White AW139, North Scotland

[BabyGravy]

Who's is the white 139 flying about the north of Scotland just now ?

[Camp Freddie]

2 minutes work on G-INFO and google suggests it's James dysons one probably

G-OAWL Agusta AW139 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55198703@N02/7178603596/)

[equine rotorhead]

Nice try but guess again.

[Art E. Fischler-Reisen]

Could well be visiting from foreign shores. A couple of white 139s visit occasionally from somewhere hot and sandy.

[griffothefog]

Ah, must be flat racing season for the boys in blue... Didn't they have a recession there recently?? Rhymes with err dolphin...
Maybe its all STABLE there now?? :p

Sheik yer booty boys...:ok:

[tomotomp]

Sorry not there's try again

[griffothefog]

Ok I'll bite at the cake once more only.... The patron of universities in a high altitude mountainous country not far from India? :)

[Art E. Fischler-Reisen]

No, wrong side of a border, I think.

[Whirlygig]

I can vouch that James Dyson's 139 is safely tucked up in its hangar ... :E

Cheers

Whirls

[Max Contingency]

Any truth in the rumour that Dyson has replaced the nosewheel with a ball and the tail rotor with a bladeless fan?

:8

[Art E. Fischler-Reisen]

That really sucks.

[Whirlygig]

I think he's more upright than that :}

Cheers

Whirls

[Epiphany]

Don't just brush it under the carpet - we need to know.

[ShyTorque]

There's a vacuum of information....;)

[fkelly]

Could it have been visiting Eugenie's sister?

[nessboy]

Could be OY-HJL.

[spencer17]

@Griff.
He is still in Austria.

[Union Jack]

Any truth in the rumour that Dyson has replaced the nosewheel with a ball and the tail rotor with a bladeless fan?

About as likely as his aircraft "hoovering" rather than hovering!:uhoh:

Curiously enough, JD once told me that he would not be truly satisfied until people talked about "dysoning" rather than "hoovering".:ok:

Jack

[helimutt]

Is it the new Haughey 139?

[1helicopterppl]

How about the Aga Khan ?

[funfinn2000]

Dubai Royal Flight perhaps.

[tomotomp]

Dubai Royal Flight perhaps.
see post 6

[foersom]

http://www.belair.dk/media/37510/beliar_offshore_services_200x98.jpg (http://www.belair.dk/fleet/aw139-helicopter/)

[helihub]

Helimutt - Haughey 139 is not yet delivered.

Nessboy suggested OY-HJL - which is a pale silver and could be mistaken for while at a distance, and was operating out of Sumburgh last week for Bond

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/7281303958_9d8f26be6b_z.jpg

Dubai - tomotomp implied they are not back in the UK yet, but sure enough DU-140 arrived last Monday 21st and is white with blue stripe

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4057/4333201526_293feee657_z.jpg

Sister ship DU-141 was due later in the week (not confirmed arrived yet, but was due) and is white with green stripe

http://www.abpic.co.uk/images/images/1236874M.jpg

[tomotomp]

sorry didnt mean to imply they were not here just that it was not in scotland

[helihub]

and then I found the answer. The Danish/Faroe registered OY-HSN has been operating out of Sumburgh too. And it's white...

see here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crieffy/7303545002/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7219/7303545002_f12f1abd01_c.jpg

[Savoia]

Your investigative efforts have paid off - well done Jeremy! :D

[SUMBURGH DIRECTOR]

Faroecopter AW139, doing shuttles between Sumburgh and the Ocean(ic) Challenger vessel.

[206Fan]

The Arab 139s above are very slick looking. Lovely paint schemes. Bel Airs ships are tidy aswel!

When is Haughey's 139 due to be delivered?

[helihub]

Haughey announcement was at Helitech in September 2011 and just said "delivery in 2012". If they were announcing it that late in 2011, I'd reckon back end of 2012...

[griffothefog]

HH,

IF he can find pilots.... :E That will stay :p

[101BOY]

For Ascot was the plan. They've recently recruited a 3rd guy straight from Army Air Corps I gather.

[206Fan]

Haughey announcement was at Helitech in September 2011 and just said "delivery in 2012". If they were announcing it that late in 2011, I'd reckon back end of 2012...

Thanks HH.

I would have thought his mighty 76C would be doing him justice. Why does he need an additional Aircraft?

[Wizzard]

They've recently recruited a 3rd guy straight from Army Air Corps I gather.

Just as well, nobody from the industry would touch them/him.

[helimutt]

The 76 at Haughey is being replaced by a VVIP 139, full icing clearance, all the bells and whistles, supposed to be delivered may2012. Unfortunately the roster isn't very family friendly, and there is the small matter of a very large 3 yr bond for the 139 conversion. :=:eek:


Still, it would be a nice single pilot machine to fly.

[griffothefog]

I guess a bond is one way of forcing his staff to stay :ugh:

[HeliboyDreamer]

Still, it would be a nice single pilot machine to fly.I thought that 139 was a dual-pilot aircraft, can you confirm if it can be fly as single-pilot?

[Epiphany]

there is the small matter of a very large 3 yr bond for the 139 conversion.

Beat me to it Griffo. I certainly applied a few months ago when the ad appeared as the schedule and location suit me and I am 139 TR'd and experienced but did not get an acknowlegement. Maybe, as you say, he prefers to bond people.

[101BOY]

With a couple of minor bits of additional equipment it is certified for single pilot IR - QRH holder that sort of thing.

[helimutt]

Position was def single pilot. They have two pilots where possible but only one can log any time in the machine, until they go on an aoc.
I didnt think many people stayed for 3years. 58k€ + was a bit much of a bond. :eek:

[Kusman]

Has the old boy finally fallen off his perch, been caught out or failed the conversion?

[helimutt]

Advertised where?

[101BOY]

Flightglobal

[AW139 Boy]

What's the package ?