Helicopter at Solent Airport, UK in Netherlands Coastguard colours being used to train Dutch crew.

Bristow helicopter at Solent Airport Lee on Solent, UK in Netherlands Coastguard colours being used to train the Dutch crew. Bristow have won a contract to supply SAR services to the Netherlands Coastguard (Nederlandse Kustwacht). They will use three helicopters, this one, which was originally used for UK SAR training, a new one which is currently being manufactured and an offshore type (G-OENC) which is currently in the hangar at Lee being converted from offshore to SAR spec. All aircraft will be Leonardo AW189s. June 2022