Aircraft of the Month - SH-2 Seasprite
Вставка
- Опубліковано 7 жов 2019
- In our October aircraft of the month video, we are featuring an aircraft from the New England Air Museum; the SH-2 Seasprite.
The Seasprite went into production in 1959 and by the end of the 60s approximately 100 helicopters were built. The initial Seasprite was flown by two pilots and could carry up to ten passengers on missions. It also has Intrepid service experience, having flown from the aircraft carrier between 1966-1969. The US Navy would continue to use the Seasprite until Operation Desert Storm.
Learn more about the Seasprite's history from our Curator of Aviation Eric Boehm. - Авто та транспорт
One of these rescued my brother & his crew after he was shot down in 70' in Vietnam in his Loach.
God Bless
I have about 1500 hours flying the SeaSprite, but it was the single engine version, back in '65/66. The UH-2 A/B version, then later the two engine version as the UH-2C model. The single engine version was underpowered and caused a lot of dangerous take-offs, from the carriers in Gulf of Tonkin, - usually had to dive to the water off the deck to get airspeed and translational lift. Not fun at night.
I was a plane captain in HSL-31 and HSL-47 from 1989-1993
Mech shop early 90s with HSL-94 Titans out of NAS Willow Grove
I was a Sea Snakes HSL-33 light anti sub helicopter from 1992 to 1993. Love it!
I was there today and saw it. Cool helicopter
Ahh, the memories, loved to go flying in these.
ADJ in HSL 31 and HSL 35 Squadrons from 1976 to 1980
Green Checker HSL-34, 79-82. Absolutely loved my two Med cruises on USS Capodanno and USS Spruance. Those were the good old days.
HSL-35 77-80, one note about the video, the upgrade to the F was in the early 70's
Long Cruises Ouellett, Hammond, Brewton, Rathburn. Short cruises Ingersoll, badger, Perry, Brewton and a couple more out of San Diego that I don't recall.
Landed on CV-41 once and BB-62.
1,299 flights, almost 2700 hours flight time. Never crashed.
Fair winds,
Aw-1 Lucky
Awesome! ... we have flown the SH-2G Seasprite helicopter with our RNZN in recent times. ,. thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿
Australia bought them but no good ,never put in service,I think we gave them to NZ.🇭🇲
I was with HSL-32 in 91-93 and my detachment deployed on the USS Guadalcanal LPH7 in 92 in the northern Atlantic above the Arctic Circle and the USS Guam LPH9 for a mediterranean Cruise in 92-93 the seals loved using our helicopter for going into Yugoslavia because we could adjust the flaps to quiet it down. When we decommissioned in 93 I got the chance to fly from NAS Norfolk to David Monthan Air Force Base it took us 4 days to get there. I loved working on the helicopter and have great memories. Some day I hope to got that museum to see the helicopter one more time and all the helicopters that Kaman made they tested the Kmax in 92 at our squadron it was fun to watch
I was there then 1989-1992 Det 9 made the Uss Gallery (FFG-16) deployment in 1991 Desert storm.
You ever see anything weird in the sky?
@@DamplyDoo no not anything that can’t be explained. It can be 100 degrees on the ground and in the air even at 4000 feet up it’s way below freezing.
HC-5 '68 -71, HC-5 became HSL31 in early '72. We flew CH2c and SH3 aircraft.
HSL-37 76-78 Sea duty.
HSL-33 79-81 Sea duty.
HSL-31 81-85 Shore duty, aircrew instructor
HSL-37 85-90 Sea duty.
HSL-35 90-92 Shore duty
Fair Winds,
AW-1 Lucky Loman (USN Ret)
Great video but too short! 😉
AD from HSL-31 & -35 '80-'84.
Great video! Great helo!! I would love to see book written about her!!
There is one. It's titled, "Our Early Years," authored by Charlie Kaman himself.
HSL-34 Det-6 USS TALBOT (FFG-4); 1976 Med cruise to see if the H-2 could operate off of the small deck of an FFG...we could!
Australia tried to operated a bunch of ex-USN pimped-up Super Seasprites but, in true Australian style, totally buggered it up. Says the Navy's own website, "The Seasprite acquisition and introduction into service was plagued with engineering, personnel and political issues." Understatement of the century. The project was eventually canned without them really ever entering effective, reliable service, & most units were on-sold to New Zealand, who ironically, operate them without any trouble at all to this day!
I always wanted to know how the servo controlled rotor blades compared to conventional controlled rotor blades, in regards to overall maintenance and operation.
The SH-2F was in service in the 1970's
Flew SAR IN H2 and H3s , 68-70. HC1 HC 7. Tonkin gulf yacht club
Hsl-30 80-84.
HSL31 1981 to 1985
Only thing wrong: It isn't "Caiman" Aircraft. Caimans are alligators. It is pronounced like "Command" but without the "d."
Ah, thank you for pointing that out. My dad was the test pilot for this.
Isn't it spelled Kaman?
@@davidcovarubias4729 Yes. But it is pronounced like "command" minus the "d" sound. A surprising number of people mispronounce it like "caiman." We used to laugh about that a lot. One time, shipping and receiving even got a large package with the shipping label actually spelled as "Caiman." A few of us wise guys in engineering salvaged the label off the cardboard box after it was discarded and pinned it up by our desks for fun.
@@mountainwench7763 I knew most of the test pilots we had over the years. Who was he?
@@christomashofski9160 Bill Murray. Officially William Russell Murray. :)
Why were they retired?
I Think the SH-60 Sea Hawk Replaced it .