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Irish Air Corps / Irish Air Ambulances
« on: November 09, 2007, 12:34:40 am »
hmmm...four ex mil dauphins would be great for this role!
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Irish Air Corps / What next aircraft?
« on: July 25, 2007, 07:27:44 pm »
simple answer,reduce the bloated size of the army
(who's effectiveness on a land locked island is debatable)
expand the navy and air corps
increase military spending gradually on an annual basis with the plan to double the defense budget with 6-8 years
(less of a media shock than an immediate increase)
no more half measures!
imo this would be a realistic force with a good capability for humanitarian work/peacekeeping,without being excessively OTT like jets would be imho
(who's effectiveness on a land locked island is debatable)
expand the navy and air corps
increase military spending gradually on an annual basis with the plan to double the defense budget with 6-8 years
(less of a media shock than an immediate increase)
no more half measures!
imo this would be a realistic force with a good capability for humanitarian work/peacekeeping,without being excessively OTT like jets would be imho
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Irish Air Corps / What next aircraft?
« on: July 25, 2007, 03:46:43 pm »
three more 135's
(one fitted constantly as an air ambulance)
three NH90's or super pumas/merlins
6 more 149's with battlefield survivability (if they do go overseas) and preferably with skids not wheels
two trooptransporter casa types (that could double up as aux fisheries protection)
(one fitted constantly as an air ambulance)
three NH90's or super pumas/merlins
6 more 149's with battlefield survivability (if they do go overseas) and preferably with skids not wheels
two trooptransporter casa types (that could double up as aux fisheries protection)
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Irish Air Corps / SAR Legend
« on: June 12, 2007, 08:31:19 pm »
congrats Dad,you've done us all really proud
...now get out there and get a real job!
...now get out there and get a real job!
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Irish Air Corps / AW.139 276 on the move.
« on: June 03, 2007, 10:16:45 pm »
The fourth was in the next hangar,so three in the one shot was the best i could do
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Irish Air Corps / AW.139 276 on the move.
« on: June 03, 2007, 10:13:33 pm »
Got some shots of 277 today in the Don,she looks great
it was a proud moment to see 4 139's and 2 135's all in splendid green!
it was a proud moment to see 4 139's and 2 135's all in splendid green!
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Irish Air Corps / All Eight PC9'S
« on: May 17, 2007, 10:51:33 pm »
anyone stop to think that maybe agusta are paying for the heli's to go abroad? might have been part of the deal,you buy an untried machine as the guinea pigs,help us promote it and we give you a good price?
simple fact is at the moment there are three more choppers due and not alot else for junior pilots to get up in the sky and learn their craft on so i think it's a good thing to get people in the air as much as possible and get the ball rolling so they can quickly graduate to rotorary once the machines are in place!
simple fact is at the moment there are three more choppers due and not alot else for junior pilots to get up in the sky and learn their craft on so i think it's a good thing to get people in the air as much as possible and get the ball rolling so they can quickly graduate to rotorary once the machines are in place!
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Irish Air Corps / nonsense?
« on: February 24, 2007, 10:43:20 am »
he's gonna kill me for this...
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Irish Air Corps / nonsense?
« on: February 23, 2007, 10:18:47 pm »
not that unusual,my dad (PAPA 242) flew in a hawk out of valley in the late 80's,we've photo's of him in the kit kicking around somewhere
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Irish Air Corps / Last Chance
« on: February 08, 2007, 09:01:30 pm »
thought these were all sold?
are we keeping one airworthy for ourselves?
are we keeping one airworthy for ourselves?
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Aviation Photography / lenses!?
« on: December 26, 2006, 02:36:00 pm »
whoops sorry! that was me that replied there,i didn't notice i was active on my dads username!
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Irish Air Corps / NS air
« on: October 04, 2006, 09:53:50 pm »
we should keep them!
give them a mid-life update and get them training the pdf on troop ops,artilery spotting,using underslung loads etc...
the u.s coastguard is currently refitting their fleet so they can soldier on until 2042!
six agustas and four dauphins sounds like a nice little fleet to have
give them a mid-life update and get them training the pdf on troop ops,artilery spotting,using underslung loads etc...
the u.s coastguard is currently refitting their fleet so they can soldier on until 2042!
six agustas and four dauphins sounds like a nice little fleet to have
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Irish Air Corps / NS air
« on: October 03, 2006, 08:32:16 pm »
have to agree with my dad here,what a terrible waste