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Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation ca-32 kiowa

1973

History News
This was a licence-built Bell 206 Kiowa, with the first wholly Australian built airframe rolled out in Mar 1973. Deliveries had commenced to Australian Army Aviation in Nov 1971, but these 12 were Bell-sourced kits, assembled by CAC.

Airframes (57)

C/NModelBuiltReg
44501ca-32 kiowaAU A17-001
44502ca-32 kiowaAU A17-002
44503ca-32 kiowaAU A17-003
44504ca-32 kiowaAU A17-004
44505ca-32 kiowaAU N17-005 A17-005
44506ca-32 kiowaAU N17-006 A17-006
44507ca-32 kiowaAU A17-007
44508ca-32 kiowaAU A17-008
44509ca-32 kiowaAU A17-009
44510ca-32 kiowaAU A17-010
44511ca-32 kiowaAU A17-011
44512ca-32 kiowaAU A17-012
44513ca-32 kiowaAU N17-013 A17-013
44514ca-32 kiowaAU A17-014
44515ca-32 kiowa1973AU A17-015 VH-NPY
44516ca-32 kiowa1973AU A17-016 ? VH-EJZ
44517ca-32 kiowaAU A17-017
44518ca-32 kiowaAU A17-018
44519ca-32 kiowaAU A17-019
44520ca-32 kiowaAU A17-020
44521ca-32 kiowaAU A17-021
44522ca-32 kiowaAU A17-022
44523ca-32 kiowaAU A17-023
44524ca-32 kiowaAU A17-024 A17-024
44525ca-32 kiowaAU A17-025
44526ca-32 kiowa1974AU A17-026 VH-NKH VH-NKH
44527ca-32 kiowaAU A17-027
44528ca-32 kiowa1974AU A17-028 VH-LTL
44529ca-32 kiowa1974AU A17-029 VH-IKH
44530ca-32 kiowaAU A17-030w/o 1976

Operators

1972- AU Australian Army Aviation
1973-2000 AU Fleet Air Arm (RAN)