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Forum: Rotorheads
10th Apr 2013, 10:48
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

The base will be located at: Lippit's Hill,...

The base will be located at:
Lippit's Hill, Essex


If their flight planning is as good as their transcription of spelling they have no hope.

LIPPITTS HILL

Never been an apostrophe, and...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Apr 2013, 20:49
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

There is a perceived 'problem' raised by some in...

There is a perceived 'problem' raised by some in Europe that mainly affects the former Gendarmerie aircraft operators.

As you probably know a number of them eventually migrated to being 'taken...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Mar 2013, 07:11
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Back to the beat...... I thought that the MD902...

Back to the beat...... I thought that the MD902 G-SYPS is not an NPAS aircraft [yet]. It is an addition to the litter and outside the NPAS service provision and maintenace servicing domain...........
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Mar 2013, 10:22
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

No.... Leeds Bradford airport where the air...

No.... Leeds Bradford airport where the air ambulance is currently based.... Multiflight - it was not a reference to the police operation.
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Mar 2013, 10:05
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

If an engineering set up becomes untenable -...

If an engineering set up becomes untenable - unable to provide a service through a lack of certified person power for instance - the 'Authorities' have no real option but to do something about it and...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Mar 2013, 20:19
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Coconutty, I tend to agree that the complaints do...

Coconutty, I tend to agree that the complaints do not seem over onerous even if the debatable items had been accepted by those that had refused additional duty.

Shift patterns have thank fully...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Mar 2013, 22:58
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Lynn T has already sent her poodle Henk to Las...

Lynn T has already sent her poodle Henk to Las Vegas to prepare the red carpet for her arrival.

Hmmmn ... its probably more important what she wears to the party than anything else......like a...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Mar 2013, 09:59
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Spare 902? Rumour has it that the former...

Spare 902?

Rumour has it that the former Cambridgeshire aircraft had troubles of its own.... a real Friday aircraft .... when serving its original masters. So perhaps not ideal all round. Anyway...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Feb 2013, 10:10
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Why didn't I think of that?:D

Why didn't I think of that?:D
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Feb 2013, 06:55
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

TC the man's contact details should be a matter...

TC the man's contact details should be a matter of public record.... somewhere in the depths of the web site for the Association of Police Authorities there will be a contact point.

...

The...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2013, 11:52
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Police officers of all ranks are leaving in large...

Police officers of all ranks are leaving in large numbers on the assumption that they will be losing several thousand pounds from their wages under the new pay regime.

With each of the existing...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Dec 2012, 09:40
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

A potentially interesting set of figures have...

A potentially interesting set of figures have been released to the East Anglia Daily Times giving the numbers for flight operations in Suffolk :cool::cool::cool:prior to NPAS.

Suffolk: Police...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Dec 2012, 10:27
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

You couldn't make it up...... No 1,000,001

It looks like Alex Marshall is taking on a mantle of Grim Reaper.

From dismantling the existing UK air support he is off to a new job in charge of the Police College at Bramshill – but that is...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Dec 2012, 08:28
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

I guess that there is a CONTRACT in place that...

I guess that there is a CONTRACT in place that will expire later rather than sooner!

No big deal surely?

Thats why its taking so long to introduce NPAS..... the expiry of existing...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Dec 2012, 22:26
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Go on.... its worth a smile! Now who is...

Go on.... its worth a smile!

Now who is taking things too seriously?:)
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Dec 2012, 22:17
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Mere presence certainly works - both on the...

Mere presence certainly works - both on the ground and in the air.

I have seen the 'suspects' depart at the sight of a uniform lingering on foot on many many occasions and have always held that...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Dec 2012, 06:44
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

My recollection of the Wales fixed wing [and I...

My recollection of the Wales fixed wing [and I have little doubt that it will be covering substantially more than that] is that in 'Plan A' of the launch 2 years ago it did not exist, Dyfed lost the...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Oct 2012, 04:05
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

The parties in South East are all on the T-word...

The parties in South East are all on the T-word [not allowed to write it in full on Pprune it seems] so maybe you can judge for yourself how its going from the traffic on that. Assuming of course...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Oct 2012, 06:50
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

If anyone wants to get off the NPAS roundabout...

