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  • #61
    I seem to recall I was told at an air show once by an air corps pilot that Agusta Westland (as they were then known) where watching the air corps operations with the 139 in the early days with an eye on improving the design with the promise that any updates could be easily retrofitted. Looks like everyone else benefited except the air corps
    It was the year of fire...the year of destruction...the year we took back what was ours.
    It was the year of rebirth...the year of great sadness...the year of pain...and the year of joy.
    It was a new age...It was the end of history.
    It was the year everything changed.

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    • #62
      Same with the Casas and the Dauphins; the Air Corps as laboratory. Same with the Hs 125 , the GIII and the King Airs. We had some of the highest hours and cycles per annum on those airframes, compared to most civvy users of the same types and the manufacturers were always keen to see how we got on, especially with respect to corrosion and cracking. Even other Alouette users came to us for gen.

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      • #63
        Modifying the undercarriage would probably require the most extensive work - the rest of the mods are probably bolt on and could be done by Leonardo under a midlife upgrade, if the funding was made available.

        And for that to happen, there'd have to be some appetite for deploying the Air Corps abroad.

        Perhaps if the PC-12's are ever deployed in support of overseas missions, there'll be a realisation that provision of some kind of CSAR will be necessary.

        Although the cheapest option is to keep everything at home, so....

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        • #64
          Originally posted by DaithiDub View Post
          Described as a 'militarised' AW-139. What will be the differences between this and the AC AW-139s?
          The Air Corps' AW139's are "militarised", anything that is adapted for military use is "militarised".

          The differences is going to be what the customer wants.
          Likely a FLIR turret, SAR winch, GPS/INS, HF/VHF/UHF LOS and SATCOM radios, IFF transponders, missile warning system, navigation/weather radar, radar jammers, machine-gun mounts and chaff/flare dispensers.
          Boeing will more than likely fit equipment and material used on their Chinook production line to keep the costs down. Also, expect to see the same equipment as used already with the Pave Hawks.

          Originally posted by Jetjock View Post
          Quite a surprise that the UH-72 Lakota lost this one. Like that aircraft, it's intended for domestic use only.
          It wasn't offered. There was only two other helis offered, Sikorsky with a Pave Hawk variant and another company with upgraded ex-US Army Black Hawks. It was probably too small for what they wanted anyway.
          Bell refused to enter the competition saying it was biased towards Sikorsky, maybe Airbus thought the same or had nothing suitable for the tender in US production.

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          • #65
            An interesting documentary about the AW139 Factory, and what goes into building each aircraft.
            The hand built AW139 is a state-of-the-art medium class helicopter made by Agusta Westland . More powerful, faster and more technologically advanced than any...
            For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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              • #67
                The Hueys being replaced are worn out hulls that are used in airfield defence, ballistic missile site duty, routine non-combat utility and so on. I was reading on another forum about how worn the UH-1s are, that readiness times have fallen thru the floor. They have reached the point of no return as far as the cost of maintenance is concerned.

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                • #68
                  The US Air Force got their first AW139 handed over to them today and was named the MH-139A Grey Wolf.

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                    • #70
                      After the clip at Christmas of folk arriving back at dublin Airport, this is possibly one of the more lazy journalistic clips. It would be more relevant to show those deployed overseas casting their vote, assuming of course they got them in time, this time.
                      For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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                      • #71
                        And as usual the ballot boxes will be flown back to the mainland for counting. Some time in the future they might learn how to count out there on the islands instead .
                        Don't spit in my Bouillabaisse .

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                        • #72
                          Dont understand why a postal vote is good enough for those deployed overseas, but not those who chose to live on an inaccessible island offshore.
                          For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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                          • #73
                            Originally posted by na grohmiti View Post
                            After the clip at Christmas of folk arriving back at dublin Airport, this is possibly one of the more lazy journalistic clips. It would be more relevant to show those deployed overseas casting their vote, assuming of course they got them in time, this time.
                            New GRO out regarding our voting procedures in the DF. They have really clamped down to make sure we are not disenfranchised. Unit OC's on the hook if things go bad.I voted last monday for instance.
                            "Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.

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                            • #74
                              As it should be. If the members of the defence forces are disenfranchised, then democracy is pointless.
                              For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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                              • #75
                                Originally posted by na grohmiti View Post
                                After the clip at Christmas of folk arriving back at dublin Airport, this is possibly one of the more lazy journalistic clips. It would be more relevant to show those deployed overseas casting their vote, assuming of course they got them in time, this time.
                                It isn’t a journalist it is the DF on an operational tasking


                                Voting you say?
                                Last edited by DeV; 8 February 2020, 15:12.

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