N490DF ex 66-1212 Bell UH-1F (C/N 7108)

Bell UH-1F Iroquois

Construction Number: 7108


Built 1966





Detailed history and photos of helicopter Bell UH-1F Iroquois Serial 7108 Register N490DF 66-1212 used by CalFire (CAL FIRE) ,US Department of Agriculture USDA ,US Air Force USAF Track service timeline and current status.



Detailed history and photos of helicopter Bell UH-1F Iroquois Serial 7108 Register N490DF 66-1212 used by CalFire (CAL FIRE) ,US Department of Agriculture USDA ,US Air Force USAF Track service timeline and current status.
By Chris Kennedy



Aircraft History





66-1212

usa US Air Force

USAF, wfu 1973, to N490DF
For N490DF see also
        uh-1h 12375

N490DF

usa US Department of Agriculture

Forest Service Feb82-May95

usa State of California

2003-03-01 A KHMTHelicopter cabin set up for firefighter training at CAL FIRE Hemet-Ryan Air Attack Base
( TO BE CONFIRMED ) CalFire


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The heli on a pole at Hemet-Ryan is NOT a UH-1F, so it cannot be this airframe. It is a long cabin, presumably an UH-1H. It is not c/n 12375 either because that one is still operational as of June 2018
We only know that in 2003 it still carried "Vina Helitack" titles, and tanker number 205 (as does N490DF today). So it must be an UH-1H that operated as "Copter 205" for the Vina Helitack BEFORE N490DF did. Before 2003. Which heli qualifies...?




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