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Bell 407 · 1997 · Redding, CA
N487AL is a 1997 Bell 407 (serial 53150), registered to Redding Air Service Inc (corporation) in Redding, CA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires January 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from June 1997 (29 years ago). It carries a Allison 250-C20 SER engine rated at 420 hp, the engine on 3% of registered Bell 407s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A602A5. It is one of 376 Bell 407 aircraft on the FAA registry. Redding Air Service Inc holds 6 aircraft on the registry.
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11 of the 365 registered Bell 407 carry this engine (3%), across 13 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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