I was able to put a little bit more together about the first 6 Helios.
Does anyone have registration #'s for 2, 3, 5 & 6?
Anyone know what happened to "Ole No. 2" or even what it's tail # was? edit N243B
After more crosschecking and rereading archives I am satisfied this is how it went.
But I am open to new information and perfectly willing to edit.
The first 6 crash cages were manufactured at Canton, Ma, initially 3 sets of sub assy components (tail cone, wings, vertical tail and stabilator) were sent to Canton by Fleet mfg in early 1954 and three are assymbled there. c/n 001 N242B, remains as a factory demonstrator. June 1954 c/n 002 and c/n 003 are sold to private individuals (ref Canton Historical society), #4,5,6 crash cages are sent to Fleet mfg for assembly, the jigs for the cages were to be sent at a later date. Helio cage c/n 006 is completed by Fleet in 1954 and eventually sold in 1957 as CF-IBF s/n FML-004. In 1955 two more sets of unassymbled parts along with cage #5,6 and tooling are sent to Pittsburg. The construction jigs and tooling at Canton are also sent to Pittsburg, where c/n 005 N28B, is completed in 1955 using parts and the cages returned by Fleet. After c/n 006 all are completely manufactured and assymbled including fiberglass parts in Pittsburg, KS.