Aircraft Photo of PH-NHI | NHI H-3 Kolibrie | AirHistory.net #1101
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:PH-NHI
Aircraft Original Type:NHI H-3 Kolibrie
Aircraft Generic Type:NHI H-3 Kolibrie
Aircraft Version:NHI H-3 Kolibrie
C/n (msn):3001
Location
City / Airport:LelystadMap
Country:Netherlands
Airport Codes:ICAO: EHLE   IATA: LEY   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Aviodrome
 
Photo Date:1 September 2007
Photo by:Peter de Jong
Photo ID: 1101
Photo Comment

A light helicopter of Dutch design, the Kolibrie was powered by rotor tip-mounted Kromhout ramjets. About ten H-3s were built for agricultural use. This is the prototype H-3, first flown in May 1956. Its H-2 predecessor, PH-NFT, is suspended from the ceiling.

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