| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N27511 |
| Alternate Serial: | UN162 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bell 206 JetRanger |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell 206/406 JetRanger |
| Aircraft Version: | Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II |
| C/n (msn): | 45251 |
| Operator Titles: | United Nations |
| Unit Markings: | UNPROFOR |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Skopje - Alexander the GreatMap |
| Country: | North Macedonia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: LWSK IATA: SKP Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 19 May 1993 |
| Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
| Photo ID: | 535468 |
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This Crescent Helicopters 206L-1 was contracted by Skylink to support the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in former Yugoslavia in spring 1992. Bell N27511 and Era Helicopters Bell 212, N360EH (UN141) were based in Skopje to support UN forces on the Kosovo border. In Nov. 1994, three Skylink 206L-1s replaced Crescent's 206L-1s. To Helijet in Canada in June 1996 as C-GHJT. To USA in July 1998 as N211EL. With Offshore Logistics when it crashed in the Gulf of Mexico in poor visibility on Dec 29, 2007 en route to the South Pass 38 platform. Popout floats not deployed. Four onboard. 1K This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 1 January 2023, and has since been viewed 376 times. |