Huey in Freetown
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Huey in Freetown
I say a Huey ZU-CVC and (maybe Huey) N90057 at a heliport in Freetown. I have been told that they still fly but N90057 really looks like it is on a highway to an Africa aircraft scrapyard
I could not get close to ZU-CVC but it still looks reasonable. It may still fly on the ferry service from Freetown to Lungi airport
Can someone shed some light in these choppers
I could not get close to ZU-CVC but it still looks reasonable. It may still fly on the ferry service from Freetown to Lungi airport
Can someone shed some light in these choppers
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When I was there a couple of years ago the only Lungi-Freetown ferry flights were UTM and Paramounts Mi-8s (fleet reduced in size by a series of crashes). Another company tried to get a couple of Pumas operating but rumour had it they ended up spending months in shipping containers having failed to come to the right financial agreement with the authorities. There was also a presidential Seaking in what appeared to be a very poor and un-airworthy state but I never saw the Hueys. I managed to use the hovercraft once during it's brief period of operation (before it lost power, drifted, got rammed and finally caught fire) which was at the time the least terrifying way to get across the estuary.
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Yes The MI8's are still operating but now it is a Bulgarian operation Was quite nice They even had a flat-screen windows driven briefing system on board.
The UN is still hanging out there and have some choppers (even saw a Puma on the apron at Lungi) but I heard at a very low key
The UN is still hanging out there and have some choppers (even saw a Puma on the apron at Lungi) but I heard at a very low key
