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Bell 47H-1 · 1956 · Wilmington, NC
N985B is a 1956 Bell 47H-1 (serial 1362), registered to Mcgee Kenneth J (individual) in Wilmington, NC. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires April 2033; the airworthiness certificate dates from July 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a Franklin 6V4 SERIES engine rated at 210 hp, the engine on 83% of registered Bell 47H-1s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address ADBDD0. It is one of 6 Bell 47H-1 aircraft on the FAA registry. Mcgee Kenneth J holds 2 aircraft on the registry.
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5 of the 6 registered Bell 47H-1 carry this engine (83%), across 2 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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