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Bit harsh on the Aw 139 ....my service has split the dauphin and 139s service.....never in a dauphin , never saw one on an army exercise, now the 139 is a completely different story, have done a fair bit in them , have seen them on every MRE, 105s and rangers hanging out of them too( not at the same time) .... That's even before you look at Medevac 112 , which also does seem to "fly regularly" too. Maybe we binned the dauphin for a reason....not just the colour and hard for us grunts to spell !
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Originally posted by DeV View PostOnce withdrawn from SAR ops there was plenty of photos of Dauphins and Alouettes on army exs
Alouettes maybe.
I don't remember seeing any sight of the Dauphin when they were not on SAR as they remained on one station for a while after the CG took over with the S61. The rest were rotated as maintenance allowed. They loved the hangar.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by GoneToTheCanner View Postthe dauphin cabin was too small for infantry work and using a navalised helicopter for infantry work was equally pointless.
Only 244/245 were navalized, the others were as the AC spec..as you well know. dauphin in military terms was a machine that failed to fit into any category really as it was too small for army work, and the Lynx already did the naval job it was supposed to be able to do.Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
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Originally posted by na grohmití View PostNot really.
Alouettes maybe.
I don't remember seeing any sight of the Dauphin when they were not on SAR as they remained on one station for a while after the CG took over with the S61. The rest were rotated as maintenance allowed. They loved the hangar.
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I remember there was talk of bringing the 8th Allouette back into service in the latter years as they were being worked fairly hard in the army co-op role.
Can't remember seeing/hearing much of the Dauphin in comparison.
Again, the talk about keeping them in service seems to completely miss the point of how much they would take out of a small DF budget - versus what they'd offer.
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