Bell 429 Global Ranger   msn: 57227

# 227 / YL-HCH, captured while departing from Riga, Latvia.

Photo: Aleksandrs Cubikins, EVRA, 15 January 2016.

# 227 / C-FDYG, captured while visiting Warszawa-Babice-Bemowoi, Polonia.

Photo: Stefan Mieszkowski, EPBC, 2 November 2015.

# 227 / C-FDYG, This helicopter was flown from the Bell Canada factory to Montreal harbour and
landed on a flatbed container. The helicopter was secured and tied down to the loading device, the
mainrotorblades where removed and stored in a wooden box, and the helicopter was lifted inside the
container vessel Montreal Express. After crossing the Atlantic in 7 days the helicopter was unloaded in
Antwerpen harbour, and after assembly of the mainrotorblades flew to the European Service Center in Prague.

Photo: Hapag-Lloyd, Montreal harbour, October 2015.

 Airframe History:
 Date: Tailnumber: Owner / Operator:
   C-  [test-regi]
 MAY 2014 C-FDYG  Bell Helicopter Textron Canada,
 Montreal, Québec
 NOV 2015 C-FDYG  regi canx,
 exported to Latvia
 NOV 2015 YL-HCH  .....,
  Latvia
     

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