Notes:

Taking off as the presidential helicopter very early in the morning. En route to pick the president up. The interior is decked out with a VIP configuration

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Aircraft

AEE-487 - Mil Mi-171E - Ecuador - Army

Helping out with the fire season in Quito, it flew along 7 more helicopters

Antonio Espinel AEE-487
841 14 0 Mil Mi-171E
AEE-487 - Mil Mi-171E - Ecuador - Army

Was due to fly on a photography flight with a H125, but some paperwork problems made the whole plan go away

Antonio Espinel AEE-487
1,000 13 0 Mil Mi-171E
AEE-487 - Mil Mi-171E - Ecuador - Army

Taking off one sunny morning from La Balbina on its way to Cotopaxi to pick up the indigenous leader, Leonidas Iza who was arrested early that morning for inciting the violent protests that began those days in the country

Diogo da Conceicao AEE-487
1,053 75 2 Mil Mi-171E

Photo location

E-323 - Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil - Ecuador - Army

Joseph Cervantes E-323
201 4 0 Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil
E-325 - Airbus Helicopters H125 - Ecuador - Army

E-325 approaching La Balbina Base

Juan Andres Saavedra E-325
183 13 0 Airbus Helicopters H125
AEE-458 - Aérospatiale SA 330L Puma - Ecuador - Army

Ecuadorian army's albino Puma approaching La Balbina before taking off again

Juan Andres Saavedra AEE-458
479 13 0 Aérospatiale SA 330L Puma

Photographer

FAE-898 - Lockheed C-130H Hercules - Ecuador - Air Force

New Hercules for the Ecuadorian Air Force! Arriving at Latacunga as RCH413 and performing two high-speed low passes at just 200ft above the Runway

Antonio Espinel FAE-898
2,815 75 4 Lockheed C-130H Hercules
HC-BDN - Nord 2501D Noratlas - ATESA - Aerotaxis Ecuatorianos S.A.

Antonio Espinel HC-BDN
347 10 0 Nord 2501D Noratlas
FAE-630 - Boeing 737-236(Adv) - Ecuador - Air Force

630 taking off from Latacunga on a sunny afternoon

Antonio Espinel FAE-630
750 27 0 Boeing 737-236(Adv)

Registration

AEE-487

Photo Date

Jun 03, 2021

Uploaded

Jun 19, 2021

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Notes

Taking off as the presidential helicopter very early in the morning. En route to pick the president up. The interior is decked out with a VIP configuration

Camera

Canon EOS Rebel t3 | 28-135mm
AEE-487 - Mil Mi-171E - Ecuador - Army

Helping out with the fire season in Quito, it flew along 7 more helicopters

Antonio Espinel AEE-487
841 14 0 Mil Mi-171E
AEE-487 - Mil Mi-171E - Ecuador - Army

Was due to fly on a photography flight with a H125, but some paperwork problems made the whole plan go away

Antonio Espinel AEE-487
1,000 13 0 Mil Mi-171E
AEE-487 - Mil Mi-171E - Ecuador - Army

Taking off one sunny morning from La Balbina on its way to Cotopaxi to pick up the indigenous leader, Leonidas Iza who was arrested early that morning for inciting the violent protests that began those days in the country

Diogo da Conceicao AEE-487
1,053 75 2 Mil Mi-171E
E-323 - Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil - Ecuador - Army

Joseph Cervantes E-323
201 4 0 Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil
E-325 - Airbus Helicopters H125 - Ecuador - Army

E-325 approaching La Balbina Base

Juan Andres Saavedra E-325
183 13 0 Airbus Helicopters H125
AEE-458 - Aérospatiale SA 330L Puma - Ecuador - Army

Ecuadorian army's albino Puma approaching La Balbina before taking off again

Juan Andres Saavedra AEE-458
479 13 0 Aérospatiale SA 330L Puma
FAE-898 - Lockheed C-130H Hercules - Ecuador - Air Force

New Hercules for the Ecuadorian Air Force! Arriving at Latacunga as RCH413 and performing two high-speed low passes at just 200ft above the Runway

Antonio Espinel FAE-898
2,815 75 4 Lockheed C-130H Hercules
HC-BDN - Nord 2501D Noratlas - ATESA - Aerotaxis Ecuatorianos S.A.

Antonio Espinel HC-BDN
347 10 0 Nord 2501D Noratlas
FAE-630 - Boeing 737-236(Adv) - Ecuador - Air Force

630 taking off from Latacunga on a sunny afternoon

Antonio Espinel FAE-630
750 27 0 Boeing 737-236(Adv)
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