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H-21 Piasecki "Flying Banana"
These photos were taken by
Geoff
McDonell and Percy
Olson
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Photos directly
below were taken This is of the recently restored H-21 Piasecki
"Flying Banana" in the RCAF rescue scheme. These images are
all of the restored chopper at the Comox Air Force Museum ( http://www.comoxairforcemuseum.ca
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The 30 photos directly below were
taken by
Percy
Olson.
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| Bottom fuselage looking back | Cockpit Collective | Cockpit Drivers seat | Cockpit Instrument panel |
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| Cockpit upper console | Engine bay looking back | Engine bay looking forward | Front Gear (blue) |
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| Front Rotorhead | Front Stbd fuselage | Head on | Pitot |
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| Port front | Port Fuselage | Port overview | Port Tail fin |
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| Rear Rotor closeup | Rear Rotor Head | Rear Rotor Stbd | Rear Stbd fuselage |
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| Rotor tip | Squadron crest | Stbd | Stbd |
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| Stbd | Stbd fuselage | Stbd main gear | Tail |
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| Tail and rotor tip port side | Tail Port side |
The photos were
taken of the H-21 Helicopter held by the Canadian Museum of
Flight and Transportation, now located in Langley, B.C. This particular
aircraft was obtained in Alaska and originally flew with the US Airforce in
Alaska. It is finished in the original markings it wore while in service.
It is essentially complete, but missing a few pieces here and there. It
was fitted with an auxiliary fuel tank rack along the one side of the lower
fuselage, as seen in the photos.
The 16 photos directly below were
taken by Geoff
McDonell.
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| engine air outlet | interior looking forward | interior radio rack | nose gear |
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| nose view | nose view | port nose view | port side view |
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| port tail view | rear door looking forward | rear door view | rear upper cooling inlet |
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| rotor head | stbd nose | stbd side view | stbd tail view |