This helicopter was seen together with the Super Puma F-WZJN in Kalmar in November 1986. It was probably visiting Sweden for evaluation purposes since the Swedish Materiel Administration (FMV) purchased several Super Pumas only a couple of years later. The first two of a total of 12 machines were delivered in 1988. The helicopter type entered service with the Swedish Air Force as rescue helicopter and was given the designation HKP 10.

The only information avaliable on this individual machine (F-ZVLQ) says that it was the very first serial produced Super Puma. At the time this photo was taken it was a F-version (short Navy model for anti-submarine warfare), but the Super Puma aircraft itself was soon given a longer airframe and not too many short-body examples of the Super Puma exists.