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    Airframe Family: Bell 206 / H-57 Sea Ranger / H-58 Jet Ranger / 407 / 417
    Latest Model:OH-58A Kiowa
    Construction Number:16888R
    Last Civil Registration:N206PR
    Compressed ID:Bell OH-58A cn 16888R cr N206PR
    Latest Owner or Location:Colonel James Jabara Airport (AAO), Wichita, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OH-58A.
    Built form spare and/or surplus parts by James P. Rogers

    28 September 2009

    To James P. Rodgers, Moreno Valley, CA with new c/r N206PR.

    Based at Wings and Rotors Air Museum, French Valley Airport, Murrieta, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 16888

    Restoration started.


    Photographer: Michael Huggins
    Notes: BELL OH-58A KIOWA sn.68-16888R (TRIP_ATE). N206PR Wings and Rotors Museum, French Valley Airport, Murrieta CA. 3-4-2015. The aircraft was in the process of being restored at hte time photo was taken. The markings being applied are from the original 68-16888 to honer the memory of 1st Lt Thomas Knuckey and his observer, Sergeant Philip Taylor, from A Troop, 3-17th Cavalry. Both were killed in South Vietnam on 27 May 1971, Vietnam when they came under enemy machine gun fire.


    Photographer: Michael Huggins
    Notes: BELL OH-58A KIOWA sn.68-16888 (TRIP_ATE). N206PR Wings and Rotors Museum, French Valley Airport, Murrieta CA. 3-4-2015_D


    Photographer: Michael Huggins
    Notes: BELL OH-58A KIOWA sn.68-16888 TRIP_ATE(triple 8). N206PR Wings and Rotors Museum, French Valley Airport, Murrieta CA. 3-4-2015.

    15 March 2017

    To unknown owner with c/r N206PR.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Lake Hughes, CA.

    7 November 2017

    To unknown owner with c/r N206PR.

    30 May 2018

    To unknown owner with c/r N206PR.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Wichita, KS.

    Based at Colonel James Jabara Airport (AAO), Wichita, KS.
    Wichita Area Technical College.
    View the Location Dossier

    30 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Wichita Jabara, KS, USA

    30 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Wichita Jabara, KS, USA
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
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