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Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk in the U.K,1974

I am researching the S-67’s movements in the U.K before its ill fated Farnborough airshow appearance on the 1st of September.
In an old copy of Aviation News it says it was shipped to the U.K on the 16th of August and i have seen a photo of it taken at Gatwick on the 24th of August (was it airfreighted in to Gatwick and assembled there ?)

I know i saw it flying over my home in Suffolk on the 25th and 26th of August as i believe it went to RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk and also spent some time operating out of Beccles Heliport (i live about five miles away).
If anyone has any info or even better photographs of it at either Woodbridge or Beccles i would be very interested as i am hoping to make a small display about it in the ‘Woodbridge’ room at the Bentwaters Cold War Museum.

In the 1975 RAF Woodbridge community day programme they had a photo of the S-67 and it very much looks like it was taken on Woodbridge but i’m not 100% sure.

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By: mantog - 18th January 2011 at 00:01

I’ll be watching this thread with interest! Have always been fascinated with the S-67, great looking machine

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