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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:HH-3A Sea King
    Last Military Serial:151552 USN
    Construction Number:61-272
    Last Civil Registration:N624CK
    Latest Owner or Location:Croman Corp, White City, OR

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    Dates

    Event

    1 January 1964

    Constructed as a SH-3A.
    Sikorsky S-61A 61272

    1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 151552.

    Converted to a HH-3A.

    Circa 1975

    Transferred to HC-9.

    Markings Applied: 73, NW
    Overall Olive drab c/s.

    By June 1990

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    30 June 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    23 March 1995

    To Carson Helicopters Inc, Grants Pass, OR with c/r N81661.

    1996

    To Carson Helicopters with c/r N81661.

    26 April 1996

    Certificate of airworthiness for N81661 (S-61A, 61272) issued.

    1999


    Photographer: Larry Johnson

    9 July 2007

    To Sky Cats Puma Corp, Billings, MT with c/r N561SC.

    6 April 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N561SC.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Billings, MT.

    3 June 2016

    To Croman Corp, White City, OR.

    3 June 2016

    To Croman Corp, White City, OR with c/r N624CK.


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    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols

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