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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-64 / H-54 Skycrane
    Latest Model:CH-54B Tarhe
    Last Military Serial:69-18470 US
    Construction Number:64-077
    Last Civil Registration:N715HT
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky CH-54B sn 69-18470 US cn 6...
    Latest Owner or Location:U S Leaseco Inc, Aurora, OR

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    Dates

    Event

    1969

    Constructed as a CH-54B.

    October 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 69-18470.

    Circa 1983

    Transferred to 208th Aviation Company, Connecticut National Guard, Windsor Locks, CT.

    11 June 1992


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Stationed at Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, CT

    21 December 1992

    Candidate for National Naval Aviation Museum.

    April 1993

    To Ken Guthrie, Cougar, WA with new c/r N470KG.

    14 September 1994

    To Bluebird Helicopters, Cougar, WA keeping c/r N470KG.

    19 April 2001

    To U S Leaseco Inc, Baltimore, MD keeping c/r N470KG.

    19 April 2001

    To U S Leaseco Inc, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N715HT.

    14 March 2002

    To U S Leaseco Inc, Baltimore, MD keeping c/r N715HT.

    3 June 2002

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR715HT (CH-54B, 69-18470) issued.

    6 February 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR715HT (CH-54B, 69-18470) issued.

    Operated by Helicopter Transport Services Inc, Corvallis, OR.

    20 November 2013

    To U S Leaseco Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N715HT.

    Operated by Helicopter Transport Services Inc, Corvallis, OR.

    Based at Corvallis Municipal Airport (CVO), Corvallis, OR.
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    3 February 2016

    To U S Leaseco Inc, Aurora, OR keeping c/r N715HT.

    28 November 2017

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX715HT (CH-54B, 69-18470) issued.

    12 December 2017

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR715HT (CH-54B, 69-18470) issued.

    30 September 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at McClellan, CA, U.S.A.

    5 November 2020

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR715HT issued.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     CH 54 Skycrane Association
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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