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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly / R-6 / HNS / HOS
    Latest Model:R-6A
    Last Military Serial:43-45473 USAAF
    Construction Number:158
    Last Civil Registration:N5282N
    Compressed ID:Nash-Kelvinator R-6A sn 43-45473 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, AL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R-6A by Nash-Kelvinator.

    Circa January 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-45473.

    By September 1962

    To Rick Helicopters, Inc, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N5282N.

    11 September 1962

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL5282N (R-6A, 43-45473) issued.

    24 July 1964

    Damaged.
    Substantially damaged when a fuel leak caused engine failure and fire at Skycrest Airport, Auburn, WA.

    By April 1988

    To National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL.
    Markings added: HOS-1, 75615.

    By July 1989

    Displayed suspended from ceiling.

    26 February 1992

    To United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, AL.
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    7 April 1993

    Civil registration revised.
    Sale reported to a new owner at Fort Rucker, AL.

    7 April 1993

    To unknown owner with c/r N5282N.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Fort Rucker, AL.

    22 December 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    1 January 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL5282N (R-6A, 43-45473) issued.

    1 January 2011

    To unknown owner with c/r N5282N.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Fort Rucker, AL.

    18 December 2012

    Civil registration, N5282N, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Fort Rucker, AL.

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    From After April 2015 to By February 2019

    Assigned to United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, AL for storage.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Euro Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Rotor Spot
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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