Del'd: 6 - 1973 to 2000

Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation ca-32 kiowa
in
australia Fleet Air Arm (RAN)






This Australian licence built version of the Bell 206 Kiowa replaced the Westland Scout in hydrographic survey work for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although 6 airframes were used over the period, only 3 were on strength at any one time and only two of these had continuous service with the RAN. The other was initially written off after nearly 4 years and it was replaced by a series of loaned airframes from Australian Army Aviation. The story is further complicated in that two of these replacements (N17-005 & N17-006) were Bell-sourced but CAC-assembled models. The other 4 were all CAC built. The loaned airframes were eventually returned to the Army at various times and in Aug 2000, the remaining 3 Kiowas were transferred to Army use.



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  Units


YearsUnitsBase
1973/00723 Squadron Nowra






  Platforms


Classes
FFG Adelaide class
AO Moresby class


List of Aircraft


C/NModBuiltID     In this OrgIn other Org
44505 N17-005 723 Sq, RAN; Transferred to Australian Army as A17-005
Australian Army A17-005: type: Commonwealth CA-32 Kiowa
44506 N17-006 723 Sq /896 until ; Transferred to Australian Army as A17-006
Australian Army A17-006: type: Commonwealth CA-32 Kiowa
44513 N17-013 723 Sq /892 until ; Transferred to Australian Army as A17-013
Australian Army A17-013: type: Commonwealth CA-32 Kiowa
44531 1975 N17-031 723 Sq /031 until ; Transferred to Australian Army as A17-031
Australian Army A17-031: type: Commonwealth CA-32 Kiowa
- VH-JJP: Pentridge Pty. Ltd. as VH-JJP from Apr19
44532 1975 N17-032 723 Sq until ; Transferred to Australian Army as A17-032
Australian Army A17-032: type: Commonwealth CA-32 Kiowa
- VH-XKY: Code Black Pty. Ltd. as VH-XKY from May19
45549 N17-049 723Sq /890 until ; Transferred to Australian Army
Australian Army A17-049: ex Navy N17-049.




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