicopter | ||
| Modified Mission: | Search and Rescue | ||
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Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Florida Military Aviation Museum | Clearwater | Florida |
| Historic Aircraft Restoration Projects | Brooklyn | New York |
| National Museum of Naval Aviation | NAS Pensacola | Florida |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
HH-3F on display
Historic Aircraft Restoration Projects | National Museum of Naval Aviation | Pima Air & Space Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Dave Sutton Rutland, VT | I Was fortunate enough to fly on the big Pelican during my Cape Cod days. What a great plane and what great memories I have of the times. I must admit freezing my tail off while soaring around Otis during the winter was a thing I'd like to forget....but I'll also state that I'd do it again in a heartbeat! To those on the list...I remember (several) of you well and I tip my hat to all on the good times we had. Nightcheck beer and hitting the foosball table! 10/11/2008 @ 11:49 [ref: 22829] |
| Joseph Adams San Diego, CA | I left AE "A" School in 1987 & flew on H3s in San Francisco (1987-1989) and Sitka (1990-1993) as an Avionicsman until we shifted over to H60s. My last H3 flight was flying the 1495 to the boneyard in Tucson Az. from Sitka. My most memorable flight was rescuing 5 people from a helicopter crash in Hobart Bay, Alaska and flying in zero zero weather to get them to Juneau. 09/20/2008 @ 15:17 [ref: 22708] |
| Jim Strickland Lakeland, FL | Flew radio/nav in the HH-3F out of St.Petersburg. Having spent most of my time in fixed wing the Helos were a nice experience. Shorter flight times and a lot more interesting. Search and rescue was not find the victim and call for a pick up, we actually went down and picked them up. Most of the time a very rewarding experience, some of the time hauling bodies was a drag.
I remember teasing a group of reserve Army Officers about the reliability of the chopper just to get them to say something. I be darned if we didn't loose an engine on take off headed south out off St.Pete. Our pilots did a fantastic job of coming around and making an approach on the same runway we took of from. We nearly ended up on the Million Dollar Pier but managed to eek our way to the runway and wheels touched down in the grass just after the seawall and before the runway. We limped on in and everyone got out. I started moving gear over to the back up bird when one of the Army fellows asked where I was going with their gear. To the back up bird so we can make your flight I said... I wont repeat what he said but I can say we didn't take them anywhere that day!!They were supposed to simulate an attack on Dinner Key and we were donating an airborne recon. flown in conjunction with a regular training flight. That was the only time I can remember any mechanical incident on the 3F. Even with a full fuel load crew and the Army Officers we were able to come in on one engine instead of ditching in the bay.. 09/07/2008 @ 19:41 [ref: 22629] |
| Charlie Riggs Houston, TX | Many great memories flying on the H-3's. Started my flying days in Puerto Rico and went on to Mobile, Kodiak and finished in Clearwater. Was the best helio to fly that was in the Coast Guard inventory at the time including(H-52's & H-65's). Sitting here in my office I get to see the H-65's from Air Station Houston fly over and it brings back the wild times flying the H-3's. Good to see a few names. 08/20/2008 @ 11:34 [ref: 22511] |
| Ronald C. Smith St. Louis, MO | Hello follow Pelican Pushers! "RC" Smith here and I too consider this aircraft the best I served on. Its great to see the names on the other comments, I served with or know most of you. I was with the H-3's from the begining, at St. Pete, went on to Brooklyn, then Kodiak, Mobile, Cape Cod, and ended in Clearwater. Although I never kept accurate track, but my number ended at 40+ with more 200+ live hoists, and more than 2500 hours in this type. I consider it an honor to have been able to fly with, serve with, and work with the BEST, with the best aircraft, that allways delivered. 07/15/2008 @ 10:06 [ref: 22145] |
| Bob Lowry ADC San Diego, CA | Hello Pelican Jockey's Bob Lowry again. Today someone asked me if there was going to be a Brooklyn Air Station reunion this summer please advise if anyone knows. The HH-3F community is getting smaller and smaller. In 1970 I fell in Love with the HH-3F and left the CoastGuard when they replaced them with plastic helcopters that took twenty years to refurbish to do the job correctly. To bad that no one lands on the water anymore. You could always rely on the HH-3F to get you home even with a MGB chip light on that you could read by. Hope to here from some 1970 Flight mechanics and Avionics men. Semper Paratus Coasties. 05/27/2008 @ 19:17 [ref: 21035] |
| Randall Reed , CA | Always brought us back even when it was abused. Tough. 04/04/2008 @ 10:08 [ref: 20336] |
| Bob McLellan Astoria, OR | Wanted H-3's out of 'A' school and got Sitka, what a blast seeing Alaska from 300 feet! Saw the city lights of San Francisco and the rough weather in Cape Cod. Loved to fly em' (got alittle stick time from the cool pilots). Ended my career as AMTC on HH-60's liked those, but had the best flights in H-3's. Proud to be part of the history of the Pelican. 03/21/2008 @ 12:50 [ref: 20225] |
| Bob McLellan Astoria, OR | Wanted H-3's out of 'A' school and got Sitka, what a blast seeing Alaska from 300 feet! Saw the city lights of San Francisco and the rough weather in Cape Cod. Loved to fly em' (got alittle stick time from the cool pilots). ended my career on HH-60's liked those, but had the best flights in H-3's. Proud to be part of the history of the Pelican. 03/21/2008 @ 12:49 [ref: 20224] |
| David Caras , FL | I was lucky enough to fly in HH-3F's in Cape Cod and to the end of their era at Clearwater beofre transitioning to HH-60J's. Plenty of room, but VERY cold in the winter! Retired AETC. 02/22/2008 @ 09:37 [ref: 19743] |
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