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    Airframe Family: Bell 47 / H-13 Sioux
    Latest Model:47B
    Construction Number:0036 (47B)
    Last Civil Registration:N116B
    Compressed ID:Bell 47B cn 0036 (47B) cr N116B
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 47B.

    July 1990


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At MCAS El Toro, CA Air Show

    7 February 2003

    To Tridair Helicopters Inc, Costa Mesa, CA with new c/r N116B.

    26 December 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for N116B (47B, 47B-36) issued.

    16 November 2005

    To National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC with new c/r N116B.

    13 April 2012


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: This particular helicopter has had a 57-year career flying, from 1947 to 2004, the longest of any helicopter in history. Among the flights was a duration record - more than 50 hours hovering! Its truly a beautiful machine.

    9 January 2018

    Civil registration, N116B, cancelled.

    Based at Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
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