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The 'Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane' is an American twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter. It is the civil version of the United States Army's 'CH-54 Tarhe'. The 'S-64 Aircrane' is the current production version, manufactured by the Erickson Air-Crane company.
The Sikorksy S-64 was designed as an enlarged version of the prototype ''flying crane'' helicopter, the Sikorsky S-60. The S-64 had a six-blade main rotor and was powered by two 4,050 shp (3020kW) JFTD-12A turboshaft engines. The prototype S-64 first flew on 9 May 1962 and was followed by two further examples for evaluation by the German armed forces. The Germans did not place an order but the United States Army placed an initial order for six S-64A helicopters (with the designation CH-54A Tarhe). A small number of the S-64A and S-64E variants were built by Sikorsky for the civil market.
Originally a Sikorsky Aircraft product, the type certificate and manufacturing rights were purchased from them by Erickson Air-Crane in 1992.
Since that time, Erickson Air-Crane has become the manufacturer and world's largest operator of S-64 Aircranes and has made over 1,350 changes to the airframe, instrumentation, and payload capabilities of the helicopter. The Aircrane can be fitted with a 2,650-gallon (~10,000 litre) fixed retardant tank to assist in the control of bushfires, and it has acquitted itself admirably in this role.
So far, S-64 Aircranes have been sold to the Italian and Korean Forest Services for fire suppression and emergency response duties.
Those in the Erickson Air-Crane fleet are leased worldwide to organizations, companies, and Federal Agencies for either short-term or longer term use in fire suppression, civil protection, heavy lift construction, and timber harvesting.
Erickson is manufacturing new S-64s from scratch as well as remanufacturing existing CH-54's to meet the needs of the firefighting and logging industries; thus the U.S. military could re-introduce new up-engined Skycranes to meet their 20-ton Sea Basing requirements. Erickson began the tradition of giving each S-64 an individual name, the most well known being "Elvis" used in fighting fires in Australia. Other operators, such as Siller Brothers have followed suit with their Sikorsky S-64E ''Andy's Pride''. One Erickson S-64E nicknamed "Olga" was used to lift the top section of the CN Tower into place.
;S-64A :
;S-64E :
;S-64E :
;S-64F :
;
★ Erickson Air-Crane
★ Evergreen Helicopters, Inc. - 1 S-64E
★ Helicopter Transport Services, Inc. - CH-54A
★ Siller Bros. Inc. - Yuba City, California - 2 S-64E
;
★ Italian Forest Service (Corpo Forestale Dello Stato) - 4 S-64F
;
★ Korea Forest Service - 2 S-64E (with 2 more on order) [1]
★ Columbia Helicopters, Inc. [2] - Aurora, Oregon
★ N189AC "Gypsy Lady" - crashed in Rose Valley, California late 2006. [3][4] Rebuilt and back in service.
★ N198AC "Shirley Jean" - S-64F; sold to European Air-Crane c.2006 as I-SEAD; crashed in Italy on 4-26-07.[5] Latest reports say aircraft was destroyed.
★ N248AC "Aurora" - named after Aurora State Airport. Home to Columbia Helicopters, Inc, former owner of aircraft [2] . Written off August 26, 2004 due to inflight breakup. [7]
1. HAI Rotornews
2. Helispot photo
3. NTSB report in pdf
4. Inciweb - Helitanker Accident At Rose Valley
5. http://www.dgualdo.it/isead-report.htm Helicopters area of dgualdo.it (report excerpts in Italian)
6. Helispot photo
7. NTSB report
★ Erickson Air-Crane website
★ / Air Tanker Listing
★ FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet
The 'Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane' is an American twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter. It is the civil version of the United States Army's 'CH-54 Tarhe'. The 'S-64 Aircrane' is the current production version, manufactured by the Erickson Air-Crane company.
