Visiting Aircraft

[Victor]

Douglas DC-3C, N473DC or "Drag 'Em Oot" as they call her. http://www.irishairpics.com/database/photo/1017298/

Wonderful specimen of this famous aircraft. A pleasure to have flown in her I have to say.

I understand she visited Weston Aerodrome recently.

I had a real "there's something odd about that" moment when I saw it, until I realised what it was.

[spike]

visiting sea king

here's a pic of the visiting ,norwegian i believe, sea king

[Slacker]

I thought I heard something different fly overhead last Monday....

[Turkey]

Norwegian Sea King currently visiting Bal'.
It's been there since late on monday.

[Turkey]

2 HS 125's arrived yesterday, all I have is a mobile phone camera picture....
RAF, I belive....

[Goldie fish]

Lynx Mk 8 ,Seaspray 360 deg radar below the nose(surface search) and Sea Owl Thermal Imager(Gimballed mount) above the nose. Extends the eyes and "ears" of the Frigate they are working from.

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/173.html

We should have had one on Eithne, but thats another story...

the unusual nose turret.....i take it that was some gun/cannon arrangement? mabey reconnaissance pod....jus the cover on it looked long and barrel like!?

[Frank]

Hi Guys,

Here's a link to lots of pictures of the Lynx heli's at Baldonnel:

Click for Lynx pics


Regards,

Frank.

[Turkey]

5 RN Lynxes arrived in Bal' to-day.
Annual SAR exercises or the Temple Bar survival course,I donno..........

[Turkey]

Is'ent modern tech stuff wonderful?

[Turkey]

2 RN Merlin [EH101] helicopters in Bal' to-day . Sadly no photos .........yet.

[Goldie fish]

Ist a big river. How do you know we are on about the same place...

[mutter nutter]

Saw them out in the channel there. Thats a good mile of a swim. The little neon lights in their helmets looked surreal

I think I know the location you're talking about, and they swam that at night?!?, ball's of steel

[Goldie fish]

Saw them out in the channel there. Thats a good mile of a swim. The little neon lights in their helmets looked surreal

[the babs]

ye, they are here swimming with our "special People". our lads were over in sweden in '02 so this is the return call