Sikorsky S-76
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Sikorsky S-76 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Description | ||
| Role: medium transport/utility helicopter | ||
| Crew + passengers: 2 + 12 | ||
| Dimensions | ||
| Length: 13.22 m (main rotor to tail rotor) | ||
| Fuselage length: 11.63 m | ||
| Height: 4.42 m | ||
| Rotor diameter: 11.94 m | ||
| Weights | ||
| Empty: kg | ||
| Maximum take-off: 5,703 kg | ||
| Powerplant | ||
| Engines: 2 x Turboméca Arriel 2S1 turboshafts (S76C+) | ||
| Power: 856 hp | ||
| Performance | ||
| Maximum speed: 287,5 km/h | ||
| Combat range (internal fuel): 813 km | ||
| Ferry range (external fuel): | ||
| Service ceiling: 3,871 m | ||
| Maximum rate of climb: 8.26 m/s | ||
| Payload | ||
| Maximum payload: 1,900 kg | ||
| Maximum external payload on sling: 1,600 kg | ||
The Sikorsky S-76 is a commercial helicopter. Its first flight was on March 1977.
Contents |
[edit] Operators
The S-76 is in use around the world with airlines, corporations, hospital, government operators and, notably, the British Royal Family. The first flight was conducted by Nick Lappos and John Dixson, Sikorsky Test Pilots, on March 13, 1977. The world's largest civilian fleet (59) of Sikorsky S-76 helicopters is operated by CHC Helicopter Corporation.
Other operators include:
- Emergency Health Services in Nova Scotia
- HeliJet—scheduled service in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia
- HeliExpress—scheduled service between Hong Kong, Macao and Shenzhen, China
- Norrlandsflyg in Sweden - operates six helicopters
- Ontario Air Ambulance—air ambulance service in Ontario for the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care; Aircraft located in Kenora, Thunder Bay, Moosonee, Sudbury, Toronto(2), London & Ottawa. Provides critical care paramedics for scene response & interhospital tranport.
- U.S. Helicopter—scheduled service between DMH and JFK Airport in New York City
[edit] Military Operators
[edit] Disasters
[edit] Specific accidents
[edit] Fiction
In 1984, the CBS television series Airwolf featured a modified Sikorsky S-76 as an adversary gunship in the episode "HX-1".
[edit] External links
- S-76 - Official company website.
- BBC News - "Which party is winning the air war?" - Details of the S-76's used in the United Kingdom general election, 2005.
- Moxon, Julian. "Fatal August 2005 Copterline S-76C+ crash controversy deepens as Sikorsky rejects NTSB verdict of main rotor servo failure", Flight International, 2006-08-29. Retrieved on 2006-10-16.
Timeline of aviation
Aircraft • Aircraft manufacturers • Aircraft engines • Aircraft engine manufacturers • Airports • Airlines
Air forces • Aircraft weapons • Missiles • Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) • Experimental aircraft
Notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft • People who died in aviation incidents
 |
This article on an aircraft of the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
