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Old 10th Jan 2010, 03:13
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ricksheli
 
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Having worked in Somaliland ( and Somalia ), it's good to see 3 individuals doing something other than chewing "Chatt", however I strongly suspect it's a bid to get attention, they've probably already sent their resume's to Bell, Eurocopter, etc. claiming to be truly expert helicopter designers. I don't think fighting "forest fires" is ever going to be a huge problem in Somalia, their efforts would be better directed trying to grow a forest!
I last escaped Somaliland by taking off early in the morning in a Dauphin loaded with 2x 40 gallon drums of fuel in the back as ferry fuel, to get us and a As350 back to Kenya. This was all after an Arab's "hunting trip" went badly wrong - long story.
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