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    Airframe Family: Hiller H-12/H-23 Raven
    Latest Model:UH-12B
    Last Military Serial:XB478 RN
    Construction Number:0538
    Last Civil Registration:N538AC
    Compressed ID:Hiller UH-12B sn XB478 RN cn 0538 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:John S. Hardy, Fort Worth, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as an UH-12B.
    Hiller UH-12B 538

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 134728.

    28 June 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XB478.

    From February 1964 to 21 January 1980

    To Bristow Helicopters, Redhill, Surrey with new c/r G-ASTM.

    1983

    To unknown owner with c/r N3877K.

    9 May 1990

    To Detroit Board of Education, Detroit, MI with new c/r N538DC.

    24 March 1992

    Certificate of airworthiness for N538AC (UH-12B, 538) issued.

    15 August 2002

    To Albert R. Crawford, Pleasant Ridge, MI with new c/r N538AC.

    20 June 2012

    To Albert R. Crawford, Pleasant Ridge, MI keeping c/r N538AC.

    9 February 2021

    To Albert R. Crawford, Pleasant Ridge, MI keeping c/r N538AC.

    2 April 2022

    To Johafe Aviation Llc, Wirtz, VA keeping c/r N538AC.

    17 April 2023

    To John S. Hardy, Fort Worth, TX keeping c/r N538AC.

    8 July 2023


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Meacham Field, Ft Worth, TX.

    26 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Fort Worth - Meacham Field, TX, USA

    26 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Fort Worth - Meacham Field, TX, USA
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