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    Airframe Family: Bell 206 / H-57 Sea Ranger / H-58 Jet Ranger / 407 / 417
    Latest Model:OH-58A Kiowa
    Last Military Serial:69-16140 US
    Construction Number:40361
    Last Civil Registration:N237FW
    Compressed ID:Bell OH-58A sn 69-16140 US cn 40361...
    Latest Owner or Location:S. R. Baron Inc, Brainerd, MN

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OH-58A.

    Circa 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 69-16140.

    To unknown owner with c/r N237GC.

    To Coastal Helicopters, Bayou George, FL.
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    4 February 2005

    To Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, FL with new c/r N237FW.

    21 April 2009

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR237FW (OH-58A, 69-16140) issued.

    18 May 2009

    To Larson Helicopters, Perham, MN with new c/r N237FW.

    13 April 2010

    To unknown owner with c/r N237FW.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Perham, MN.

    12 May 2010

    To Curtis A. Bond DBA, Perham, MN with new c/r N237FW.

    17 November 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N237FW.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Perham, MN.

    12 December 2016

    To Bond Helicopter Services LLP, Perham, MN keeping c/r N237FW.

    9 June 2021

    To unknown owner with c/r N237FW.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Brainerd, MN.

    18 March 2022

    To S. R. Baron Inc, Brainerd, MN keeping c/r N237FW.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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