[smokingfrog]

In spring 2008, the Italian company Tiber Aviation bought three Bell 412 helicopters from a company called Helivan in Mexico for about $22 million. Helivan, which provides transportation for the Mexican government's oil company, Pemex, was leasing two of the helicopters from Bell in Tarrant County and, according to Bell, was not authorized to sell them. One is the helicopter that was later detained in North Texas.

[Cindy]

That’s interesting and thank you smokingfrog.

[Cindy]

Stepping back in time...

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/arlington/stories/121309dnmetirancopter.3c9a9ee.html

“Dallas agents ground helicopter believed to be on way to Iran”
10:31 PM CST on Saturday, December 12, 2009

By JASON TRAHAN / The Dallas Morning News

SNIPPET: “During their investigation, Commerce agents uncovered information showing that Tiber partnered with another Italian firm, Italiana Elicotteri, to get the helicopters to Iranian buyers.

Italiana Elicotteri, agents found, used Panalpina’s Luxembourg office to ship the helicopters from Italy to Iran.

Ernest acknowledges that Panalpina’s Luxembourg office arranged the shipment from Italy to Iran but says this was only done after getting appropriate approvals from Italian authorities as required by its compliance program.”

[headstamp 2]

Looks like a modified Huey.