OH-43D (HOK-1) 129801
Around
1973-1974
seen
on
outside
display
with
heavyly
modified
tailsection
(by
Kaman,
during
various
MARINES
trials)
and
with
BuNo.
129801
painted
on
the
booms.
Photo
taken
and
provided
by
Mr.
Sean
Carroll.
During
1974
the
airframe
was
overhauled
and
repainted
in
the
Museum
shop
and
the
whole
tail-section
of
125530
(including
it's
BuNo.
painted
on
the
booms)
was
mounted
to
the
129801
body.
This
‘530
tailsection
showed
the
original
HOK
tail-configuration
(aircraft
125530
crashed
–
the
tail
was
recovered)
(source
:
Mr.
Sean
Carroll,
at
that
time
a
volunteer
of
the
NewEngland
-Bradley-Air
Museum
)
Photo of airframe 129801 with tailbooms of 125530 , taken in May 1975 (unknown photographer, coll. Johan Ragay)
The aircraft remained on outside display until the tornado disaster of 3 Oct 1979 ; there after the airframe - without tailboom was put in storage (for pictures please visit Mr. Sean Carroll 's website )
The
following
two
pictures
were
taken
by
Mr.
Jerry
VanGrunsven
during
a
visit
to
shop
of
the
New
England
Air
Museum,
Windsor
Locks,
CT
on
05
August
2006.
The
airframe
was
packed
up
and
was
accessable
in
a
better
way
than
presented.
last update 24/01/2007