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Sikorsky H-19
Length: 18.99 meters
Height: 4.65 meters
Mass: 3.2 tons
  Powers/Weapons: Flight at 163 kilometers per hour
First Appearance: King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
Other Appearances: Dogora; The War of the Gargantuas
Series:  Showa  

Description

Created in the late 1940's by the US Air Force, the Sikorsky H-19 Helicopter became a stable research and transport vehicle during Japan's many crises. The craft's first use during such an emergency came in 1962 when a fleet of H-19 Helicopters were dispatched to survey the first confrontation between the monsters Godzilla and King Kong. Swooping low and over the war field, several of the pilots ventured too close as their reward was an untimely demise at the hands of the creatures. Long after this first encounter, the aircraft was needed again. This time, to follow and document the incredible balloon lifting system for Kong. Located inside the helicopter were Fujita and Sakurai, who taped the epic battle while commenting on how the tide turned from one monster to the other. In the end, however, Godzilla and King Kong both fell from a cliff, and only Kong was the one to surface.

The chopper's next assignment came years later when they were utilized during the last stand against the multiple space cells of Dogora. Flying into the clouds of the coal consuming creatures, the Sikorsky H-19s dropped parachuted canisters of spraying wasp venom. Hundreds of the cylinder barrels dumped their poison contents onto the cells, turning the once flashing orbs into rock hard colorful stones. Within minutes the creatures fell from the sky like hail, ending the once economic threat of the Dogora being.

The only other real time the aerial machines were used during a crisis was to lure the green gargantua, Gaira, into a neatly woven trap. At first, they were successful at keeping the humanoid giant at bay, while the JSDF set up electrodes in a nearby lake. The creature caught on, however, and started to leap into the air to swat the crafts from the sky. Despite their losses, the helicopters completed their mission as the trap was set. The creature was then led into the waters, as masers and the electrified streams wracked the monster's form unrelenting. Only through the safety of his brother, Sanda, did Garia leave the area alive.