14.02.2010 Cameroon Air Force (???) Bell 412 @ Luxembourg

[JetStar2]

two Bell 412s were noted this afternoon at the cargo-ramp at Luxembourg Airport. I was unable to get any closer so the shots are taken through double fences and in heavy snowfall!

Does anyone has more info on these two choppers? TJXEM is clearly readable, the other I wrote down as TJXSA but very hard to read. What does "B.I.R." stand for?

on the boxes with the rest of the helos (tailbooms, rotors, etc) I saw written numbers that COULD be the c/ns: 36522 and 36524, they look like Bell 412 c/ns.

The photos: http://www.scramble.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=60455" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

any help on this issue is very welcome!

Peter

[RobertMB]

Nice catch !

B.I.R. = Bataillon Intervention Rapide (Rapid Intervention Battalion)

Bell 412EP c/n 36522:
C-FZMJ rgd. 02jun2009
N10768 rgd. 25sep2009 (not yet canx. by FAA)

Bell 412EP c/n 36524:
C-FZVF rgd. 03jul2009
N10680 rgd. 25sep2009 (not yet canx. by FAA)

BR,

Robert

[Sowald]

Hi Peter,

any idea where these helo`s were going to?

Rob.

[Hans van Herk]

any idea where these helo`s were going to?

Cameroon seems a very logical destination

[cliom]

Are these still at ELLX?

[JetStar2]

around 1900 they were, but loaded onto trucks. Looked like they will be trucked elswere (Paris?).

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[Sowald]

any idea where these helo`s were going to?

Cameroon seems a very logical destination

Pretty smart answer Hans.
But it doesn`t need to be that logical.
They also could have came from Cameroon and on there way to one of the many Bell factories over the world.
In this case I was hoping they would end up at Bell helicopters here in Calgary.

But that would not be logical.

[Wim]

The first one arrived at Ostend airport (Belgium) around 4h00lt this morning

[cis]

Anybody with more info about:

- Did the 2nd Bell arrive ?
- Are both still present? When due to leave?

[JetStar2]

Anybody with more info about:

- Did the 2nd Bell arrive ?
- Are both still present? When due to leave?

both Bells left Luxembourg by road.

Peter

[Wim]

Both Bells are at Ostend now (17/02/2010), but I don't know when they leave.

[Wim]

They have been loaden into a B747 of Air Bridge Cargo VP-BIJ and are leaving this afternoon to Cameroen.

[AK01]

Hey Wim,
Have you been able to find out which constuctionnumber belongs to which airframe.
I see 36522 and 36524 reported, but not sure what belongs to what.

Grtn Pieter,

[Wim]

No, I'm sorry