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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:19 Oct, 2015Operator:Photo views:Location:1296Photo by:A brand new Bell 429 (SE-JPU) is seen behind one of the faithful EC135 workhorses used by the Swedish Police Authority.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/6751
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:19 Oct, 2015Operator:Photo views:Location:1760Photo by:POLIS 944 during its very last time in service as a police helicopter in Sweden. It was exported to Germany shortly thereafter.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/6880
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:12 Feb, 2015Operator:Photo views:Location:1199Photo by:Photographed at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/6288
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:10 May, 2014Operator:Photo views:Location:1413Photo by:Photo: © Jörgen NilssonDirect link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/5962
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:10 May, 2014Operator:Photo views:Location:1644Photo by:POLIS 944, photographed in Gothenburg by Jörgen Nilsson.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/5963
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:21 Apr, 2014Operator:Photo views:Location:1454Photo by:Taking off from Patria Helicopters.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/6094
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:28 Nov, 2013Operator:Photo views:Location:1544Photo by:On final approach to Patria Helicopter's ramp,Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/6839
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:6 Jun, 2012Operator:Photo views:Location:4130Photo by:Polis 944 is monitoring the streets of Stockholm from above.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/4815
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:2 Jun, 2012Operator:Photo views:Location:4591Photo by:LINKÖPING-MALMEN, AFS 2012.
It's always nice to meet the 135.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/4751 -
Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:4 Apr, 2012Operator:Photo views:Location:3550Photo by:Taking off after a short refueling stop at Scandinavian MediCopter's base. This aircraft is based at Arlanda airport.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/4523
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:4 Apr, 2012Operator:Photo views:Location:3714Photo by:Visiting MediCopter's heliport in Gustavsberg for some refueling.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/5115
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:24 Jan, 2012Operator:Photo views:Location:3858Photo by:Equipped with something that looks like loudspeakers.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/4287
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:13 Aug, 2011Operator:Photo views:Location:5325Photo by:Photographed at the Hässlö Airport in Västerås.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/3527
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:2 Oct, 2010Operator:Photo views:Location:4476Photo by:Watch out for speeding!Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/2706
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:2 Jul, 2009Operator:Photo views:Location:4641Photo by:Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/2734
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:24 May, 2008Operator:Photo views:Location:3571Photo by:Heavy traffic in Västerås. The EMS helicopter SE-JIA and the vintage HKP 5B SE-JIR is visible next to the police helicopter.
The photo was taken by Mikael Forslund, MF Produktion.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/4636 -
Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:12 Jan, 2008Operator:Photo views:Location:4013Photo by:Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/2778
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:16 Apr, 2007Operator:Photo views:Location:1387Photo by:Approaching taxiway X at Arlanda Airport. The helicopter is currently one of two Stockholm based police EC135s and it’s a frequent visitor at Patria Helicopter’s facilities at Arlanda Airport. Note the FLIR camera and SX-16 searchlight mounted on the skids.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/1193
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:11 Apr, 2006Operator:Photo views:Location:1591Photo by:This extraordinary image was shot by Wictor Pantzar as the helicopter was taking off from Patria Helicopter’s maintenance heliport at Arlanda Airport. The helicopter is based in Stockholm together with SE-HPX and currently flies out of the officially closed Berga Heliport. The machines must leave the base for good on 1st of July 2006. The location of the future base has not yet been determined - with less than three months remaining (Apr. '06).
