Agusta Bell AW 119 ZK-ISR at Ardmore 23-1-2016

A new helicopter type to me at Ardmore was the Agusta Bell AW119 Mk II ZK-ISR belonging to Heli Solutions Ltd of Tauranga.  The AW 119 is a fixed skid, single engine version of the AW109, and ZK-ISR is the only example of the type currently on the New Zealand Civil Register,


In fact this helicopter has a somewhat different history, originally being N291SH and then VH-UCL.  It was first registered in New Zealand on 6/11/08 to Heli Solutions Ltd and I understand it operated from various super yachts before being cancelled on 15/9/12 and exported to Australia where it was registered VH-UCL again.  Then it was re-exported to New Zealand and registered as ZK-ISR again, on 4/12/15.  Does that make it ZK-ISR2?

An earlier post on the helicopter in its first life here can be found at www.nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/agusta-a119-zk-isr-exported.html