Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 1)
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root 666 said:
Damn, the website is down!!!root 666 said:
Don't be soft - You want this one - www.airambiwlans.comAnd you're not sorry at all are you?
Edited by james_tigerwoods on Wednesday 4th March 18:52
I found this quite cool..
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1374...
Thats the Air Traffic over NYC
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1374...
Thats the Air Traffic over NYC
Hammerwerfer said:
I believe Ireland is the only EU country without an Air Ambulance service.
I wouldn't say it's the only one. However, Ireland is a small country with a small population.
However, maybe they consider that the small Irish Air Corps helicopter fleet is adequate for the size of the country.
Eric Mc said:
Hammerwerfer said:
I believe Ireland is the only EU country without an Air Ambulance service.
I wouldn't say it's the only one. However, Ireland is a small country with a small population.
However, maybe they consider that the small Irish Air Corps helicopter fleet is adequate for the size of the country.
Hell, even Luxembourg has air ambulances!
The Air Corps stays busy shuttling ministers around:
Helicopter door falls off mid-flight
2 days ago
An Irish government minister escaped unharmed on Monday evening after a door fell off a helicopter he was travelling in shortly after take-off.
The Air Corps aircraft was immediately forced back down to the ground in Killarney, Co Kerry after the mid-flight accident 500 feet above ground and just three minutes in the air. Martin Cullen, Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism, who was sitting beside the left hand door when it plummeted to the ground, was not injured but was said to have been left badly shaken by the scare.
The Defence Forces said the helicopter, which was carrying Mr Cullen, his private secretary and three crew, had taken off from Killarney racecourse after the minister addressed a conference in the town. A spokesman said the Air Corps pilot was forced to make a precautionary landing at the helicopter pad at the nearby Killarney Golf & Fishing Club at 3.30pm.
Eric Mc said:
MkIX (Merlin 61)
Hey, Eric. Speaking of profiles, I found this site the other day. Don;t know if you already have it but it's right up your street.http://www.cbrnp.com/profiles/index.html
root 666 said:
But i'm sure there's a picture of a mk 9 (note nervousness) in duck-egg blue with lots of cameras and very few guns.
Maybe not.
You're not mad you may well have seen a PR MkIXMaybe not.
"Pending development of a dedicated Merlin 61 powered PR Spitfire (the Mk XI) at least three Mk IXs (BS338, BS339 and BS473) were taken off the production line and modified to carry two vertical cameras in the rear fuselage. The first of these was delivered to 541 Squadron at Benson on 30 November 1942. Subsequently another 15 Mk IXs were converted to PR Mk IXs (factory designation type 374) at the Vickers-Armstrong Worthy Down facility. As well as incorporating camera equipment, a wrap-around PR type windscreen was fitted and a larger oil tank was installed under the nose. All armament was removed and a PRU Blue finish applied."
Could also have been an FR MkIX which was still an armed MkIX but with a single camera.
SAAF Cheetah C with a funky air display paint job, the final and ultimate version of the mirage III. Pulse doppler multimode radar, improved engine, front canards, HUD, HOTAS and the first operational helmet mounted sight in the world. Matched USAF F-15 eagles in short and BVR ACM at Lakenheath, not bad for a 45 year old airframe, sadly replaced with the Grippen.
Edited by Traveller on Thursday 5th March 21:02
Edited by Traveller on Thursday 5th March 21:02
root 666 said:
Tally-ho!
Bandits at Angels fifteen!
(I have no idea why I wrote that.)
Thanks FWD, I've been feverishly flipping through books and magazines for the last hour.
Here's some more.Bandits at Angels fifteen!
(I have no idea why I wrote that.)
Thanks FWD, I've been feverishly flipping through books and magazines for the last hour.
"Apart from the 15 converted F.IXs, a single PR.IV (EN263) was apparently modified to PR.IX standard. The most famous PR.IX missions were the preparations for 617 Squadron’s Dambuster raid. During February and March 1943 the first PR.IXs entered service in the Mediterranean, EN153 was the first to reach Malta. Eventually all PR.IXs were converted to PR.XI standard."
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