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    Airframe Family: Bell 47 / H-13 Sioux
    Latest Model:47G-5A
    Construction Number:25052
    Last Civil Registration:VH-RTO
    Compressed ID:Bell 47G-5A cn 25052 cr VH-RTO
    Latest Owner or Location:Darren John Barnfield, Hastings, VIC

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    Dates

    Event

    1971

    Constructed as a 47G-5A.
    47G-5A 25052

    8 June 1972

    To Darren John Barnfield, Hastings, VIC with new c/r VH-RTO.

    14 July 1989

    To Silicon Dynamics Pty Ltd, Chapel Hill, QLD keeping c/r VH-RTO.

    5 November 1998

    To Reliance Helicoptors Pty Ltd, Kewarra Beach, QLD keeping c/r VH-RTO.

    21 August 2005


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: VH-RTO at Mareeba, QLD, Australia

    24 November 2005

    To Reliance Helicoptors Pty Ltd, Redlynch, QLD with new c/r VH-RTO.

    29 August 2006

    Assigned civil registration: VH-RTO (47G-5A, 25052)

    21 November 2006

    To Tadgell Aviation Services Pty. Ltd, Golden Beach, QLD with new c/r VH-RTO.

    5 March 2007

    To Silicon Dynamics Pty Ltd, Chapel Hill, QLD with new c/r VH-RTO.

    15 June 2008

    To Airdata Limited, Wanaka, OTAGO with new c/r VH-RTO.

    15 June 2008

    Operated by Andrew Jowett.

    3 July 2009

    To Silicon Dynamics Pty Ltd, Chapel Hill, QLD with new c/r VH-RTO.

    22 July 2009

    To Silicon Dynamics Pty Ltd, Chapel Hill, QLD with new c/r VH-RTO.

    16 August 2016

    To Andrew Charles Jowett, Chapel Hill, QLD keeping c/r VH-RTO.

    6 September 2016

    To Darren John Barnfield, Hastings, VIC keeping c/r VH-RTO.
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