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Rare Historic US Navy VX-6 Sikorsky UH-34D Helicopter Kneeboard Checklist

$ 118.8

Availability: 77 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Rare and Collectable US Navy Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse Aviator's Kneeboard Checklist
    Bureau of Navy Weapons (NAVWEPS) Publication 01-230HLB-1B - March 1964
    44 (22 Two Sided) Page Normal/Standard and Emergency Operating Procedures Checklist
    Plastic Bound Cardstock with Kneeboard Clamp Appendage.
    Fair Condition Considering Age and Historic Provenance.
    Age and History Appropriate
    Wear & Discoloration
    SOLD AS IS
    Please See Photo for Condition and Message me Any Questions You May Have About the Item or It's Provenance.
    HISTORIC CONTEXT & INFORMATION
    From (Mixed Equipment Unit) VX-6 (Naval Air Development Squadron Six) Attached to USAARP (United States of America Antarctic Research Program) During Operation Deep Freeze During the 1960's.
    Sikorsky H-34 Helos of VX-6 Assisted with and Participated in Defense, Cartographic and Photographic Activities as Well as Unique, Historic Scientific Research on the Continent of Antarctica during the 1960's. These Included construction of the World's First Modular Nuclear Reactor and Power Facility at US Naval Station McMurdo and the Testing and Development of the NASA/Grumman Lunar Lander in Advance of the US Moon Landing, July, 1969.
    Additional Photo Upload depicts an H-34D Sikorsky of VX-6 with Aircraft Commander Lcdr. Bohumil Koloc (from whose Collection of Naval Aviation Related Artifacts this Item Originates) Beside Dr. Wernher von Braun and Other Personnel During Joint NASA/Grumman Lunar Module Work-Ups Near McMurdo Station, Antarctica.