| Aircraft | |
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| 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 | |
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| City / Airport: | TexelMap |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EHTX IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Luchtvaart- & Oorlogsmuseum Texel |
| Photo Date: | 23 October 2014 |
| Photo by: | Peter Vercruijsse |
| Photo ID: | 8068 |
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PH-NHI first flight 29-May-1956 and registered Jul-1956, in 1964 to the Aeroplanorama museum at Schiphol and then PH-NHI cancelled Jan-1965 as permanently withdrawn from use. in Jul-1971 transferred to the Aviodome museum also at Schiphol, in 2003 to the Aviodrome museum at Lelystad, and later to the Luchtvaart- & Oorlogsmuseum Texel. After a small petrol engine had spun-up the rotor, the Kolibrie was powered by two ramjets at the rotortips. The total number produced was 11 and a number of them were exported to Israel and the United Kingdom. They were mainly used for agricultural spraying This photo is copyright © Peter Vercruijsse, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 14 September 2017, and has since been viewed 563 times. |