| Swiss
Helicopter
History
by Markus Herzig |
HB-XBZ |
| Agusta-Bell 47G-3B-1 | s/n: 1594 | Built: 1965 | s/n History: HB-XBZ, (EC-...), (D-HZKA), HB-XBZ |
| Operator / Owner | Registered | Cancelled | Remarks |
| Heliswiss | 1965-07-03 | 1981-09-18 | |
| Heliba | 1981-09-18 | 1990-09-26 | cancelled but not exported |
| Heliba (Rüdisühli Heli Group) | 1991-08-07 | 1993-07-02 | Reregistered |
| Airport Helicopter AHB AG | 1993-07-02 | 2025-09 | |
| rotorHUB AG | 2025-09 | 2025-10-14 | stored |
| Airport Helicopter AHB AG | 2025-10-14 | Current | stored |
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| HB-XBZ of Heliswiss with a load at the skid - Photo HBB via Roland Küng © 1966 | HB-XBZ of Heliswiss during work - Photo HBB via Roland Küng © 1966 |
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| HB-XBZ of Heliswiss with Polizei titles for traffic control in GR - Photo Flugarchiv Graubünden © 1974 | HB-XBZ during the first 16 years with Heliswiss - Photo by Anton Heumann © 25-Jan-76 |
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| HB-XBZ of Airport Helicopter approching Bern airport - Photo by Markus Herzig © 19-Jan-98 |