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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
44531ca-32 kiowa1975AU N17-031 A17-031 VH-JJP
44532ca-32 kiowa1975AU N17-032 A17-032 VH-XKY
44533ca-32 kiowaAU A17-033
44534ca-32 kiowaAU A17-034
44535ca-32 kiowaAU A17-035
44536ca-32 kiowaAU A17-036
44537ca-32 kiowaAU A17-037
44538ca-32 kiowaAU A17-038
44539ca-32 kiowaAU A17-039
44540ca-32 kiowaAU A17-040
44541ca-32 kiowaAU A17-041
44542ca-32 kiowaAU A17-042
44543ca-32 kiowaAU A17-043
44544ca-32 kiowaAU A17-044
44545ca-32 kiowaAU A17-045
44546ca-32 kiowa1976AU A17-046 VH-ZDI
44547ca-32 kiowa1976AU A17-047 VH-XKH
44548ca-32 kiowaAU A17-048
44549ca-32 kiowaAU A17-049
44550ca-32 kiowaAU A17-050
44551ca-32 kiowaAU A17-051
44552ca-32 kiowaAU A17-052
44553ca-32 kiowaAU A17-053
44554ca-32 kiowaAU A17-054
44555ca-32 kiowaAU A17-055
44556ca-32 kiowaAU A17-056
45549ca-32 kiowaAU N17-049 A17-049

Operators

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