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Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D · 1978 · Destin, FL
N8648F is a 1978 Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D (serial 180257D), registered to Vertol Systems Co Inc (corporation) in Destin, FL. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires August 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from July 2015 (11 years ago). It carries a Rolls-Royc 250-C20B engine rated at 420 hp, the engine on 23% of registered Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369Ds. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address ABE129. It is one of 209 Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D aircraft on the FAA registry. Vertol Systems Co Inc holds 26 aircraft on the registry.
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42 of the 184 registered Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D carry this engine (23%), across 13 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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