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Old 7th Jan 2005, 11:49
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Update To All:

Well made it to Medan. Got in on the flight from Singapore this morning. Talk about a madhouse. Aircraft have been coming and going all day, both fixed wing and helos.

Those wanting responses from Rahmat will have to bear with him as he has been very very busy at the moment. They are fixing a leak on the S-61s engine and then at 0600 we are heading up to Aceh. No doubt will shoot some images up there and post them here as I am working with Rahmats boys as a crewman on the 61 and also the two 355s that are stretcher configured. They will be in Aceh on Sunday.

On the ramp tonight there was the following.

1 x S-61N
1 x Bell 412 military
3 x BO105 Indonesian Police
1 x Bell 206B Sabah Air
1 x Bell 212 Sabah Air
1 x Bell 206B SAR Helicopters
1 x Mil 8 Civil
1 x S-61 Malaysian Military
3 x Chinooks Indonesia Military

Plus heaps of C-130s, C-2 Greyhoud from USS Abraham Lincoln, CASAs, IL-76s, DC-10s, C-130J from RAAF, Beech King Airs x 5 incl RAAF.

Will do another update from Aceh tomorrow evening if I have comms, if not will post when I come out of the Assylum.

Cheers

Ned
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