OO-SHG Sikorsky
S-58C (c/n 58.324)
So successful were Sabena's helicopter
operations, than no less than 10 new upgraded S-58s
were
ordered in 1955. Unfortunately, the economics
of such operations were just not viable
and in
November of 1956 the decision was made to terminate all its helicopter
services. By that
time fixed
wing schedules were covering just about all the territory operated by
the rotary wing
craft anyway. The S-58s, which were virtually brand new,
were taken over by the Belgian Air
Force. OO-SHG became OT-ZKI. The above photograph is
a United Aircraft image taken
at
Stratford, Connecticut, prior to delivery to the Belgian national
carrier.