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Aircraft:SE-JBC (Ambulans 998)Photo date:Type:7 Jul, 1996Operator:Photo views:Location:2451Photo by:In alert at the Gustavsberg Heliport.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/4570 -
Aircraft:D-HMMMPhoto date:Type:18 Oct, 2007Operator:Photo views:Location:1552Photo by:Former SE-JBC, still used for HEMS operations. Seen here on a maintenance flight.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/7036 -
Aircraft:SE-JBCPhoto date:Type:Feb, 1999Operator:Photo views:Location:1729Photo by:Standing in alert at the very end of its Swedish career at its base in Gustavsberg. Note the SX-16 search light mounted to the nose of the aircraft.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/1479 -
Aircraft:SE-JBC (Ambulans 998)Photo date:Type:7 Jan, 1999Operator:Photo views:Location:1452Photo by:Ambulans 998 is getting ready to take off on an emergency call on the very same day as its replacer (SE-JUP) had arrived to the base.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/1486 -
Aircraft:SE-JBC (Ambulans 998)Photo date:Type:ca. Nov, 1998Operator:Photo views:Location:1188Photo by:Standing in alert at the heliport in Gustavsberg.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/1475 -
Aircraft:SE-JBC (Ambulans 998)Photo date:Type:ca. Nov, 1998Operator:Photo views:Location:1362Photo by:The interiour of SE-JBC, photographed through its rear cargo hatches.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/1476 -
Aircraft:SE-JBC (Ambulans 998)Photo date:Type:ca. Nov, 1998Operator:Photo views:Location:1504Photo by:The dash-board of SE-JBC.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/1477 -
Aircraft:SE-JBC (Ambulans 998)Photo date:Type:5 Sep, 1998Operator:Photo views:Location:1514Photo by:This photo was taken at Bromma Airport during the Air Show 'Flyghistorisk Exposé' back in 1998. The helicopter was just about to take off on an emergency call. The pilot was the well-known mr Bengt Troberg. The helicopter was in service as Stockholm's primary ambulance helicopter between 1993 and 1999.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/1429 -
Aircraft:SE-JBC (Ambulans 998)Photo date:Type:Aug, 1997Operator:Photo views:Location:3728Photo by:Summer in the archipelago back in 1997. The local EMS helicopter on a mission.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/2841 -
Aircraft:SE-JBC (Ambulans 998)Photo date:Type:Jul, 1997Operator:Photo views:Location:3547Photo by:Restoring the cabin after an EMS mission. The aircraft is parked at a soccer field at Kungsholmen, which is sparsely used by helicopters to get patients to the central S:t Görans Hospital in Stockholm.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/2801 -
Aircraft:SE-JBC (Ambulans 998)Photo date:Type:Jan, 1997Operator:Photo views:Location:3474Photo by:Stockholm's primary EMS helicopter at that time is seen at the scene of an accident in southern Stockholm.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/2788 -
Aircraft:SE-JBC (Ambulans 998)Photo date:Type:1997Operator:Photo views:Location:3283Photo by:The technician Ove is maintaining the BK117 inside the EMS hangar in Gustavsberg.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/2834 -
Aircraft:SE-JBC (Ambulans 998)Photo date:Type:ca. 1997Operator:Photo views:Location:2321Photo by:Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/4256 -
Aircraft:SE-JBCPhoto date:Type:ca. Aug, 1996Operator:Photo views:Location:1243Photo by:Stockholm's primary EMS helicopter at that time, SE-JBC, is about to take off from a field at Ljusterö Island during an EMS operation.