[the helicopters finally ended up at Myttingen, Värmdö, east of Stockholm]Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/1161 -
Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:1 Dec, 2004Operator:Photo views:Location:3408Photo by:A big thanks to the pilot letting me take the picture at start up.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/4876
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Aircraft:SE-HPUPhoto date:Type:2 Aug, 2004Operator:Photo views:Location:2843Photo by:Hover taxiing to Patria Ostermans Aero's (now Patria Helicopters') maintenance facility near the threshold of runway 26 at Arlanda airport, north of Stockholm, during a test flight. SE-HPU, or POLIS 944, is currently (late-2004) based at Berga Heliport, moments south-east of downtown Stockholm.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/633
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:12 Jun, 2004Operator:Photo views:Location:1929Photo by:SE-HPU standing at its home base at the military helicopter airport Berga in southern Stockholm's inner archipelago. Note the strobe light-equipped push-back truck marked 'Polis' which is used for local emergency calls.. well, at least towing the aircraft 20 meters between the hangar and the heliport. Some of the visible equipment attached to the helicopter are the Leo II video- and IFR camera, a SX-16 search light with NVG-filter & laser pointer, a set of loadspeakers and a live down-link system. SE-HPU is one of two EC 135 police helicopters based in Stockholm.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/1841
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:7 Sep, 2003Operator:Photo views:Location:1347Photo by:Departing from a private airfield in Vallentuna.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/1842
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:3 Jun, 2002Operator:Photo views:Location:1166Photo by:Parked at a field at the Sörentorp Police Academy in northern Stockholm.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/1839
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:3 Jun, 2002Operator:Photo views:Location:1360Photo by:The IR filter is seen in front of the SX-16 search light.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/1840
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:May, 2002Operator:Photo views:Location:1129Photo by:Photographed during its first month in service - parked at the temporary police heliport at Arlanda Airport.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/1838
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Aircraft:SE-HPU (POLIS 944)Photo date:Type:19 Apr, 2002Operator:Photo views:Location:1137Photo by:A brand new EC 135! This photo was taken inside the Swedish National Police's temporary base in Patria Ostermans maintenance facilities within 24 hours from the delivery to Sweden. A few hours before I shot the image the registration was changed from D-HECH to SE-HPU. As the police said themselves - this photo must be the very first image of the helicopter as SE-HPU!Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HPU/1837
SE-HPU
Information about SE-HPU
Aircraft Data
Reg: SE-HPU
S/N: 0225
Year: 2002
Type:
Last known operator:
History:
D-HECN, D-HECH
Fate:
D-HTMH
On 17 April 2002 the helicopter started its journey to Sweden, from the Eurocopter Deutschland factory in Donauwörth. It was flown via the German towns Erfurt and Kassel (with an night stop in Erfurt). On the afternoon of 18 April the helicopter landed at the Swedish National Police's temporary base at Patria Ostermans Aero's heliport at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm. The helicopter was given the callsign POLIS 944 and put in service within a couple of days.
Due to the fact that the Stockholm based Polis 950 had been lost in a hangar fire a few months earlier POLIS 944 got based in Stockholm instead of Boden, where it was planned to be based.
The aircraft has been stationed in Stockholm ever since, but the bases have changed. It began its operation at Arlanda Airport, but was later moved to Berga Heliport. As the Berga base was closed by the military in 2005 the helicopter moved to a temporary base at Myttinge Heliport. That base was closed in late-2009 and the two Stockholm helicopters (SE-HPX being the other one) are now based a bit north of Stockholm.
Upgraded to a P2+ (i)
SE-HPU was eventually modified from a P2 to a P2+, which gave the aircraft some extra power and an increased maximum take-off weight.
SE-HPU was a frequent flyer. It flew an excess of 9000 hours during its first 10 years in service!
Retirement
In September 2012 the National Police took the formal decision to renew its fleet and replace its six EC135s, as well as to strengthen the structure with an additional aircraft to cover for the EC135 lost in 2007 (SE-HPS).
On 14 July 2014 Bell Helicopter announced that the Swedish National Police had signed a purchase agreement for seven Bell 429 helicopters.
The first Bell 429 (SE-JPU) was handed over on 1 October 2015, and it made its first official flight in service with the Swedish Police Authority on 27 October. The delivery of the remaining helicopters progressed in a rapid pace.
SE-HPU was the second EC135 to be sold. It was exported to Germany in December 2015. The first EC135 (SE-HPX) was sold to Germany earlier the same year, in February 2015. It was purchased by Helicopter Travel Munich (HTM), based at Emden Airport, which is focused in supporting the offshore windmill industry.