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N8603

2019 Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407

Helicopter · serial 54844

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Jun 30, 2030.

Registered owner

RTL Aviation LLC

Owner type: LLC
Address: Po Box 612, Giddings, TX 78942

Aircraft

Make and model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
Year built: 2019
Serial number: 54844
Type: Helicopter · Land
Engines: 1 × Turboshaft · Rolls-Royc 250-C47E/4 · 600 hp
Seats: 8
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Sep 12, 2019)
Mode S code: ABD198 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Jun 26, 2023 · last FAA action Jun 26, 2023

Past registrations of N8603

N-numbers are reused. Each line is an earlier registration, ending on the date the FAA canceled it.

Jan 14, 1998 Douglas DC-8-21 · serial 45424 Conner F A · Miami Springs, FL

What a Bell 407 looks likePhoto of a Bell 407, not this aircraft: Robert Kowal, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Where is it now?

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