Aircraft reference
FAC4003
212 · Colombian Air Force
Representative type photograph. No verified publishable photograph of FAC4003 was found.
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Identity
- Mission
- Helicopter bombers
- Registration
- FAC4003
- Mode-S address
- 0AC7E6
- ICAO type
- B212
- Model
- 212
- Manufacturer
- Bell
- Operator
- Colombian Air Force
- Country of registration
- Colombia
- Home base
- Melgar · Colombia
About the Bell 212
Water-bombing helicopter
It uses a suspended bucket or an installed tank to take water from a nearby source and place short, precise drops, including in steep or confined terrain. Depending on its configuration, it may also move crews, equipment, or rescue teams.
What this type can do
The Bell 212 is a medium utility helicopter that can carry a bucket, firefighters, and sling loads. It supports the fireline with repeated water drops and can change to crew or equipment transport when the bucket is removed.
This describes the type’s usual firefighting capability; it does not prove what this aircraft is carrying or doing now.
The Bell 212 is a two-blade, twin-engine, medium helicopter that first flew in 1968. Originally manufactured by Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, production was moved to Mirabel, Quebec, Canada in 1988, along with all Bell commercial helicopter production after that plant opened in 1986.
ICAO type · B212Flight history
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Photographs
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