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    Airframe Family: Bell 204/205/208/208/212/214/412/553 / UH-1 Iroquois
    Latest Model:UH-1H Iroquois
    Last Military Serial:65-9718 US
    Construction Number:4762
    Last Civil Registration:N8079E
    Compressed ID:Bell UH-1H sn 65-9718 US cn 4762 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pac West Helicopters, Redding, California

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 65-9718.

    Circa 1967

    Converted to an UH-1H.

    By March 1995

    Transferred to Shell Army Heliport, Fort Rucker, AL.
    Operated with markings: 18A

    22 January 1999

    To Lenair Corporation, Hubbard, OR with new c/r N8079E.

    5 October 2000

    To Pacific Helicopter Tours Inc, Kahului, HI keeping c/r N8079E.

    Based at Pacific Helicopter Tours, Kahului, Maui, HI.
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    19 January 2017

    To Roger M. Gagnon, Redding, CA keeping c/r N8079E.

    By January 2017

    In the inventory of Pac West Helicopters, Redding, CA.
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    2 October 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Pac West Helicopters, 16607 Clear Creek Road, Redding, CA, U.S.A.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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    Glenn Chatfield
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