Suspending a two-and-a-half ton Sikorsky HH-52 Seaguard helicopter from the ceiling of the Smithsonian Air & Space museum is without a doubt, a difficult job. Nevertheless, the story behind the museum’s newest exhibit is so fraught with drama, that many guests attending the April 14 unveiling might say that hanging the chopper was the easiest part – bringing to a close a decade-long effort to have a Coast Guard aircraft on display at the Nation’s air museum. The story began when members of the Coast Guard Aviation Association set out to secure for the Air & Space Museum, the plane they believed to be most representative… Read More…