another one bites the dust

[DeV]

According to Flying In Ireland:

- The Gazelle has gone to Astral Communications in the UK
- The Dauphins have gone to Rotorleasing Inc in the USA
- The Marchettis have gone to Airpower Internation Inc also in the States

[snip1]

Dauphins

Hi can anyone tell me what has happened to the irish Dauphins, are they still on irish soil or what?

[Goldie fish]

Forty foot containers are an ideal means of transport for some ministers..

[spike]

I doubt if any Dauphin's will be retained for VIP work OR for museum display!

i guarantee none will be retained for VIP work or the museum as the four remaining airframes were all put in forty foot containers and driven out the gate.

[Silver]

I doubt if any Dauphin's will be retained for VIP work OR for museum display!

[spike]

All the dauphins have been grounded since about the end of last year, the very last just about making it into the beginning of this year. the airframes aren't worth much, but apparently one is already sold, it's the spares that were the big selling point.

[Turkey]

yeah right, none of the d2's are in flying condition

[Spook]

Hmmm nice idea....would make a certain amount of sense....so probaly wont happen.Perhaps the other 3 were traded to cover the cost of upgrading 1 a/c,many other forces do this.
Sorry having a walter moment!!!!!!!!

[Goldie fish]

Which one?

[pym]

1 Dauphin will be kept for VIP ans i in that role already for the past while.

???

[Fouga]

1 Dauphin will be kept for VIP ans i in that role already for the past while.

[hptmurphy]

All going....not viable comercially to be kept on. Might be one retained for a museum...but other than that....No More Dauphins in this neck of the woods.

[morpheus]

Any Dauphins being kept at all? Are they to be canabalised or refitted by the purchaser?

[spike]

boxed and allmost gone. there was a circular to the effect that no AC help was to be provided to the company, even on their own time. the same wasn't said about the dauphins or gazelle?

[Truck Driver]

I read in the "Flying In Ireland" magazine that the Marchettis are US-bound aswell