Sikorsky S-76
| Sikorsky S-76 Spirit | |
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| A HeliJet S-76 comes in for a landing at Vancouver Harbour | |
| Type | SAR/utility helicopter |
| Manufacturer | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation |
| Maiden flight | 1977 |
| Primary user | CHC Helicopter Corporation |
The Sikorsky S-76 Spirit is a commercial helicopter. Its first flight was on March 1977.
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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
- Esso Australia in Victoria, Australia operates 5 aircraft in Bass Strait oil fields
Military Operators
Disasters
Specific accidents
Specifications (Sikorsky S-76)
This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.| Sikorsky S-76 | ||
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| 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 | ||
General characteristics<h3>- Crew: Minimum 2 pilots
- Capacity: 2,645 lb of cargo internally, including 14 troops or 6 stretchers, or 8,000 lb (UH-60A) or 9,000 lb (UH-60L) of cargo externally
- Length: 64 ft 10 in (19.76 m)
- Rotor diameter: 53 ft 8 in (16.36 m)
- Height: 16 ft 10 in (5.13 m)
- Disc area: 2,260 ft² (210 m²)
- Empty weight: 10,624 lb (4,819 kg)
- Loaded weight: 16,260 lb (7,375 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 24,500 lb (11,113 kg)
- Powerplant: 2× General Electric T700-700 free-turbine turboshafts, 1,560 hp (1,160 kW) each
<h3>Performance<h3>- Maximum speed: 222 mph (193 knots, 357 km/h)
- Combat radius: 368 mi (420 nm, 592 km)
- Ferry range: 1,380 mi (1,200 nm, 2,220 km)
- Service ceiling: 19,000 ft (5,790 m)
- Rate of climb: 700 ft/min (3.6 m/s)
- Disc loading: 7.19 lb/ft² (35.4 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.959 hp/lb (158 W/kg)
<h3>Armament<h3>- Guns: 2× 7.62 mm (0.30 in) M60 machine guns or M134 miniguns
(The Army is now replacing the M60 machine gun with the M240.)- Can be equipped with VOLCANO minefield dispersal system.
Popular culture
In 1984, the CBS television series Airwolf featured a modified Sikorsky S-76 as an adversary gunship in the episode "HX-1".
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.
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<h3>Comparable aircraft<h3><h3>Designation sequence<h3><h3>Related lists<h3>- List of active military aircraft of the United States
- List of helicopters
- List of military aircraft of the United States
Categories
Aircraft without specifications | Helicopters | U.S. civil utility aircraft 1970-1979