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Old 13th Oct 2004, 21:21
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http://www.anao.gov.au/WebSite.nsf/P...256904001Dfcda

Interesting audit report 55 hrs / flh for the Seahawk .
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Old 26th Oct 2004, 20:27
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Eh101

Do we have any EH101/AgustaWestland Techy bods in here?

If so, could you please drop me a PM.

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Old 26th Oct 2004, 20:53
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Why not ask your question here so, if you get a response, we can all learn?


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Old 26th Oct 2004, 22:50
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Yeah, spit it out. There are several people who have experience at Wastelands here, current and ex (like me) employees.

And after all these forums are anonymous.
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Old 27th Oct 2004, 00:55
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Thumbs up My hand is held on high.

I set up and ran the Reliability and Maintainability program on the Agusta portion of the EH-101. Does that count?

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Old 27th Oct 2004, 08:33
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Yes, current EH101 techy - ask away!
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Old 27th Oct 2004, 10:38
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Straight Up Again - The Lazy toad!!!!

Hey Straight Up!

How's the surf? Any plans to return to blighty and see us?

WILL talk soon my good man

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Old 27th Oct 2004, 20:10
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Been asking at work, and still can't get an answer.

Is the EH101 airframe Metric or Imperial?

I understand that it can have either a Turbomeca or Rolls Royce engine fit. Turbomeca being metric, Rolls being sort of imperial, perhaps with a bit of Whit thrown in for good measure??!!!

Your help is greatly appreciated!!!


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S76 also had allison or trublemaker.
The 105 was metric up to the engine which was C20 ( or C28) for LS.
Only strange things I recall were the some of the fuel lines that were imperial one end and metric the other .
Same would apply to the Bk117 with LTS and the D version of the AS350 not to mention the US coast guard Dolphins , EC135 Pratt version AB139 A109 and A119 which all have US engines in Euro airframes.

I guess the mechs must have to have extra large tool kits.
Do cannon plugs come in metric and imperial sizes ?.
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Old 27th Oct 2004, 23:00
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Everything I ever had to do with the aircraft was metric, but I didn't get too far down into the nitty-gritty of attaching engines. Weights are KG, lengths are mm etc.

ZH-844 - "The lazy Toad"? I resemble that accusation! No plans to return at the moment, just became an Aussie citizen last week!
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Straight Up is correct - usually metric although engine parameters are given in both metric and imperial, for example the engine usage data is calculated using Nm and Lbxft....
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Old 7th Nov 2004, 16:39
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EH-101 flys cross country

I hate to tell anyone this, but this "mission" is done year round by every kind of helicopter already flying in North America. It may come as a shock to the marketing types, but the helicopters demonstrating these "superior" capabilities range from R-22's to S-64's and include everything in between. Hundreds of helicopters make trips like this every year in the course of their normal activities.

I can understand that this may appear challenging to non-flying, marketing types, or alternately to manufacturers who have absolutely no experience with helicopters, but really, is this newsworthy?

What is the current status of the 101? Is it still grounded in Canada? Is the UK fleet back to full operational status? Have you been forbidden to disclose anything?

The entire helicopter news side goes very quiet when your aircraft are sitting parked. No stories about how bad the competition is, how bad the aircraft it is replacing is, or how little the Customer making the selection knows?

So whats happening?


Merlin Mk3 Helicopter Completes First Transcontinental Self-Deployment

Cross-Country Flight Demonstrates Capability, Reliability for US101 Marine One Mission

OWEGO, NY, November 4, 2004 – Britain’s Royal Air Force has successfully self-deployed an EH101 Merlin Mk3 helicopter across the southern tier of the United States – from San Diego, CA, to Jacksonville, FL, demonstrating the helicopter’s superior capabilities and reliability. This event marks the first time an EH101 helicopter has visited the West coast, and the first time an EH101 helicopter has flown across America.

Home-based at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, England, and operated by the Royal Air Force’s 28 (Army Cooperative) Squadron, the combat-proven EH101 Merlin is the platform on which the US101 medium-lift executive transport helicopter is based.

“During the past five weeks, this lone Mk.3 helicopter has flown approximately 5,000 miles, with virtually no support, in a variety of climates and on a demanding schedule with daily deadlines,” said RAF Wing Commander Andy Turner, commanding officer of 28 (AC) Squadron and leader of the transcontinental self-deployment demonstration. “During this time, we have not missed a single planned activity or event as the helicopter has maintained an availability rate of 100 percent.”

The RAF Merlin Mk3 has been in the United States since September 20, conducting operational testing at an undisclosed military base on the West Coast in preparation for a possible deployment to Iraq. Enroute to its point of embarkation back to the United Kingdom, the Merlin Mk3 conducted flight demonstrations in San Diego, Albuquerque, Amarillo and Fort Worth, TX, Jackson, MS, Jacksonville and Fort Walton Beach, FL, and New Orleans. For the flight home, the Merlin Mk3 was transported by an RAF C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft – just as it was when first brought to the United States earlier this fall.

