By: Steve Bond - 25th September 2008 at 08:52
Hi Alan,
That’s great, many thanks for all the information, much appreciated.
Regards
Steve
By: al_macdonald18 - 25th September 2008 at 01:42
Hueys at Caloundra
Steve, lucky you visited when you did and saw these Bell 212 Twin Huey’s from the museum as the hanger is now almost complete and they aren’t visible from the road now. They were first noted by me on May 2 2008, weren’t there on my previous visit on April 10 so obviously arrived sometime in between).
The 2 machines are serialled 651 and 652 which is what they are marked as in arabic. Those serials are repeated (in english) on plates in the cockpit. They are both ex Royal AF of Oman machines and are stored by Curry-Kenny Aviation in reasonably good condition awaiting refurbishment (as firefighting aircraft) by the Heli-Centre here at Caloundra.
651 is a Bell built model, c/n 30803 and p/i was A40-AF while
652 has Bell c/n of 30671 and also an Agusta-Bell c/n 5550 which I can’t explain but guess there is a good reason for, perhaps built by Bell and finished/assembled at the Agusta factory. It has p/i’s of A40-AC and N90114.
Hope this helps,
Alan macdonald
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September 23, 2008 at 1:22 pm