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Irish Helicopters donate EI-LIT to the Dublin Institute of Technology
Irish Helicopters: News*|*Irish Helicopters donate EI-LIT to the Dublin Institute of Technology
Today Irish Helicopters donated their BO-105 helicopter EI-LIT to the Department of Transport at Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton Street.
The department provides courses to the Irish Aerospace Industry, from aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul apprenticeships.
Training and Examinations manager at Bolton street Mr Ivan Sheridan said, “Dublin institute of Technology are delighted to accept the donation of the BO-105 from Irish Helicopters.
We hope to make use of the functioning basic Instrumentation and Navigation equipment on board the aircraft to enhance our students learning experience."
EI-LIT first went on the Irish register 1996 and entered service on 22nd of February that year.
It completed 5710.8hrs during its service with Irish Helicopters, and the majority of hours were flown in support of the contract with the Commissioners of Irish Lights.
Its last flight was completed by Capt. Colm Martyn from the Kish lighthouse to Dublin Airport on the 16th Sept 2008.
The accountable manager of Irish Helicopters Mr Iain Baird said, “A number of Irish Helicopters engineers have benefitted from the Training delivered by
Bolton Street over the years so it was appropriate Irish Helicopters made this aircraft available once it was decided to retire her from active service.
Hopefully many more students can benefit from the addition of the Bolkow to the institutes training facility”.
The department provides courses to the Irish Aerospace Industry, from aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul apprenticeships.
Training and Examinations manager at Bolton street Mr Ivan Sheridan said, “Dublin institute of Technology are delighted to accept the donation of the BO-105 from Irish Helicopters.
We hope to make use of the functioning basic Instrumentation and Navigation equipment on board the aircraft to enhance our students learning experience."
EI-LIT first went on the Irish register 1996 and entered service on 22nd of February that year.
It completed 5710.8hrs during its service with Irish Helicopters, and the majority of hours were flown in support of the contract with the Commissioners of Irish Lights.
Its last flight was completed by Capt. Colm Martyn from the Kish lighthouse to Dublin Airport on the 16th Sept 2008.
The accountable manager of Irish Helicopters Mr Iain Baird said, “A number of Irish Helicopters engineers have benefitted from the Training delivered by
Bolton Street over the years so it was appropriate Irish Helicopters made this aircraft available once it was decided to retire her from active service.
Hopefully many more students can benefit from the addition of the Bolkow to the institutes training facility”.
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Quite low hours at retirement for LIT really. Particularly when you consider some of Bonds are in the region of 20000 plus, and BLD is nudging towards the 16000 mark. If I remember right it arrived with 4000 hours on it so those can be added to the 5000 plus it did in ICL service.
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I do recall a while ago when the transmission shaft to the tail was almost due it was being offerred for sale for around £200000 plus £70000 if you wanted the shaft overhauled as well.
Two for the price of one!
Late one November, probably 1990 or thereabouts, I read an advert in one of the local papers in Galway that Santa Claus would be paying a visit to the Dunnes Stores supermarket at Terryland, arriving there by helicopter. Curious to see what machine would be doing the job, I hopped on my bike and pedalled down to the shop at the appointed time. It turned out it was a Jet Ranger and, if I recall correctly, it was operated by Westair. The landing was uneventful, Mr. Claus exited and was greeted with cheers from the gathered crowd of children. The helicopter took off and turned out to the left and it looked like it was heading off towards Carnmore Airport. It didn't gain too much altitude though and maintained a left-hand circuit. It then started descending again and made an approach into the Galway Shopping Centre, which if you know the area, is adjacent to the Dunnes Stores Supermarket. I pedalled furiously to the new landing site to see yet another crowd gathered to welcome the helicopter in the car park there. Much to my horror, I witnessed a second Santa Claus exit the Jet Ranger. I hope none of the kids at the first drop glanced across the road to witness the arrival of this imposter. They could have been scared for life!
Happy Christmas.
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Happy Christmas.
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yep, fantasic pics, and really interested to have seen them. Does anybody know what kinds of hours the new EC135 Is accumulating, just wondering what airframe hours it has up given the current recession.
Have received a couple of PM's for a larger version of the photo of ILS and which can be found here.
Never really thought that the 135 was an especially attractive aircraft but, then again, neither was the 105!
Do you think that makes the 135 the 105's 'spiritual' successor?
Never really thought that the 135 was an especially attractive aircraft but, then again, neither was the 105!
Do you think that makes the 135 the 105's 'spiritual' successor?
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Hey Sav,
I remember that pic of BDI when I first saw it in Rotor and Wing many many moons ago, it was liftign an air conditioner onto the roof of some store in Dublin. That was the machine that ditched off the Donegal coast around 1979-80 apparently after a human error in not switching fuel tanks.
I remember that pic of BDI when I first saw it in Rotor and Wing many many moons ago, it was liftign an air conditioner onto the roof of some store in Dublin. That was the machine that ditched off the Donegal coast around 1979-80 apparently after a human error in not switching fuel tanks.
Bolkow wrote: That was the machine that ditched off the Donegal coast around 1979-80 apparently after a human error in not switching fuel tanks.
500: Which craft is to be used for this shuttle?
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yes savoia,
it was slinging at the time, I remember all the initial speculatiojn that a short strop was used when it should have been a long one, and because it was a short strop when the box moved into the downwash, this was supposed to have downed the helicopter. I believe Gay Lyons was th epilot?
it was slinging at the time, I remember all the initial speculatiojn that a short strop was used when it should have been a long one, and because it was a short strop when the box moved into the downwash, this was supposed to have downed the helicopter. I believe Gay Lyons was th epilot?
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On page one it amazes me to see the Holy Father stepping down from the Heli wearing his Ponceu with a Shamrock on top as well, now how was that achieved ?
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Ex Irish Helicopters BO105d EI-BLD
It may be intersting to note that this machine as of June has come onto the UK register, as G-XBLD. No Idea of whether it has acquired a new colour scheme or what it is doing but I think it may be in Scotland somewhere. Anybody else got any information?