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SeaGuard Helicopter float?

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How's about an S-55 or Bell 47?

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daveymac82c wrote:
How's about an S-55 or Bell 47?

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Close enough David!

Set of floats for a Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw.
I don't recall ever see another set of them anywhere nor displayed on an H-19.
They are part of the Connecticut Air and Space Center's collection in Stratford, CT.

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The 1/48 Revell model of the H-19 had the floats. You could also build it with wheels only.
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That's them!
Just wondering if anyone else out there knows of a similiar set?
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Are there any plans to put them on the real deal, that would be very unique. 8)

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SIDSIKO wrote:
Here are a couple of shots from my collection


Sid,

Glad to see you on board! I was just about to forward this link to you thinking, "Now, there's something that Sid would find really interesting."

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Wonder if someone would restore an H-19 with those floats to make of one of these?:
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mustangdriver wrote:
Are there any plans to put them on the real deal, that would be very unique. 8)


I agree with you.
The museum has an H-19, but it's restoration is "down the road". I have never seen one displayed anywhere with the floats, so hopefully that would be the idea. Are there any other floats "floating" around out there?

I'm not sure there were a lot of H-19's that wore them, so it there may be very few in existence. Kind of like those C-47 floats they found years ago and strapped onto an actual C-47.
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