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Old 10-10-18, 00:02
Dennis Cardy Dennis Cardy is offline
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Meanwhile, back to the thread. Here's the helicopter version of the engine, as talked about earlier. Continental R-975-46A being field changed in RCN HUP-3 "946" in the High Arctic. Summer 1955 transit of northern waters from BC to the Maritimes. Flew off #50 Labrador as part of proving trials to see if helicopters could be deployed on smaller sized ships. This lead to the invention of the the "Bear Trap" and successful deployment of the Sea King helicopters on RCN destroyers. Larry Zibitnew RCN Archives. (Go Navy)...grin...
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File Type: jpg LZA RCN 246 Engine change (1).jpg (349.9 KB, 6 views)
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