darrel when was that dated? i still wish they picked 407s instead of A119s. then again, UH-60Ls would have been cool too!!Quote:
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darrel when was that dated? i still wish they picked 407s instead of A119s. then again, UH-60Ls would have been cool too!!Quote:
Originally Posted by DHG750R
I was thinking that too as I looked at their site. The press release is exactly 1yr old ( June 8, 09 )
Is the Koala a twin engined heli?
single, which is probably why it replaced the single-engine 206.Quote:
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You just want -60's everywhere don't you! :borat:
well... yeah!! don't you?Quote:
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Of course! I saw two Army birds over work the other day. One was painted all wacky colors like the fire fighting birds.
At Fleet Week...
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/...d2912e74_b.jpg
Where was that?Quote:
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North shore suffolk, Kings Park.
Saw one of the 412s yesterday while at the BrewFest. Heard it coming and it flew low right over the trees.
A few shots of the NYPD Aviation Unit from Fleetweek can be seen here
http://fredkopf.smugmug.com/South-Nassa ... 4606_UCrxC
Numbers 412, 315 & 318 in flight.
Speaking of the 206s, I was watching an old Frank Sinatra movie "The Detective" the other evening with Frank as anQuote:
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NYPD Sgt detective. There is a great scene of an NYPD Bell 206 with yellow fixed pontoons landing at the old Wall Street
Heliport on the East River and Frank getting out of the copter with a suspect. I have to believe this was a real PD ship
used in the movie and not a repainted ship. I mean why bother with the pontoons if you were repainting and i know back
in that time, 1968, PD/AU were flying ships with fixed pontoons including Bell 47s. And Frankie, being Mr. Sinatra, probably
got the full cooperation from the NYPD for realism.
I just saw the SCPD added another Astar B2 which will be its 3rd Astar to join the larger EC-145. The new
ship will replace the MD 900. I liked the MD 900. It had a cool look with the no-tail rotor and its fuselauge
design but the model, for SC, was just nothing but trouble. They had two. One became a hangar queen and
the other in and out of service. One of the big problems was a lack of support from McDonnell-Douglas as the company was in transition due to financial problems.
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there is just something about NOTAR MD900s, CALSTAR bought a few and they were delivered from te factory with a fuel leak. it sat on the ramp for a while before it was finally sorted out. they're nice to fly though, lotta power in a little package. they feel a little top-ehavy though.
Bell simply makes a superior helo...
[quote="cancidas"][quote="Gerard"]
there is just something about NOTAR MD900s, CALSTAR bought a few and they were delivered from te factory with a fuel leak. it sat on the ramp for a while before it was finally sorted out. they're nice to fly though, lotta power in a little package. they feel a little top-ehavy though.
Sky Flightcare in Eastern Pa. been flying one for years now successfully.
http://skyflightcare.info/default.asp
And speaking of PD I was watching the Macys Fireworks tonite and it looked like PD was flying pretty close to the
barges. During the Finale a copter flew below 500 feet between the barges and the Jersey shore. Watching on my DVR
and be the copter "geek" that I am I played it back in slow-mo and as some explosions lit up the sky I got a good look
at the illuminated copter and pretty sure it was one of the Koalas.