| Contents |
| Development |
| Under Sikorsky |
| Under Erickson |
| Variants |
| Sikorsky Skycrane |
| Erickson Aircrane |
| Operators |
| Former operators |
| Incidents |
| Specifications (S-64E) |
| References |
| External links |
| Related content |
Development
Under Sikorsky
The Sikorksy S-64 was designed as an enlarged version of the prototype ''flying crane'' helicopter, the Sikorsky S-60. The S-64 had a six-blade main rotor and was powered by two 4,050 shp (3020kW) JFTD-12A turboshaft engines. The prototype S-64 first flew on 9 May 1962 and was followed by two further examples for evaluation by the German armed forces. The Germans did not place an order but the United States Army placed an initial order for six S-64A helicopters (with the designation CH-54A Tarhe). A small number of the S-64A and S-64E variants were built by Sikorsky for the civil market.
Under Erickson
An Erickson Air-Crane S-64
Sikorsky S-64E, ''Andy's Pride'', owned by Siller Bros. Inc.
An Italian Forest Service S-64F on display at the 2005 HAI HeliExpo
Originally a Sikorsky Aircraft product, the type certificate and manufacturing rights were purchased from them by Erickson Air-Crane in 1992.
Since that time, Erickson Air-Crane has become the manufacturer and world's largest operator of S-64 Aircranes and has made over 1,350 changes to the airframe, instrumentation, and payload capabilities of the helicopter. The Aircrane can be fitted with a 2,650-gallon (~10,000 litre) fixed retardant tank to assist in the control of bushfires, and it has acquitted itself admirably in this role.
So far, S-64 Aircranes have been sold to the Italian and Korean Forest Services for fire suppression and emergency response duties.
Those in the Erickson Air-Crane fleet are leased worldwide to organizations, companies, and Federal Agencies for either short-term or longer term use in fire suppression, civil protection, heavy lift construction, and timber harvesting.
Erickson is manufacturing new S-64s from scratch as well as remanufacturing existing CH-54's to meet the needs of the firefighting and logging industries; thus the U.S. military could re-introduce new up-engined Skycranes to meet their 20-ton Sea Basing requirements. Erickson began the tradition of giving each S-64 an individual name, the most well known being "Elvis" used in fighting fires in Australia. Other operators, such as Siller Brothers have followed suit with their Sikorsky S-64E ''Andy's Pride''. One Erickson S-64E nicknamed "Olga" was used to lift the top section of the CN Tower into place.
Variants
Sikorsky Skycrane
;S-64A :
;S-64E :
Erickson Aircrane
;S-64E :
;S-64F :
Operators
;
★ Erickson Air-Crane
★ Evergreen Helicopters, Inc. - 1 S-64E
★ Helicopter Transport Services, Inc. - CH-54A
★ Siller Bros. Inc. - Yuba City, California - 2 S-64E
;
★ Italian Forest Service (Corpo Forestale Dello Stato) - 4 S-64F
;
★ Korea Forest Service - 2 S-64E (with 2 more on order) [1]
Former operators
★ Columbia Helicopters, Inc. [2] - Aurora, Oregon
Incidents
★ N189AC "Gypsy Lady" - crashed in Rose Valley, California late 2006. [3][4] Rebuilt and back in service.
★ N198AC "Shirley Jean" - S-64F; sold to European Air-Crane c.2006 as I-SEAD; crashed in Italy on 4-26-07.[5] Latest reports say aircraft was destroyed.
★ N248AC "Aurora" - named after Aurora State Airport. Home to Columbia Helicopters, Inc, former owner of aircraft [2] . Written off August 26, 2004 due to inflight breakup. [7]
Specifications (S-64E)
Orthographically projected diagram of the Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe.
References
1. HAI Rotornews
2. Helispot photo
3. NTSB report in pdf
4. Inciweb - Helitanker Accident At Rose Valley
5. http://www.dgualdo.it/isead-report.htm Helicopters area of dgualdo.it (report excerpts in Italian)
6. Helispot photo
7. NTSB report
External links
★ Erickson Air-Crane website
★ / Air Tanker Listing
★ FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet
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