Northern Rescue Helicopter's Leonardo AW 169 ZK-IHB/2 at Ardmore Today 1-10-2026

The latest Northern Rescue Helicopter's Leonardo AW 169 was out at Ardmore today.  This is the fourth Leonardo AW 169 in their upgraded fleet:

ZK-IHB2 (c/n 69062) is a 2018 model built by Leonardo Helicopters spA in Milan, Italy.  It was registered as SE-JSI on 1 Feb 2018 to Vertical Aviation No.2 Ltd, Dublin, Ireland and was operated as an air ambulance in Sweden.  It was cancelled on 15/11/24 and shipped to New Zealand.

It was registered as ZK-IHB2 on 19/2/25 to Northern Rescue Helicopter Ltd of Whangarei, but it has only recently been restored to airworthy status.