RON DUPAS COLLECTION
No. 490. Bell 47G-2 (N2871B c/n 1973) Tennessee Highway Patrol
Photograph from Bell, taken in 1957

Bell 47G-2

09/30/2016. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Built in 1957, this helicopter received its CofA on March 20, 1957 and was subsequently delivered to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, which became the first police agency in the USA to utilize helicopters in patrol work.

By May 15, 1992, N2871B had been registered to the Waldens Creek Helicopter Company at Dayton, Ohio, by May 26, 1995 it had been reregistered to Jack Summers of Ouray, Colorado, while since June 21, 2004 is has been registered to its present owner, L. Sheffelstson Inc. at Wilbur, Washington."


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