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Eket
 
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EI-BFH -5N-AJL Bell 212 30878

1. EI-ASW Bell 206A 17/04/68 White and pale gold. September 1972 Went to UK. (Not 100% sure this was an IHL machine.)

2. EI-ART Fairchild-Hiller FH1100 20/06/67 Green and white. Yellow lettering. 08/02/71 Went to UK.

3, EI-ATO Alouette III SE3160 8/7/70 Overall white with green stripes. First Irish Lights flight; 29/10/69. Ditched off Louth Coast on the 26/05/71 (no fatalities).

4. EI-AUI Alouette II SE.3130 10/7/70 1. White with black (?) reg. No IHL titles. 2. Orange and Blue. May 1980 Went to UK.

5. EI-AVI Alouette III SA316B 01/09/71 Overall White with black lettering 01/07/73 Used on Irish Lights contract. Went to France.

6. EI-AWB BO-105D 31/10/72 1. Yellow and Black.
2. Dark Green and White. 3. Orange and Blue 10/01/78 Used on Irish Lights contract. Hijacked by IRA on the 24/01/74 for Strabane Bombing attempt. Flew in jail-break scene in Pink Panther movie!

7. EI-AWC Alouette II SA318C 30/01/73 Overall White with black lettering (?). Hijacked by the IRA on the 31/10/73 for Mountjoy Prison Escape. Crashed 15/05/74 at Cashel (no fatalities).

8. EI-AWK Bell 212 19/03/73 Overall White and Dark Green. 16/07/74 Went to UK.

9. EI-AWN Bell 212 28/05/73 White and Dark Green 28/05/74 Went to UK.

10. EI-BAM Bell 212 15/11/74 1. White and Dark Green. 2. Orange and Blue 18/08/83 Went to New Zealand.

11. EI-BDI BO-105C 26/7/77 Orange and Blue. Used on Irish Lights contract. Ditched off Donegal Coast on 03/06/81. Flew in the film "North Sea Hijack".

12. EI-BFH Bell 212 19/09/78 Orange and Blue.
Orange, Blue and White. 09/04/97 Papal Helicopter in 1979. Went to Nigeria with Bristow 5N-AJL. Crashed In Nigeria , W/O . With Fatalities RIP .

13. EI-BHO Sikorsky S-61N 02/11/79 Orange and Blue. 14/05/97 Converted to SAR ship before 24/04/92. Went to UK.

14. EI-BIJ AB206B-2 29/01/80 Orange and Blue. Sold to Celtic Helicopters in March 85, registered with Celtic on the 13/05/95.

15. EI-BIY Bell 47 G-3 (Turbine) 03/06/80 Yellow and Red/Purple? Unknown Went to UK.

16. EI-BJR Bell 206B 28/08/80 Pale Gold and White. Unknown Went to UK.

17. EI-BJV AB206B-3 17/10/80 White overall. Unknown Private heli leased-in. Went to UK.

18. EI-BKG Bell 47 G-3 (Turbine) 02/04/81 Yellow and Red/Purple. Unknown Went to UK.

19. EI-BKT AB206B-3 06/04/81 Orange and Blue.
Orange, Blue and White. Unknown (In last few years). Is now privately owned in N. Ireland, flying in IHL scheme.

20. EI-BLD BO-105DB 21/07/81 Orange and Blue with CIL badge.
Orange, Blue and White. Used on Irish Lights contract. Currently for sale. Still flying as back-up for EC135.

21. EI-BLY Sikorsky S-61N 10/12/81 Orange, Blue and White. (2 different schemes in these colours). 16/02/98 Was interim SAR Ship prior to April 1992. Went to UK.

22. EI-BMP AB206B-3 28/04/82 White with Red and Black trim. Crashed in 1982, Headford (with fatalities - RIP).

23. EI-BRE Bell 212 24/04/85 Overall white. Went to UK.

24. EI-BRL AB206B-3 09/08/85 Colours not known. 29/10/85 Went to UK.

25. EI-BTE BO-105D 06/10/86 Colours not known. Unknown Used on Irish Lights contract.(?) Went to UK. WFU

26. EI-BXQ Bell 206B-2 20/06/88 Red, White and Blue. (Bristows Scheme). Unknown Went to UK.

27. EI-BYV Hughes 500D 16/02/90 Metallic Grey with Orange Tailplane. March 1993 Went to Turkey.

28. EI-CAF Bell 206B-2 23/10/89 Overall White with IHL Titles. 07/01/94 Went to USA.

29. EI-CTK Sikorsky S-61N 28/04/89 White with Orange stripes. Carried “Schreiner” titles and small IHL titles. 26/04/01 Went to The Netherlands.

30. EI-HER Bell 206B-3 01/07/94. White with Red and Grey trim plus IHL titles. Has left the Irish Register for the UK recently.

31. EI-LIT BO-105CBS 20/02/96 Orange, Blue and White. Used on Irish Lights contract. Possibly still with IHL but for sale?

32. EI-IHL AS350B1 Squirrel Pre-2005 Maroon with gold markings Crashed 12/07/07 in Clare (Fred Balcombe RIP).

33. EI-FAC AS350B1 Squirrel Not known Maroon with gold markings Believed to be currently with IHL.

34. EI-PDG AS350 Squirrel Not known Maroon with gold markings Believed to be currently with IHL.

35. EI-ILS EC135T2i 11/2008 Blue and Orange. Primary Irish Lights contract ship.
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