SE-JEH

This photo was taken by the pilot Markus Baier during a short break 8 nm north-west of Hammerfest on the island of Soeroeya in Norway during a sling-load operation. Markus was transporting various equipment from the local barbor to the construction-site of a new antenna station on the island.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nSE-JEH was purchased by HeliNord Norden AB earlier this month. It was first registered in Sweden back in June 1998, purchased from the Royal Dutch Air Force by Heli-Support Sweden AB. It went through a major maintenance make-over and was sold to Polarflyg AB in September the same year. When Polarflyg went bankrupt in 2002 Euro-Pole AB acquired the machine, dry-leasing it to Jämtlands Aero AB. SE-JEH was in service with the company for a couple of years before Osterman Helicopter AB took over Jämtlands Aero\\\\\\\'s operational and technical management and thereby decided to abolish the Alouette from its operations. A few months later the experienced Alouette operator HeliNord Norden AB purchased the machine. It was put in service in northern Sweden together with its new sister-machine SE-HTH.