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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-55 / H-19 / HRS / HO4S / Whirlwind
    Latest Model:UH-19D Chickasaw
    Last Military Serial:55-3197 US
    Construction Number:55-0926
    Last Civil Registration:N95487
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky UH-19D sn 55-3197 US cn 55...
    Latest Owner or Location:U.S. Army Medical Department Museum, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UH-19D.

    Circa 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 55-3197.

    To Allied Aircraft Sales, Tucson, AZ.
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    16 November 1983

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR95487 (UH-19D, 55-3197) issued.

    3 May 1994

    To Orlando Helicopter Airways Inc, Orlando, FL with new c/r N95487.

    5 May 2004

    To unknown owner with c/r N95487.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

    29 April 2011

    Civil registration, N95487, cancelled.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

    From Unknown to By 21 September 2013

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: ARMY, U.S. ARMY, 13414

    21 September 2013

    To U. S. Army Medical Department Museum, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX.
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    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR95487 (UH-19D, 55-3197) issued.

    1 January 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N95487.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
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