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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:S-61NR
    Construction Number:61-473
    Last Civil Registration:C-FTNK
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky S-61NR cn 61-473 cr C-FTNK...
    Latest Owner or Location:Coulson Aircrane Ltd (Coulson Flying Tankers), Port Alberni, BC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S-61NR.
    Sikorsky S-61N 61473

    To unknown owner with c/r N9115Z.

    Circa 7 May 1972

    Certificate of airworthiness for G-AZRF (SIKORSKY S-61N, 61473) issued.

    7 May 1972

    To Bristow Helicopters Limited, Redhill Aerodrome, Redhill with new c/r G-AZRF.

    2 July 1974


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: S-61N of Bristow Helicopters Limited at Aberdeen in the Summer of 1974.

    22 April 1987

    Civil registration, G-AZRF, cancelled.

    27 April 1988

    Civil registration, N9115Z, cancelled.

    23 April 2009


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 2009 photo at Port Alberni BC - Acquired from South Africa, this Sikorsky S-61 is being used for parts and may not fly again. Note the UNO-465 serial number in addition to the civil regn partially obscured by a graffiti wallah somewhere along the line

    5 July 2011

    To Coulson Aircrane Ltd (Coulson Flying Tankers), Port Alberni, BC with new c/r C-FTNK.
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