All credit to the pilot as this was one of the moments that guided me into a career in aviation and the construction of the Nordic Rotors website.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/1458 -
Aircraft:SE-JBC (Ambulans 998)Photo date:Type:20 May, 1996Operator:Photo views:Location:2853Photo by:Being prepared to enter service with Osterman Helicopter in its new all-red livery. The aircraft was officially transferred from Heliflyg to Osterman in June 1996.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/4378 -
Aircraft:SE-JBCPhoto date:Type:3 Mar, 1995Operator:Photo views:Location:1369Photo by:Parked at the 'Thorax Pad' at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm. The 'Thorax Pad' was used as a backup helipad to the primary roof-top-helipad at the hospital.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/1354 -
Aircraft:SE-JBCPhoto date:Type:Feb, 1995Operator:Photo views:Location:2435Photo by:"Ambulans 997" is standing in alert at the heliport in Gustavsberg, east of central Stockholm. This helicopter was acquired in 1992 and put in service as ambulance helicopter in Stockholms county. In 1996 Heliflyg sold SE-JBC to Osterman Helicopter AB, which painted it red.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/676 -
Aircraft:SE-JBCPhoto date:Type:10 Apr, 1994Operator:Photo views:Location:1360Photo by:SE-JBC is seen in alert as SE-JBG is taking off for an emergency call. This image was shot during the last weeks of operation by SE-JBG, prior to being replaced by the Bell 412 SE-JBI.Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-JBC/1356
SE-JBC
Information about SE-JBC
Aircraft Data
Reg: SE-JBC
S/N: 7228
Year: 1992
Type:
Last known operator:
History:
D-HFDS, D-HMBN
Fate:
D-HMMM, 4X-BEM
In early-1993 Heliflyg AB was appointed winner of a new attractive EMS helicopter contract in Stockholm County, which was a result of a long evaluation period. The County Council had decided that they wanted two helicopters for the operation, including one BK 117. The decision to use the BK 117 was based on trials that were conducted in 1992, where one helicopter type a month was evaluated for a total of six months. Heliflyg used a leased BK 117 (SE-JBK) for the trials, but that helicopter had to be returned to Canada in 1993.
A new leasing machine (D-HIMT) was brought in by Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH to fill the need for BK 117s.
COMING TO SWEDEN
The primary EMS helicopter for Stockholm, SE-JBC, was delivered in March of 1993. The helicopter, which was purchased by Heliflyg, had been constructed as a B1 version in 1992 and converted to a B2 prior to the delivery. The helicopter soon entered service as EMS helicopter A998 together with D-HIMT at the newly established base in Gustavsberg, moments east of Stockholm.
A third leasing machine (SE-JBG) arrived in July of 1993, replacing D-HIMT. The two white BK 117s (JBC and JBG) worked together from mid-1993 to mid-1994. JBC was marked with number "1" and JBG got number "2". SE-JBG was replaced by a company owned Bell 412 (SE-JBI) in April 1994.
Osterman Helicopter
The EMS deal between Heliflyg and the County Council ended in 1996, and the company Osterman Helicopter AB won the renewal process of the contract. Osterman purchased SE-JBC by Eurocopter through a leasing bank in mid-1996. The helicopter was painted all-red by the maintenance company Ostermans Aero AB at Barkaby Airfield in Stockholm. The colour had been chosen by the County Council.
SE-JBC was put in service together with a Bell 212 (SE-JLP), which had replaced Heliflyg's Bell 412 (SE-JBI). The red BK was a common sight in the Stockholm area. The BK 117 was involved in one incident at the Stockholm South General Hospital in the late-90s. The aircraft stood on the helipad as another helicopter (SE-JLP) hovered too near and damaged SE-JBC. The BK was brought to Gustavsberg by truck and soon returned to service.
The BK grew old and the County Council had decided that they wanted a new and quiet helicopter type. Eurocopter had just introduced the EC 135 to the market and the type was selected as a replacement to the BK 117. Osterman purchased the fifth example of the EC 135, serial number 0005. The helicopter, which was given the registration SE-JUP, touched down in Gustavsberg in January of 1999 and soon replaced SE-JBC as EMS helicopter "Ambulans 998".
SE-JBC took off from Gustavsberg for the very last time on 1st of March 1999. It was flown by a German pilot and had obtained the German registration D-HMMM. It soon entered service as an EMS helicopter with Deutsche Rettungsflugwacht.
