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Robinson Helicopter Company R22 · 1986 · Bend, OR
N597LE is a 1986 Robinson Helicopter Company R22 (serial 597), registered to Leading Edge Aviation Inc (corporation) in Bend, OR. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires April 2027; the airworthiness certificate dates from October 1990 (36 years ago). It carries a Lycoming 0-320 SERIES engine rated at 180 hp, the engine on 35% of registered Robinson Helicopter Company R22s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A7B867. It is one of 133 Robinson Helicopter Company R22 aircraft on the FAA registry. Leading Edge Aviation Inc holds 16 aircraft on the registry.
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42 of the 119 registered Robinson Helicopter Company R22 carry this engine (35%), across 8 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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