REQ: Sikorsky c/n information

[pjotrtje]

Hi y'all,

perhaps one of the Helo-buffs can help me: is the "V" in the c/n of CH-53 84+99 (V65-097) mandatory? I ask that because it seems there is another CH-53 with almost the same c/n: CH-53A 153707 has c/n 65-097 (it's currently @ AMARG).

Thanks!

[Rotorspot]

Hi y'all,

perhaps one of the Helo-buffs can help me: is the "V" in the c/n of CH-53 84+99 (V65-097) mandatory? I ask that because it seems there is another CH-53 with almost the same c/n: CH-53A 153707 has c/n 65-097 (it's currently @ AMARG).

Thanks!

The CH-53G was license built in Germany by VFW. All their c/n's start with V65,whereas the Sikorsky-built ones have c/n's that start with just 65. In total VFW did build 110 of these helicopters (c/n V65001 through V65110, serials 84+03 through 85+12. Sikorsky did build close to 700 machines, icl serial 84+01 and 84+02 (c/n's 65156 and 65157).
By the way, these c/n's must be written without the hyphen.

Jos Stevens
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[Stefan]

By the way, these c/n's must be written without the hyphen.

as is shown here:


Source: http://www.scramble.nl/wiki/index.php?t ... orsky_H-53" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Regards,
Stefan

[pjotrtje]

Thanks guys! (The hyphen-thing is probably an update for a lot of databases, including Scramble's... )