Agusta Bell AB139 Air Greenland is released
Fictitious repaint of an Agusta Bell AB139. This repaint was made on request as a result of a news article in a local greenlandic newspaper. According to Sermitsiaq.gl (online newssite in danish), Air Greenland has decided to replace Sikorsky S-61N helicopters with Agusta Westland AW139. 2010 is the estimated year, where passengers can fly with these new helicopters.
The AgustaWestland AW139 is a 15-seat medium sized twin-engined helicopter manufactured by AgustaWestland. Originally designed and developed jointly by Agusta and Bell Helicopters and marketed as the Agusta-Bell AB139, Bell withdrew from the project, which was then renamed the AW139.
The AW139 is powered by two Pratt & Whitney PT6C turboshaft engines. The helicopter is being marketed for use in a number of roles including Law Enforcement/Emergency Medical Service, Executive Transport, Search and Rescue, Maritime and Offshore Oil Operations.
The first AW139 flew on February 3 2001 at Vergiate in Italy, and the first production aircraft on June 24 2002. The first customer aircraft was delivered in 2003.
The company has orders for 190 helicopters of which 30 have been delivered (July 2006). It was a contender in the U.S. Army Light Utility Helicopter Program (2004-2006) but lost to the Eurocopter EC145-based UH-72A.
In 2007 a second production line at the Agusta Aerospace plant at Philadelphia, United States was established.
At the Farnborough Air Show in 2006, AgustaWestland announced the AW149, a multi-role battlefield helicopter variant of the AW139.
The Irish Air Corps began taking delivery of its first AW139s in 2007. The type will provide army co-operation capability to the Air Corps. They replace the Aerospatiale Alouette III in service.
In late 2006 it was announced that the Japan Coast Guard had selected the AW139 as the replacement for its fleet of Bell 212 helicopters. 24 AW139s are expected to be delivered, beginning in 2008.
Repaint is done by Crewmaster (Lars Larsen), and you can find the file under "Helicopters".