This helicopter began is career as an Dutch Air Force Helicopter, known as A-528. As the Alouette IIIs were abolished the American Albany-based company Roberts Aircraft Co purchased a great number of Alouettes. All were imported to Sweden where Heli-Support Sweden AB made some technican service before the delivery to the United States. This machine came here in September 1996 and left in October the same year. It later got the American registration N528RA.