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    Airframe Family: Hiller H-12/H-23 Raven
    Latest Model:H-23D Raven
    Last Military Serial:58-5459 US
    Construction Number:1108
    Last Civil Registration:N5985
    Compressed ID:Hiller H-23D sn 58-5459 US cn 1108...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fort Wolters Helicopters Heliport (88TS), Mineral Wells, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    1 January 1958

    Constructed as a H-23D.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 58-5459.

    14 September 1973

    To Des Moines Independent Coummunity School District, Des Moines, IA with new c/r N5985.

    April 2011

    Placed on display with Fort Wolters Helicopters Heliport (88TS), Mineral Wells, TX.
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    23 October 2013

    Civil registration, N5985, cancelled.

    27 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Fort Wolters, Mineral Wells, TX, USA
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