
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | PR-H-005 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bell 204 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell 204/205/210 (H-1/40 Iroquois) |
Aircraft Version: | Bell UH-1B Iroquois |
C/n (msn): | 426 |
Operator Titles: | Paraguay - Air Force |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Luque - Ñu GuazúMap |
Country: | Paraguay |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: SGAM IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | 19 March 2002 |
Photo by: | Tim Spearman |
Photo ID: | 577877 |
Photo Comment |
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Built for the US Army as 62-1906, to Panama Servicio Nacional Aeronaval as FAP111 in 1976 and to Ministerio de Seguridad Publica in Costa Rica as TI-SPP in 1978. Returned to the US as N4242T and upgraded to Garlick UH-1B before export to Argentina as LV-WED in June 1993. Repaired following damage in January 1995 and delivered to Paraguay along with two other Garlick UH-1Bs in 1996. Withdrawn and displayed as a gate guard at Ñu Guazú (SGAM) by 2007. This photo is copyright © Tim Spearman, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 11 June 2023, and has since been viewed 322 times. |