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  • 40 years of Helicopter Operations

    15.50 on 26th of November 1963. The first Alouette3 Helicopter of the Irish Air Corps touched down at Baldonnel.
    How far have we come since then?

    Click here to read about the 30th anniversary


    Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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    I do not know for sure, but it looks like there is f**g all, planned for that day out in Bal' :( .
    "We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
    Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
    Illegitimi non carborundum

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    • #3
      Celebrated in typical irish fashion


      Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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      • #4
        Errr. the A111 crews got their piccy taken in front of 195&196, today, .......one wonders
        "We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
        Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
        Illegitimi non carborundum

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        • #5
          At the last possible moment, a fly past was arranged for the exact time that 195 and 196 arrived. No-one cared, no-one knew and no-one took any photos on the ground on the day--- but some one took video of the break over the camp and some great stills during the flight. Published soon.
          Last edited by Scorpy; 24 May 2007, 20:13.

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