VH-UHI   Bell 206A Jet Ranger                             (c/n  109)

                                 

                                         This Jet Ranger, seen above at Mascot in October 1976 in this nice shot by Greg Banfield, had
                                         a multitude of identities.   Greg saw it again, (below), some six months later in May 1977 when,
                                         still registered to Airfast, it was working for Channel 7 News in Sydney.   Delivered as N6246N,
                                         it went to New Zealand in the the 1960s as ZK-HCA before crossing the Tasman Sea to be-
                                         come VH-UHI for Helicopter Utilities.  Used in oil exploration work by subsidiary Airfast Heli-
                                         copters Pty Ltd it was re-registered in Papua/New Guinea whenever it was seconded to that
                                         area for a spell.  (The first time as P2-UHI and  the second time as P2-FHH).  When sold by
                                         Airfast it became VH-ONS and then became VH-FJC the fourth.  It was lost in an accident
                                         at Albany, WA on 3 November 2000.