Team US101 is offering the American-built US101 helicopter to the U.S. Navy to meet the service’s Presidential Helicopter Replacement (VXX) program needs. The Navy’s VXX award announcement is expected in December.

More than 200 companies in 41 states have been chosen to support Team US101 with key products and services necessary for the President’s new Marine One helicopter fleet. Other leading American companies on Team US101 include General Electric, ITT, Northrop Grumman, Kaman Aerospace and Palomar Products. During the course of the helicopter fleet’s operational service life, 90 percent of the total life cycle costs will flow to Team US101’s American suppliers, creating and sustaining thousands of jobs nationwide while building these new Marine One helicopters.

Team US101 is led by Lockheed Martin Systems Integration – Owego, which serves as the prime contractor and systems integrator for the American-built US101 aircraft, an American variant of AgustaWestland’s successful EH101 multimission helicopter. The US101 team collectively brings unmatched rotorcraft expertise and experience to this program: Lockheed Martin (prime contractor and systems integration), AgustaWestland (aircraft design) and Bell Helicopter (aircraft production), while General Electric will supply each helicopter with three, 2,500 shaft-horsepower CT7-8E engines.
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Old 7th Nov 2004, 17:55
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Cyclic Hotline,

I wonder if the Lockheed and Agusta folks know how many helo drivers laughed over this release!

The typical flight in an S-76 or S-92 across the country requires a toothbrush, a gas credit card and a few charts. I flew in one day from Pittsburg to Leadville Colorado and on another occasion from LA to Cleveland. The typical coast to coast trip takes 2 RON's, and down the coast is a 1 day jaunt.

I guess we have to learn to call them "self-deployments!"
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Old 7th Nov 2004, 19:51
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Slow news day for a local paper. EH101 touring press releases became old news five years ago.

http://www.whl.co.uk/eh101news/eh101...99/nordic.html

http://www.whl.co.uk/eh101news/eh101...99/canada.html

As far as the "first time an EH101 helicopter has visited the West coast", I flew one from Comox to Victoria and back (both on Vancouver Island...West Coast), and:

http://www.whl.co.uk/eh101news/eh101...rrent/hot.html

Oh yeah, five Cormorants are stationed permanently on the West Coast as well. They were flown there from Italy.

I'm guessing this is just a local reporter and/or RAF crews not having all the information.
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Old 8th Nov 2004, 01:38
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Eh- the EH-101 is nice enough, but I still prefer the S-92 chiefly because I have it on good authority that the American birdy is *much* safer, the veritable equivalent of a brand-new SUV with airbags and anti-lock brakes.
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PPRUNE FAN#1,

Touche!
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Old 8th Nov 2004, 14:18
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EH-101 Transcon Flight

More than 30 years ago a flight of HH-3's made a trans Atlantic flight without landing. 44 flight hours with no ground support.
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Old 8th Nov 2004, 14:22
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I am not sure Lockheedand Agusta understand how much this press tour hurt them. The facts are well known to the Navy, who will be making the decision:

They visited the new "suppliers," dozens of them, who do not deliver any 101 parts now, and must start production and be brought up to qualification standards in months, and then their content must be tested on the real US-101, should it ever get built. A big risk, especally for presidential program!

Many of their suppliers are not even aviation providers, so their risk is higher. One supplier (an Indian Reservation!) makes harnesses for trucks, and will be taught to make aircraft wiring for the first time!

The "US-101" they chose is an RAF Merlin, with British crew, a fact lost on no reporter I talked to. "Where is the real US-101?" they all ask.
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Old 8th Nov 2004, 16:00
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'Combat proven EH101 Merlin' - So where, when and how has the Merlin become 'Combat Proven' I ask????
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Old 8th Nov 2004, 16:03
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Correct me if I am wrong here Mr Lappos.

The EH-101 was indeed an RAF aircraft, it flew out on an RAF C-17 and was out there on an RAF trial.

The aircraft indeed flew from West Coast to East Coast. Maybe it is not a big thing to us guys in the States but maybe to the guys on the other side of the pond, who very rarely get out to the USA, who rarely get to fly in the USA and who rarely get an opportunity to do such flying it is a big thing.

Why not take it as it was, a positioning flight for an aircraft in order to meet the C-17 to get back to the UK. The fact that the aircraft did the trip over a couple of weeks and took the aircraft to CSAR units doesnt always mean that it is a sales push. The UK Squadron is the UK CSAR Sqn so why shouldnt they visit their compatriates in the USA? If the RAF guys had wanted to do it in a couple of days I am sure they could have, even the Brits have toothbrushes, Gas cards and a few charts.

The RN version was deployed in the Gulf if I remember rightly
Nick, you treat this site as an easy way to knock the US101, call it free advertising if you want.

Cyclic Hotline, obviously if the RAF are flying over here then I guess they are back to full flying status
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