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    Airframe Family: Bell 209 / AH-1 Cobra
    Latest Model:AH-1S-BF Cobra
    Last Military Serial:78-23061 US
    Construction Number:22167
    Last Civil Registration:N347WN
    Compressed ID:Bell AH-1S-BF sn 78-23061 US cn 221...
    Latest Owner or Location:Texas Air and Space Museum, Amarillo International Airport, Amarillo, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AH-1S-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

    By September 1979

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 78-23061.

    6 May 2004

    To USDA Forest Service-Fepp, Olympia, WA with new c/r N347WN.

    8 April 2011

    Civil registration, N347WN, cancelled.

    28 September 2015

    Placed on display with Texas Air and Space Museum, Amarillo International Airport, Amarillo, TX.
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    29 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Amarillo International, TX, USA
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