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.