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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:SH-3H Sea King
    Last Military Serial:148050 USN
    Last Civil Registration:N81725
    Latest Owner or Location:Carson Helicopters Inc, Grants Pass, OR

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SH-3H.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 148050.

    3 March 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N81725 (HSS-2, 148050) issued.

    21 April 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N81725 (HSS-2, 148050) issued.

    In the inventory of Specialized Aircraft Maintenance, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    Markings Applied: 26

    23 June 1997

    To Carson Helicopters Inc, Grants Pass, OR with new c/r N81725.

    1 January 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N81725 (HSS-2, 148050) issued.

    9 March 2014

    9 March 2014

    9 January 2018

    Civil registration, N81725, cancelled.
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    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee amp; Wood
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