This brand new Ecureuil was photographed during a lime-wash operation in the southern parts of Sweden. The helicopter was flown to Sweden from the Eurocopter factory on Maundy Thursday, during the Easter of 2006, and was accepted into Laroy Flyg’s permits a week later (the same day as this photo was shot). The helicopter was the very first B3+ version in Sweden. It’s fitted with an Arriel 2B1 engine instead of the earlier “2B” engine and a dual channel full authorised digital engine control (FADEC).