Bell 429 Global Ranger   msn: 57398

# 398 / OK-GMV, The second Bell 429 for the National Grid, captured a few days before delivery at Prague.
The 429 shows a slightly revised livery and its future tailnumber G-RIDC. The 429 was ferried on delivery
to its new owner on 29 April 2021 from Prague via EDGS-Siegerland and EBKT-Kortrijk. After a night-stop
in Belgium, the 429 arrived at Oxford on the morning of 30 April 2021. The first one is G-RIDB # 105.

Photo: LKPR, 22 April 2021.

# 398 / OK-GMV, The second Bell 429 for the National Grid, captured during a test flight near Prague.

Photo: Dominik Schwab, LKPR, 15 december 2020.

 Airframe History:
 Date: Tailnumber: Owner / Operator:
 12 JUN 2020 C-GSZV Bell Textron Canada Ltd,
 Montreal, Québec
 20 JUL 2020 C-GSZV regi canx,
 exported to Czech Republic
 04 AUG 2020 OK-GMV Bell Textron Prague as,
 Prague, Czech Republic
 12 MAY 2020 OK-GMV regi canx,
 exported to United Kingdom
 12 MAY 2021 G-RIDC National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc,
 Turweston, United Kingdom
     

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