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    Airframe Family: Hiller H-12/H-23 Raven
    Latest Model:OH-23D Raven
    Last Military Serial:61-3129 US
    Construction Number:1315
    Last Civil Registration:N71NW
    Compressed ID:Hiller OH-23D sn 61-3129 US cn 1315...
    Latest Owner or Location:Four Creeks Aviation, Visalia, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OH-23D.

    Circa 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 61-3129.

    5 December 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for N71NW (UH-12E, 1315) issued.

    23 October 1989

    To Northwest Helicopter Inc, Olympia, WA with new c/r N71NW.

    18 March 1998

    To Northwest Helicopter Inc, Olympia, WA with new c/r N71NW.

    1 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for N71NW (UH-12E, 1315) issued.

    20 August 2009

    To Northwest Helicopters I Inc, Olympia, WA with new c/r N71NW.

    Based at Northwest Helicopters, Olympia Heliport, Olympia, WA.
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    11 July 2011

    To Barton Aero Inc, Visalia, CA with new c/r N71NW.

    9 September 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N71NW.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Visalia, CA.

    23 October 2019

    To Four Creeks Aviation, Visalia, CA keeping c/r N71NW.
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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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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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