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Forum: Military Aviation

14th Oct 2022, 21:21

Replies: 22

No more Bell 212 for the AAC

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Posted By Thud_and_Blunder

Fair go, Shy - that says all that needs to be...

Fair go, Shy - that says all that needs to be achieved, apart from the knife-edge ridge jobs for which skids (or the back 2 on a Chinook :ok:) are the ideal stable emplaning/deplaning platform. Re...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Oct 2022, 20:54

Replies: 22

No more Bell 212 for the AAC

Views: 7,737

Posted By Thud_and_Blunder

Very nicely done, kudos to 9 PARA RE and the...

Very nicely done, kudos to 9 PARA RE and the QGE... but I still have a 2001-era handheld GPS with something like 150-160 LS locations carefully entered in Lat/Long using my UK-provided maps (the...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Oct 2022, 16:22

Replies: 22

No more Bell 212 for the AAC

Views: 7,737

Posted By Thud_and_Blunder

Well, that was educational! Thought I was...

Well, that was educational! Thought I was looking at a misdirected Kerch-Bridge-comment then recognised the islands; so they finally built the causeway, eh?! A lot less fun than the flying-coffin...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Oct 2022, 21:02

Replies: 22

No more Bell 212 for the AAC

Views: 7,737

Posted By Thud_and_Blunder

Maybe so - but I took one look at all the...

Maybe so - but I took one look at all the trackers they wanted to put on the 'puter just to see the vid and decided it wasn't for me.

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Oct 2022, 17:30

Replies: 22

No more Bell 212 for the AAC

Views: 7,737

Posted By Thud_and_Blunder

Hmmm - Puma vs B212 - I know which I'd rather...

Hmmm - Puma vs B212 - I know which I'd rather take into the Brunei jungle pads (the Sperry autopilot/AFCS on the ATUDB 212s was lovely). Just watch out for those hangar doors, fellas.

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Oct 2022, 15:23

Replies: 22

No more Bell 212 for the AAC

Views: 7,737

Posted By Thud_and_Blunder

Happy memories of excellent co-operation from...

Happy memories of excellent co-operation from what was then (1998) 7 Flt AAC - 2 of us Loan Service types were trying to get ATUDB up to speed on NVG and we were... underresourced. Fortunately 7 Flt...

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