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NutLoose
23rd Apr 2010, 14:18
:p
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Merlin 22.04.2010 (http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=22034&sid=7a5ad9ad0a0e1895edf848327bf43b19)
Extra seating on top too, an added bonus :p
vecvechookattack
23rd Apr 2010, 14:21
Ah, the new SAR Merlin has arrived.
http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac148/phantom797/fgty.jpg
The gubbings on the port side is possibly the loudspeaker......Did anyone spot the funniest Incident signal ever, recently when the crew thought it wasn't working but actually it was...... The locals in Zummerset got a shock...Tee Hee
Could be the last?
23rd Apr 2010, 15:08
So are the RN converting their MK1s early?
vecvechookattack
23rd Apr 2010, 15:11
No. Its not a Royal Navy Merlin. You can tell by all that red paint on it....and the cabin is full of seats....and its got 2 rescue hoists...Therefore its a SAR cab....on its way to RAF St Mawgan no doubt.
Could be the last?
23rd Apr 2010, 15:17
Who does the SAR cab belong too then?
Non of the MK3s have a radome where 'orange reaper' normally sits, or a double hoist assy. And the last time I looked, the RN cabs doing the SAR role had red bits on them........
sycamore
23rd Apr 2010, 15:18
Should let the boys who painted the truck have a go at it...
vecvechookattack
23rd Apr 2010, 15:27
Its a North African contract......
Your'e right about the truck..... Not the most covert transport they could have used....
Yep, off to Mawgan - strange seing a Wastland thing not flying to its intended destination - NOT!!!!
TheWizard
23rd Apr 2010, 16:43
It's the RN's float entry to this years Gay Pride judging by that truck!
Two's in
23rd Apr 2010, 20:57
Can't help thinking there's a flaw in those new IF screens shown fitted while it's on the low-loader.
Algerian Navy - serials ZR328 to ZR333,
Training to take place at Newquay.
vecvechookattack
23rd Apr 2010, 22:46
Algerian Navy - serials ZR328 to ZR333,
UK Registered...??????
Spanish Waltzer
24th Apr 2010, 07:10
Is it just me or is that a SAR helo with a 360 radar & we haven't had a single comment from crab@ ........maybe he's busy washing the ash off his trusty old steed :ok: :E
TEEEJ
24th Apr 2010, 07:51
vecvechookattack wrote
UK Registered...??????
Same as the Algerian Lynx in the UK. They will be assigned UK military serials to operate in the UK.
Photo of Westland Super Lynx Mk.130, ZK182, Algerian Navy (http://www.worldairpics.com/photo/1035180/L/Westland-Super-Lynx-Mk130/ZK182/Algerian-Navy/?&sid=4676329205&sp=3)
Algerian Merlin serials
http://www.aviation-links.co.uk/MAMupdate59-2010.pdf
Algerian Lynx serials
http://www.aviation-links.co.uk/MAMupdate55-2009.pdf
TJ
vecvechookattack
24th Apr 2010, 09:20
That makes sense..... and avoids embarrassment when they return to their own country.
That will be a hell of a trip on the smartie truck!!!!
EODFelix
24th Apr 2010, 18:41
Just wondered if this was the Boscombe Down - Yeovilton heavy load that meant to be transiting down the A303 on Thursday?
Could be the last?
24th Apr 2010, 20:25
So why didn't we go down the route of replacing our Seakings/RN/RAF with this version of the EH? In this current climate, surely it would have been cheaper than any PFI or whatever the system is that is employing SAR-H?
And what is the difference between this version and the RCAF/Coastguard Cormorant?
Seaking93
24th Apr 2010, 20:35
Yes it was the load from BD to VL on Thursday, why VL I don't know rather than RTB at Yeovil
Stu666
24th Apr 2010, 20:52
I feel sorry for the truck driver, unless he bats for the other side of course! :}
TorqueOfTheDevil
25th Apr 2010, 13:27
Forgive me if I'm being dull, but why are the three gents on the top during the road journey?
Donkey497
25th Apr 2010, 13:31
Top Cover?
Typhoons in dock for ash contamination & all that.....
vecvechookattack
25th Apr 2010, 14:11
Forgive me if I'm being dull, but why are the three gents on the top during the road journey?
The aircraft has three servo jacks for the Main Rotor Head. They are ensuring that the servo jacks remain in place and do not shift past the centre of gravity.
chips101
25th Apr 2010, 19:47
The bird house just aft of the search light is a nice touch :ok:
vecvechookattack
25th Apr 2010, 19:55
The bird house just aft of the search light is a nice touch
The infamous crowd control device
oldgrubber
28th Apr 2010, 21:34
"Forgive me if I'm being dull, but why are the three gents on the top during the road journey?"
TOTD,
The probable reason is some sort of obstruction or obstacle that needs them ready to give warning or lift telephone wires or tree limbs over the road. (try recovering a Seaking from Predannack to Culdrose by road!), they certainly wouldn't be on top the whole way.
The main servos have a bypass that opens when hydraulics are released, allowing the elastomeric bearings to unwind to their in-flight position. It would take a strong man to move them without hydraulics!