Sioux #1 takes final flight inside the belly of a Chinook!

South Carolina National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Jorge Intriago, 10JUL2012.

In July 2012, the skeletal remains of a South Dakota National Guard Bell H-13B Sioux (serial #1, built in 1948, note that this Sioux used wheels instead of skids) was loaded into the belly of a South Carolina National Guard Boeing CH-47D Chinook.

South Carolina National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Jorge Intriago, 10JUL2012.

The Sioux flew from South Dakota’s National Guard Museum, to South Carolina for restoration and display in the South Carolina Military Museum.

South Carolina National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Jorge Intriago, 10JUL2012.

The Sioux being worked towards a hungry Chinook.

South Carolina National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Jorge Intriago, 10JUL2012.

Sioux #1 chained, heading for a new home.

South Carolina National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Jorge Intriago, 10JUL2012.

Hungry, hungry Chinook!

South Carolina National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Jorge Intriago, 10JUL2012.

South Carolina Military Museum photo, 2012.

Volunteers with the South Carolina Military Museum stripped the remains down, a full ‘off-frame’ restoration including building their own replacement parts, and included convincing the original Texas family which made the original bubble canopies to make one last canopy for ol’ #1 Sioux.

South Carolina Military Museum photo, 2014.

In 2014, Sioux #1 was ready for display in the South Carolina Military Museum’s new second building (which happened by February 2015).

Silent film from Korea Police Action, 26AUG1951, a Sioux H-13B on the ground as an H-13D (with skids instead of wheels) lands behind it, they were transporting officials to some kind of ceremony:

This is the U.S. Navy/Coast Guard version known as the HTL.

Cold War Helicopters:

KAMOV 25 ‘HORMONE’

SIKORSKY DRAGONFLY