Crashed at White River on February 25, 1975. Bob Kerr photo

Ditched into sea at Queen Charlotte Sound on March 7, 1995. Bob Kerr photo

Withdrawn from use in 1985. Reappeared on the Australian register in 1986 as VH-JAV. Bob Kerr photo

Crashed at Ardmore in October 1980. Rebuilt in Australia as VH-HMU. Bob Kerr photo

Sold in Australia as VH-WCD in April 1995. Bob Kerr photo

Sold in Cambodia as XU-WLA in February 2009, by which time it had been converted to AS350BA. Bob Kerr photo

Crashed at Mount Potts on September 29, 1971. Bob Kerr photo

Sold in Japan as JA7680 in March 1982. Bob Kerr photo

Crashed at Taharoa on January 14, 1976. Bob Kerr photo

Sold in Australia as VH-WCJ in May 2001. Bob Kerr photo

Converted to a Soloy and sold in Papua New Guinea as P2-AHG in August 1980. Bob Kerr photo

This italian built AW139 has been flying for or within the worldwide acting Helicopters NZ group since it was manufactured in late 2008. It briefly went on the New Zealand register as ZK-HUL before flying as VH-NZE for HNZ Australia Pty between January 2009 and March 2011. It is seen here passing through Subang on it's way to Thailand, becoming HS-SFH a few days later. Leased to and flying for SFS Aviation till May 2014. Back to Australia as VH-NZZ, then ZK-IHP and to Papua New Guinea as P2-NZE from 2016-2018. Operating in the yellow/black PHI (NZ Ltd) livery as ZK-IHP at the time of upload.

Year of manufacture: 1981. Aircraft first registered in New Zealand: 21 April 1989. Previous Registrations: N54498 & XA-MOZ. Operated by Helicopters (NZ) Ltd.

On display at the Avalon Airshow 2011

On static display at the Avalon Airshow 2011

In Feb 1974 registration ZK-HIH was initially allocated to S-58ET c/n 58-1677 ex N82849, but that sale fell through and the helicopter was not delivered. In Nov 1974 it became c/n 58-1663 ex N82846 instead (seen in this photo), which was sold as PK-OBM in Oct 1979. In May 1993 ZK-HIH was re-used by another helicopter, AS-350B c/n 1723.