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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
| 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] |
| Bill Braswell Uncertain, TX | I was an AE at Brooklyn Air from 67 to 71. Stationed with Tom Schneider. The HH3 was my first choice, the Goat second and the HH52 third. Loved them all if they got back!. Never had a problem worth talking about on any of them. Reading post from all who experienced the thrill,I mean that, of beind in the Coast Guard and flying on all of these aircraft brings back wonderful memories. My Grandchildren love looking at the pictures of these aircraft and I, the proud granddaddy, have stories about all of them.
11/18/2007 @ 03:18 [ref: 18579] |
| Bob Lowry San Diego, CA | Hi HH-3F fans including Tom Schneider. Bob Lowry ADC here. I was aplane Captain in the HH-3F just so I couldn't land on a Coast Guard cutter. In twenty years I had ten months four days sea time. Ten months as a Seaman and four days as a HH-52a Flt. Mech. Flew to hell and back and always made it home. I recently met a HH-60 Creman who described his plane the same as I did the HH-3F. It was built like a Sikorsky pick up truck. That is what I thought of my HH-3F's. The 1430 through the 1497. I see that the Italians are still flying them in combat per some You Tube videos. Good for them, we should build another fleet of them with new power trains. 11/16/2007 @ 21:13 [ref: 18566] |
| tom schneider marietta, GA | 67-71, Brooklyn air station,crewman in the hh-52a, 2 winged -S, also hu- 16e, when the h-3 came to replace the "goats" we were excited but then found out they could and did stay out much longer then the 52s. I became a 52 man for the rest of my tour. ( but it was a great machine). 11/06/2007 @ 14:47 [ref: 18430] |
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