Third Norwegian AW
delivery
Above: RNoAF AW101 Srs 612 0270/ZZ104 (c/n 50270) at Yeovil prior to delivery.
Leonardo MW Ltd
AN ADDITIONAL
Luftforsvaret (Royal
Norwegian Air Force,
RNoAF) AW
Srs 612 has been
delivered to Norway.
The helicopter, 0270/
ZZ104 (c/n 50270),
callsign ‘N OW50 01’,
left the factory in
Ye ovil, Somerset,
on May 25, making
a short fuel stop at
Humberside Airport
before continuing
to Stavanger-Sola
Flystasjon, where it
arrived the same day
to join 330 Skvadron.
This, the third AW
to join the R N o A F,
took its maiden flight
at Ye ovil on January- The first, 0268
(c/n 50268, ex ZZ103),
delivered on November
17 last year (see
Norway receives first
AW101, Januar y, p10),
was damaged when
it rolled over while
ground running at Sola
a week later – see
Attrition, Januar y, p91.
It has since returned to
Leonardo Helicopters
at Ye ovil for damage
assessment.
The second, 0265 (c/n
50265, ex ZZ102), was
delivered on January
19 – see Second
Norwegian AW
delivered, March, p10.
The first two RNoAF
AW101s – 0262/ZZ
(c/n 50262) and 0264/
ZZ101 (c/n 50264)- have both been
retained at Ye ovil and
are being used to train
Norwegian crews.
The RNoAF has 16 on
order. Dave Allport
Above: AS332M1 HT.21A-3 ‘402-22’ at Airbus Helicopters’ facilities on May 11. It
was overhauled and repainted before test fl ights at Albacete. Roberto Yáñez
THE EJÉRCITO del
Aire’s (Spanish Air
Force’s) 402 Escuadrón,
based at Cuatro
Vientos, Madrid, is to
receive a first AS332M
Super Puma, after
its overhaul at Airbus
Helicopters, Albacete.
Its paint scheme has
been changed to
reflect its VIP mission.
The Super Puma,
HT. 21A- 3 ‘402-22’ (c/n
2362), has replaced
its previous ‘Fuerza
Aérea Española’ titles
under the engines with
the revised ‘Reino
de España’ (Spanish
Kingdom). It also
has ‘Ejército del Aire’
titles and the EU flag
on the tail – changesthat were previously
introduced on VIP
aircraft operated by
45 Grupo at Torrejón.
The helicopters of
402 Escuadrón are
used for internal flights,
mainly transporting
government officials
and members of the
Spanish royal family.
Roberto YáñezVIP Super Puma for 402 Escuadrón
http://www.airforcesmonthly.com #364 JULY 2018 // 13