Dauphin London Bridge.

[lotus1]

Rumours has it Northolt but with regards to derby a lot of choppers where at farnbourgh high rollers landing in jets straight on chopper to epsom

[Rigga]

There are other suitable places almost as close as Northolt...just not airfields!

[212man]

Originally Posted by PDR1

So how in heck did a pair of AS365s scramble from Hereford to central London in 8 minutes? I'm not even sure they could have sortied from *Horseguards* in that sort of timescale. Were they already "on patrol"?

PDR

It was the police that were on scene in 8 minutes, that's how!

[roybert]

Originally Posted by Nigerian Expat Outlaw

Always knew turbo boost and whisper mode existed. Airwolf must have been real........

NEO

I was thinking about the movie from 1983 with Roy Scheider and the Blue Thunder Chopper the spied on people with it's whisper mode.

[peter we]

Originally Posted by Nigerian Expat Outlaw

Always knew turbo boost and whisper mode existed. Airwolf must have been real........

NEO

It was as noisy as hell, never heard a helicopter like it. Not that I'm an expert.

[MightyGem]

Eurocopter EC135 P2+ G-TVHB was involved in the response and orbited afterward for a while at 1600 feet. It is probably the helo already on the bridge in the picture above.

Probably not. On the bridge that is.

[jimf671]

Originally Posted by EESDL

2 of them serviceable ???

Do tell.

Is this the real story of the 5th ship?

[helisniper]

EESDL's memories of Dauphin serviceability are obviously affected by the one he knows. He's certainly a very log way from 365s in Europe these days, least of all those N3s that don't exist.

[jimf671]

Originally Posted by helisniper

EESDL's memories of Dauphin serviceability are obviously affected by the one he knows. He's certainly a very log way from 365s in Europe these days, least of all those N3s that don't exist.

Only good memories of 365N here.

[helisniper]

TBH, I didn't think his was at all bad, colour scheme was a bit dodgy maybe, but now he's much more important and on something bigger and newer, maybe the 365 is 'dead to him'?!

[Special 25]

According to the Daily Mirror

"A military source said: “These helicopters are extremely agile and quick - with the ability to get into smaller spaces, travel in-between high buildings with relative silence and at speed, with eight soldiers."


Relative Silence?? Well, they must be some vastly modified Dauphin's. I've never heard anything make a noise like a 365. You can feel the air vibrating for about 8 miles as its heading towards you and then the wailing banshee noise of that fenestron.

Speed - Yes.
Agression - Perhaps
Surprise - Erm, well perhaps not!

[albatross]

Hey on a cold/calm -35C day you could hear/feel a 205 / Huey coming from 50 miles away.

[henra]

Originally Posted by albatross

Hey on a cold/calm -35C day you could hear/feel a 205 / Huey coming from 50 miles away.

Agreed to both.
The 365 has a very distinct and impressive vibrating noise combined with the screaming sound of the Fenestron. Huey being the loudest of all but the 365 is louder (noise carrying over longer distance due too low frequency vibration) than most if not all of the other modern 5t Helicopters. Huey and 365 are the only two which I can unmistakably identify long before I see them.

[RVDT]

Well, they must be some vastly modified Dauphin's. I've never heard anything make a noise like a 365. You can feel the air vibrating for about 8 miles as its heading towards you and then the wailing banshee noise of that fenestron.

The 365 has a very distinct and impressive vibrating noise combined with the screaming sound of the Fenestron.

It seems that they are N3's so none of the above actually would be true. Fenestron on the N3 is same/similar to EC155.

Asymmetric spaced 10 blade composite fan.

I think the original fenestron may no longer be supported.

[nowherespecial]

Stealth is a relative concept when compared with the usual CH47 that these characters like to bowl around in, the N3 is basically a stealth helicopter.