Gazelles in Berlin
Hi I am researching which uk gazelles were based in Germany especially 7 flight and Berlin anyone got any info in their logbooks of Berlin based gazelles
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Here is a start for you.
A swap-over of cabs in 1983 was listed in BAR XW844 XX371 XZ291 XZ295 XZ304 XZ310 XZ311 |
One of the highlights of my time as a Cadet was a ride around West Berlin in the left seat of one of those :-)
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Fantastic. Did you get to fly over east Berlin or the GDR (within the control zone) as well?
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Does anyone have any photos of these? Is there a website for history of 7 Flight or Book?
How long was the familiarisation training for new Gazelle pilots coming into the Flt be like and I guess there be elements of 'peeking' being BRIXMIS. cheers |
Originally Posted by Less Hair
(Post 11225010)
Fantastic. Did you get to fly over east Berlin or the GDR (within the control zone) as well?
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A fellow Aircrewman Observer and I took a trip up to Berlin as guests of 7 Flt in the mid-1980's. Rather than a flog about in the back of a Gazelle we were taken on a 'Tour' of NVA barracks around East Berlin, armed with a couple of BRIXMIS' cameras.
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Dare I ask why you are doing the research?
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I am looking to find a gazelle that was stationed in Germany Berlin for a display
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HEDP
Good photo which also shows the sun shining on the TV tower showing a cross and was nicknamed in the sixties/seventies as St. Ulbricht's ! |
St. Walter (for Walter Ulbricht) to be precise. They even tried acid to get the shine away on the metal plates.
"Report position". "Abeam Führerbunker". |
Originally Posted by Less Hair
(Post 11225447)
St. Walter (for Walter Ulbricht) to be precise.
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Concerning Gatow Gazelles I remember watching a flight with maxed out passenger load. No doors and people squeezed inside some with their feet outside on the skids. Don't remember the headcount but it must have been next to a Chinook.
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I was at 7 Flt in Berlin from 82 to 84, it was the best posting I ever had by a long way. You got to see the city in a very special way, both sides of the wall.
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Originally Posted by md 600 driver
(Post 11225164)
I am looking to find a gazelle that was stationed in Germany Berlin for a display
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Originally Posted by Less Hair
(Post 11225010)
Fantastic. Did you get to fly over east Berlin or the GDR (within the control zone) as well?
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Was that to prevent a helicopter landing and spiriting away a dissident/defector or two?
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IIRC US Army Hueys went over East Berlin and East Germany sometimes. As did the odd soviet Hip over East Berlin.
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Originally Posted by gsa
(Post 11225594)
It was only fixed wing that was allowed over the wall into the control zone. The RAF did have 2 Chipmunks that were used occasionally and the Americans over in Tempelhof had a couple of Turbo Porters to loiter around.
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