Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Helicopter 66

Helicopter 66

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/9 August 2018 by Ealdgyth - Talk 14:23, 25 July 2018 (UTC)



Helicopter 66 is the common name of a United States Navy Sikorsky Sea King helicopter that recovered the returning Apollo 11 astronauts from their oceanic splashdown on July 24, 1969. Called "one of the most famous, or at least most iconic, helicopters in history", Helicopter 66 was the subject of a 1969 song by the German singer Manuela, a cover of which later became a popular dance club tune in 1970s Belgium. In addition to its work in support of NASA, Helicopter 66 also transported the Shah of Iran during his 1973 visit to the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. The aircraft crashed in the Pacific Ocean in 1975 during a training exercise. At the time of its crash, it had logged more than 3,200 hours of service. Replicas of "Old 66" are on display at the USS Hornet Museum and the USS Midway Museum.
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 * Main editors: Chetsford
 * Promoted: 9 July 2018
 * Reasons for nomination: Helicopter 66 - considered by some to be the world's most famous helicopter - is best known for its recovery of the Apollo 11 astronauts. As the Apollo 11 command capsule is currently on its first tour outside the National Air and Space Museum since 1970, I think featuring Helicopter 66 sometime in the near - but non-specific - future would be appropriate. The article was just promoted to FA (as of the date of this nomination, the FA icon has yet to populate on the article).
 * Support as nominator. Chetsford (talk) 16:15, 9 July 2018 (UTC)