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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1B-BF Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:63-8610 US
    Construction Number:0832
    Last Civil Registration:N5HF
    Compressed ID:Bell UH-1B-BF sn 63-8610 US cn 0832...
    Latest Owner or Location:Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UH-1B-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 63-8610.

    18 February 1972

    To unknown owner with c/r N5HF (UH-1B, 63-8610).

    22 December 1976

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR5HF (UH-1B, 63-8610) issued.

    4 November 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: UH-1B Iroquois as seen at Herndon in November 1979

    24 November 1982

    To unknown owner with c/r N5HF.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Washington, DC.

    19 August 2013

    Civil registration, N5HF, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Washington, DC.

    By 5 September 2013

    To Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, CA.
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    5 September 2013


    Photographer: Larry OBrien
    Notes: Just unloaded aircraft. Purchased from Private party in Quartzite, AZ

    4 October 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Palm Springs Air Museum, CA.

    4 October 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Palm Springs Air Museum, CA.

    4 October 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Palm Springs Air Museum, CA.

    4 October 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Palm Springs Air Museum, CA.

    22 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Palm Springs Air Museum, CA, USA.

    9 April 2022


    Photographer: Paul Cremin
    Notes: At the Palm Springs Air Museum in California.
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