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  • #91
    A Dauphin dropped Mary McAleese off at Pairc Ui Chaoimh yesterday for the Munster Hurling Final. As they are soon up for retirement, which chopper will do the job before the new ones arrive, or will there be no gap between the retirements and the new choppers arrive?
    "Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here...this is the War Room!"

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    • #92
      The dauphins should be retired around the same time the EC135P2s arrive,so presumably,it being the newest and shinyest,this is what will be used...Hopefully they'll get comfy with them and leave the AB139s for proper military flying...


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

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      • #93
        Maybe they should keep the dauphin's and use them for MATS that would free up all 6 new heli's
        It is only by contemplation of the incompetent that we can appreciate the difficulties and accomplishments of the competent.

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        • #94
          The dauphins are retiring. They are no longer useful. It would cost €1.5m each to make them useful. Not worth it for a 20 year old aircraft.


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

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          • #95
            new Indian Army light helicopter?

            Although it doesn't appear to have been officially confirmed yet, reports earlier this month indicate that the Eurocopter AS550C3 Fennec has beaten the Bell 407 in the Indian Army's light helicopter competition. The deal is for 197 helicopters, costing just over €400 million, or approx. €2 million each.

            The Fennec - the military version of the Ecureuil or Squirrel - is capable of day and night military operations and covers a mission spectrum from attack, antitank, reconnaissance and observation, to training, cargo, sling transport, medical evacuation, and SAR.

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