S-61 / H-3 Sea King (multiple)

Mitchell and I found this Sikorsky SH-3G Sea King on the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point. Other examples include a 1965 S-61 that was upgraded in 1968 to the Canadian CH-124 variant of the Sea King seen during an air show at McChord AFB in 2016.


VH-3A Sea King 150613 (61-103) “Marine One”

Of course, the helicopters of Executive Flight Detachment of Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMX) 1 only assumed that name when the President was on board. This VH-3 served Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford.

Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024


SH-3G Sea King 149932

Patriots Point 2013


CH-124 Sea King 12424 61-290

McChord AFB 2016


1976 S-61N #61811

Erickson Collection; Madras 2023


UH-3H Sea King #149006

This one is displayed as “66” recovering the Apollo 11 Command Module at the Evergreen Museum. The actual Appollo 11 Command Module is at the Smithsonian NASM.

Evergreen Museum 2015

Evergreen Museum 2018