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Originally posted by Liachta Cultaca View PostSomething you may have over looked from the photo is that fact that the EC135 is not being loaded in hot mode, ie the rotars are not turning,
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The S92 has bigger tyres and is designed for miltary or hard civil tasks from day 1; the 139 is a millionaire's runabout and is not, which is why Agusta have considerably modified every successor "military" helicopter not to be a millionaire's runabout, with puny tyres designed for hard pads. The fuel burn is considerable when an aircraft with retractable gear has to fly with it's gear extended and draggy skis fitted, so it reduce the aircraft's utility.
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The AW-139's are not suitable for the job and should be replaced with something that is, 'doubt if I'll see it in my lifetime all the same..."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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From Facebook.
Cross-border tasking last week.
Late Friday evening we received a call about a need for a critical piece of life-saving equipment in Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. Unfortunately the only one available was in University Hospital Galway.
In stepped #302Squadron, and two pilots and a crewman flew a H-135 helicopter to collect the equipment, which was driven by An Garda Síochána to Athlone Barracks, and bring it to Belfast for collection.
The Airbus Helicopters H135 is the smaller of our two types; however it is highly flexible, and capable of getting airborne in seconds from tasking. The total time from launching the mission to the delivery of the equipment was just under 2 hours.
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Defence Forces deliver first Covid vaccines to islands
The vaccines were handed over to GPs on arrival, to be administered to residents on the islands (Image: Defence Forces)
The Defence Forces have delivered the first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines to islands off the west coast of Ireland.
Following a request from the HSE, Defence Forces personnel delivered the consignment to the Aran Islands, and to Árainn Mhór in Co Donegal.
Three shipments of the Moderna vaccine were flown to Inis Mór and Inis Oírr, and Árainn Mhór from Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel, by two EC-135 helicopters.
The vaccines were handed over to GPs on arrival, to be administered to residents on the islands.
The Defence Forces have said it marks a significant milestone in the roll-out of vaccines across the country, and highlights their support to the health service in the fight against Covid-19.
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Originally posted by Jetjock View PostInteresting to note the island hopper lacks the floatation gear fitted on the Athlone-Belfast delivery in the previous post.
Also interesting is the usefulness of the clamshell doors for cargo.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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U.K. is reportedly mothballing 5 x H135s that were only delivered last year (reportedly with a special fit for service in NI)
Five Airbus H135 light utility helicopters procured by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to replace ageing Gazelle aircraft are being mothballed before even seeing any active service, it has emerged.
cough MOU
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Originally posted by gaff85 View PostAh here now, that would be common sense We all know the dept don't have same sense and love an old tender process
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from AC Facebook page:
“Our @irish_air_corps heli students are currently 18 weeks into their course at Shawbury. In that time they have each completed roughly 30+ hours on the Juno HT1.
The course so far has consisted of 5 weeks of ground school, followed by flight training, basic handling exercises and aircraft emergencies.
They have all gone solo, consisting of a standard circuit at Shawbury, ahead of their Basic Handling Test.
After the BHT they are due to begin instrument flying and navigation phase, before transferring across to the advanced course to learn current military tactics being employed, to include formation, NVG and low level flying.
Keep up the good work guys ????
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appears to be 4 Irish students
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