I do have to say this. I don't know Nicole but her well done article (linked article is good) kind of completes the circle for me on the 60B.
I probably picked up at least 5 aircraft brand new 60'B's from the Lockheed Martin plant in Owego, NY and flew them across country to San Diego. The B's were made in Bridgeport, CT at the United Technologies Sikorsky plant, then flown to Owego for the very intensive installation of sensor packages.
Brand new a/c with the new aircraft smell that I got to jam across the country in.
My second tour I was an operational flight test pilot at VX-1 in Pax River. I led the team that did all the operational flight test of the Block I upgrade to the B, which included guns and missiles. The picture below is of me in 1990 after completing the first war shot of a Penguin Missile off Puerto Rico.
On a subsequent tour, I became the Chief Government Pilot at the Sikorsky Factory and delivered brand new Block I 60B's to the Owego plant.
Lastly, I was the lead PM on the
replacement for the 60B, the SH-60R Seahawk.
So, I do have a bit of history with the aircraft. Again, thanks!
