At the time operated by the Task Force component of the Armed Forces of Malta. In company with 9H-AAF, 9H-AAH and Jet Ranger 9H-AAJ.

Operated by a private owner from Anchorage. Photographed at the gravel airstrip, Lake Hood seaplane base, Anchorage, Alaska.

Ex OO-CSC, N165B, NC165B. (Upgraded from Bell 47D.)

Location given as the Cedar Creek Natural History Area, near East Bethel, which became the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in 2007. Helicopter Services Corporation was incorporated in Minneapolis in 1958. The helicopter crashed in Georgia in 1977. Photo by: Donald Lawrence / University of Minnesota

Photographer: Rainer Haufschild.

Photographer: Albert Storti.

The Bell 47G evolved from the Model 30 and was the first certified civil helicopter, In France it was used by the Army Light Aviation (l'Aviation légère de l'armée de terre) and the Gendarmerie.

Former Luftwaffe AS377, LA106 and 7420, this Bell was transported by a Luftwaffe C-160 to Malta on 29 May 1972 and registered 9H-AAG a few months later. It served the Armed Forces of Malta, Air Squadron and 2nd Regiment until April 1997. The registration was cancelled from the Maltese register on 20 November 1997. It was shipped off in a container for the Aviation Academy in the University of UAE and became an ground instructional airframe at the Dubai Aviation Academy with the fictitious registration A6-BEL; Of note, the construction plate reports it as a AB47J, not AB47G-2 (February 2018).

This AB47 is former Luftwaffe AS060 and 74+18 before it was flown to Malta (inside a C-160D) on 24 May 1972. The small helicopter became 9H-AAF on 14 July 1972 and was assigned to the Armed Forces of Malta / Air Squadron and the 2nd Regiment. The civil registration 9H-AAF was cancelled on 5 December 1997. The helicopter remained in storage up to September 1999 and was sold as F-GLNY.

Photo attributed to Margaret Bourke-White but she is riding in the open-cockpit Bell 47. The photo was most probably taken around New York City in 1951, indicating that this airframe did not become LV-AEM in 1947 and that LV-AEM must be ex NC158B (c/n 78). Photo from: Life

'Helicopter belonging to SS Hope'. This was a hospital ship run by Project HOPE. Obviously the Ranger actually belongs to the Indonesian armed forces. The star marking on the cabin looks like the presidential emblem. Location not given but the ship did visit Indonesia on its first voyage in 1960. Photo by: John Dominis / Life

Practicing for a flying display, with 9H-AAG in the background.

Taking a break from giving pleasure flights at the 1974 International Air Tattoo. Built in 1963 and previously operated by the SWEB - South West Electricity Board. Damaged beyond economic repair in a heavy landing after difficulties in a low hover, at Bristol (Lulsgate) Airport in January 1996. Noted on static display for commercial advertising purposes at Santa Cruz,Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain in 2015. Photographed at the same location in 2018 carrying City (Car) Wash advertising titles.

Built in1947. Ex N4929V, YI-ABY, N152B, NC152B. Registration cancelled on 27 March 1987 on sale to France as F-GFDP. Eventual fate is not known.

Crashed near Kyogle, NSW, on February 28, 2008. Tony Arbon photo

Crashed at Glengyle, Queensland, on April 11, 1980. Mike Madden photo.

Destroyed in a midair collision with Beech 50 VH-RCN near Moorabbin on October 10, 1970. Mike Madden photo.