Essentially same machine from memory, made under license by Kawasaki.
Awesome air ambulance
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Yes, mate was telling me about a crew he knew that were operating in the North Atlantic doing rare species protection or some such. UK Govt dept said "you guys are doing a great job, its time to replace your helo. What new helo do you want?" They said " This Bolkoff, sent back to the factory and zero hour rebuilt." Says quite a bit from a crew that spent an awful lot of time flying over the North Atlantic sea in all weathers a long long way from any assistance.
Obviously there are some helicopter enthusiasts on here that got enjoyment out of the helicopter photos, so I have put some more up here for people to view.
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Another photo of the same helicopter involved in the food drop. In the photo you can see the writings of Helicopter NZ Ltd, for aviation enthusiasts just do a Google search.
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To those that are interested this was the bivy I got to that had a whole pile of food in it. In those days it was surprising this Ngamako bivy seemed to be seldom visited.
One of those galv bins in the food drop would have been full of plain ( & probably weevilly) flour with several lbs of butter buried deep within.Would keep without going ransid right thru the heat of summer while sweating in the tin dog box.Plunge your hand into the flour and the temp would be surprisingly cool 6°
More photos for helicopter enthusiasts out there....
A helicopter taking off from the Pohangina base in the Southern Ruahines.
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I obviously have other associated photos to this area and will put up in due course and other links to other threads / posts etc.
A helicopter in the Hunter Valley Otago region
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I used to work for the NZFS as a carpenter in the Southern Lakes / Otago area.
Most probably put up some more photos for viewers enjoyment etc.
So this isn't @SmokeyJason but the description is identical.