VH-UND Helio H.295 Super Courier
(c/n 1210)
Airfast was an associate company
of Helicopter Utilities who acquired two Helios in the mid
1960s to augment/support their fleet of helicopters. They were
used mainly in New Guinea
where their STOL qualities
stood them in good stead.. Although the two machines
(-UNF
was the
other) had consecutive ex-US identities (N6315V and N6316V
respectively) they had
widely separate c/ns and
.probably came from Indonesia. VH-UND was sold in the US in 1970
as N295LA and is still current,
based in Oregon.. The above photo was taken by John Hopton
at Mascot in April 1966, whilst
the lower shot, by Greg Banfield, shows it at the same venue just
prior to its receiving its
Australian registration and Helicopter Utilities titling.