If anyone wants to get off the NPAS roundabout until the dust settles an police aviation opening has just become available in the Caribbean! They want a driver for an EC135T1..... blue and yellow so...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Oct 2012, 13:03
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

The reference by Alex Marshall to UAVs last week...

The reference by Alex Marshall to UAVs last week was probably an unfortunate distration of attention.

It seems that he gave an interview to a newspaper some days before the launch day and either...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Oct 2012, 10:38
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Now steady on! Perhaps using Dyfed-Powys is...

Now steady on!

Perhaps using Dyfed-Powys is a bad example especially on the grounds of actual 24/7 availability of that unit.

OK this time they were available but the main reason that NPAS...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Oct 2012, 12:45
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

I have been told that the level of pilots...

I have been told that the level of pilots required from here on in is unlikely to fall. A handful were put out in the market when Norfolk and Cambridgeshire closed down and that is about all that was...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Sep 2012, 09:44
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Coconutty you will need to get up mighty early...

Coconutty you will need to get up mighty early for Monday's celebrations...... its going to be like an Early Turn for those attending the launch.

Still I guess that rather than smoked salmon...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Sep 2012, 14:43
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

I am sure it can wait a week..... it will be...

I am sure it can wait a week..... it will be history then!
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Sep 2012, 21:10
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Well its hardly earth shattering but this very...

Well its hardly earth shattering but this very week the Avon & Somerset Police Authority refused to sign on the dotted line for NPAS after allegedly being asked to pay for 700 flight hours and only...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Aug 2012, 22:15
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Tigerfish, I do not accept that kick back....

Tigerfish,

I do not accept that kick back. It is plain English, the days of the flying club police aviation unit are over. Past tense. Thats what he said and whether it relates to 1970 [when they...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Aug 2012, 19:12
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

I am a little confused as to why WFs statement...

I am a little confused as to why WFs statement that....

"The days of nice little private flying cubs are over...." is causing so much concern.

Those days are now over, that is a correct...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Jun 2012, 22:39
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Bob Ruprecht set up Hampshire ASU on a Cessna...

Bob Ruprecht set up Hampshire ASU on a Cessna single in 1979 and it migrated to the Optica by 1985. That type let them down in a fatal accident over Ringwood and they shut down for a year or so as a...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Jun 2012, 10:48
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Perhaps Flight International are not interested! ...

Perhaps Flight International are not interested!

Generally speaking, these days, Flight are more into airliners and military with a bit of space and have never ventured a great deal into rotary...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th May 2012, 07:43
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

And that figure is much nearer 40 years than 20...

And that figure is much nearer 40 years than 20 even even if you discount the pioneers of the early 1960s [Durham, Oxford and Lancashire].

As we all know things back then were all about making the...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th May 2012, 23:28
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Way back, in the previous Rotorheads NPAS thread,...

Way back, in the previous Rotorheads NPAS thread, there was mention of fixed wing being added to the mix over and above Plan A [Dyfed was the expected recipient].

In a few days time a Tecnam twin...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2012, 10:21
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

Now lets take a distorted view on this pyrric...

Now lets take a distorted view on this pyrric victory for common sense over government [and ACPO] edict achieved by the South Yorkshire Police Authority.

Reconvene the talks in a couple of years...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Apr 2012, 08:02
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

If there was a real duty of care they would...

If there was a real duty of care they would ensure that the police officers they employ are 'fit for purpose' - they would not be employing people physically unable to look after themselves. To...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Apr 2012, 14:46
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

This 'band of the super fit fixation is the sort...

This 'band of the super fit fixation is the sort of misguided leadership caused by a hierarchy with little of no real knowledge of policing as it is done.

Having arrived into fast track promotion...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Mar 2012, 18:06
Replies: 950
Views: 194,734
Posted By PANews

As the witching hour draws near it has been...

As the witching hour draws near it has been pointed out to me that MAGPAS the 'ride-along' medics who fly with Cambridgeshire Police are expecting a new mount.

According to the Hunts Press website...
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