Aircraft Photo of Not known | MBB-Kawasaki BK-117A-3 | AirHistory.net #758424
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:Not known
Aircraft Original Type:MBB-Kawasaki BK-117
Aircraft Generic Type:MBB-Kawasaki BK-117
Aircraft Version:MBB-Kawasaki BK-117A-3
C/n (msn):7106
Location
City / Heliport:Fort Erie - Airbus Helicopters Canada HeliportMap
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: -   Local: CPG3   Other: -
 
Photo Date:11 March 1987
Photo by:Kenneth I. Swartz
Photo ID: 758424
Photo Comment

Photographed undergoing completion at the MBB Helicopter Canada facility in Fort Erie, Ontario. The helicopter was registered as D-HBCA for initial testing then first flown as C-FIOM in 1989 (after Imperial Oil retired their Grumman G-159, C-FIOM). Between June 1991 and May 1992, the BK117 was leased to the Canadian Armed Forces as 143106 to flight test systems developed for the New Shipborne Aircraft (NSA) by Honeywell Canada. In the Spring of 1992 it was leased to Heliflyg in Sweden as SE-JBK for HEMS trials before returning to Canada as C-FIOM to join STARS in June 1993.

This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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