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HELICOPTER AIR SERVICE PROGRAM   155

PROGRESS • TOWARDS SELF SUFFICIENCY 
SUBSIDY PER PASSENGER

[[image - two line graph showing progress toward self sufficiency subsidy per passenger for 1958 to 1964 and forecast to 1967 for helicopter airlines and local service carriers]]

PROGRESS IN SAVINGS TO THE MILITARY
''Fallout'' resulting from commercial S-61 program:^1

[[ 2 column table ]]
| Procurement | $54,000,000 |
| Operational | 57,000,000 |
| Total | 111,000,000 |

Operating experience accumulated in commercial service on the Sikorsky S-58 alone permitted U.S. military to save an estimated $77 million to date.

Continued savings are accruing to the Armed Forces as flying hours rapidly multiply in airline service with twin-turbine helicopters.

^1 Los Angeles Airways.