Aircraft Photo of SUH-540 | Bell 212 Twin Two-Twelve | AirHistory.net #809117
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:SUH-540
Aircraft Original Type:Bell 212
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell 212/450 (H-1 Iroquois/Venom)
Aircraft Version:Bell 212 Twin Two-Twelve
C/n (msn):31283
Location
City / Airport:Colombo - Katunayake / Bandaranaike InternationalMap
Country:Sri Lanka
Airport Codes:ICAO: VCBI   IATA: CMB   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:6 October 2023
Photo by:Stephan de Bruijn
Photo ID: 809117
Photo Comment

A Bell 212 in heavy maintenance with the Sri Lanka Air Force own Aircraft Engineering Wing. SUH-540 is former Bell test registration N3211W and was delivered to SLAF 7sq as CH-540 in the mid-ninetees. It was damaged in March 2007 but repaired. It was reserialled to SUH-4109 in 2010, and again to SUH-540 by March 2012.

This photo is copyright © Stephan de Bruijn, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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