Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Bell 206 / H-57 Sea Ranger / H-58 Jet Ranger / 407 / 417
    Latest Model:CH-136 Kiowa
    Last Military Serial:136228 CAF
    Construction Number:44028
    Last Civil Registration:VH-OSX
    Compressed ID:Bell CH-136 sn 136228 CAF cn 44028...
    Latest Owner or Location:Rodney Alistair Forge, Burramine, VIC

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a COH-58A.

    Circa 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 71-20893.
    S/n allocated for production administrative purpose, aircraft did not serve with US forces.

    24 March 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 136228.

    Redesignated as CH-136.

    By May 1983

    Transferred to 444 SQN, Lahr AB, FRG.

    28 May 1983


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete 83

    8 July 1984


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Middle Wallop Airshow

    To unknown owner with c/r N6340X.

    13 December 2005

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-OSX (OH-58A, 44028).

    11 July 2006

    To Thomas Osborne, Stanley, TAS keeping c/r VH-OSX.

    25 August 2006

    To David William Sproule, Meerschaum Vale, NSW keeping c/r VH-OSX.

    25 August 2006

    To David Sproule, Samford Valley, QLD with new c/r VH-OSX.

    9 July 2019

    To Rodney Alistair Forge, Burramine, VIC keeping c/r VH-OSX.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=166561][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Bell CH-136 Kiowa, s/n 136228 CAF, c/n 44028, c/r VH-OSX[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=166561
    Copyright 1993-2025 ww.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.