By: Blue Monday
- 4th February 2018 at 22:57Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks for all the photos. Plenty of rare and interesting photos.
Just a small note in relation to the Colombian Hughes 500M, FAC4241. It entered service in April 1968, remains in service at the moment with the FAC but is due for retirement at some point this year. Hopefully it will remain at least until April and the corresponding date of its entry into service and she will become a "50 Year ship". Is there another single known rotary-wing airframe that has completed 50 years continuous service with a military operator? There can't be too many. Cheers.
BM.
P.S. The Republic Of Guinea Defender is another very interesting one. Did local pilots fly these helicopters or did contractor (mercenary) pilots fly them?
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By: MSphere
- 4th February 2018 at 23:39Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
gkozak, that 2nd picture of yours shows a Danish bird, not a Swiss one..
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By: MSphere
- 4th February 2018 at 23:45Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
By: Blue Monday
- 5th February 2018 at 00:52Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks, MSphere. We can only guess at the colours of the paint scheme on that Sandinista OH-6A. It looks like that machine might be "515" with Sandinista titles on the tailboom also. Not sure there is any roundel applied.
By: cthornburg
- 5th February 2018 at 03:59Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Don't have any pics of Haiti or Bahrain but some info you may or may not have
Haiti s/n:1245 c/n 1130536S, 440589S
Bahrain Police s/n:BPS-8, BPS-9 c/n 1160030 ni: ZK-HHG
you didn't ask about the Suriname 500 do you have a pix of it?
SAF-100 circa 1982 written off
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By: gkozak - 4th February 2018 at 20:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
See attached Dominican Republic OH-6.
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By: Blue Monday - 4th February 2018 at 21:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
GKozak, I am obliged! Some great photos there, especially the Nicaraguan OH-6A. Thank you.
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By: Gerard - 4th February 2018 at 21:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
[ATTACH=CONFIG]258722[/ATTACH]
Argentina
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By: Gerard - 4th February 2018 at 21:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Guinea (Republic of Guinea )
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By: MSphere - 4th February 2018 at 22:22 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Colombia
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By: gkozak - 4th February 2018 at 22:43 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
You're welcome, Blue Monday. Here are some more, somewhat unusual if not on your list.
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By: Blue Monday - 4th February 2018 at 22:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks for all the photos. Plenty of rare and interesting photos.
Just a small note in relation to the Colombian Hughes 500M, FAC4241. It entered service in April 1968, remains in service at the moment with the FAC but is due for retirement at some point this year. Hopefully it will remain at least until April and the corresponding date of its entry into service and she will become a "50 Year ship". Is there another single known rotary-wing airframe that has completed 50 years continuous service with a military operator? There can't be too many. Cheers.
BM.
P.S. The Republic Of Guinea Defender is another very interesting one. Did local pilots fly these helicopters or did contractor (mercenary) pilots fly them?
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By: MSphere - 4th February 2018 at 23:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
gkozak, that 2nd picture of yours shows a Danish bird, not a Swiss one..
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By: MSphere - 4th February 2018 at 23:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Sandinista MD500D
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By: Blue Monday - 5th February 2018 at 00:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks, MSphere. We can only guess at the colours of the paint scheme on that Sandinista OH-6A. It looks like that machine might be "515" with Sandinista titles on the tailboom also. Not sure there is any roundel applied.
BM.
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By: gkozak - 5th February 2018 at 02:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
You are right, MSphere! I got the Danish flag confused with a Swiss roundel.
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By: gkozak - 5th February 2018 at 02:37 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Close-up of a Guinean MD-500.
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By: gkozak - 5th February 2018 at 02:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Another Colombian MD-500, low-viz.
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By: the_baphomet_00 - 5th February 2018 at 03:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
These Guinean machines are Ex-Israeli examples I suppose...
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By: cthornburg - 5th February 2018 at 03:59 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Don't have any pics of Haiti or Bahrain but some info you may or may not have
Haiti s/n:1245 c/n 1130536S, 440589S
Bahrain Police s/n:BPS-8, BPS-9 c/n 1160030 ni: ZK-HHG
you didn't ask about the Suriname 500 do you have a pix of it?
SAF-100 circa 1982 written off
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By: cy24driver2 - 5th February 2018 at 06:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Cameroon"s Cessana 208B Grand Caravan
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By: cy24driver2 - 5th February 2018 at 07:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
South Korean National Police MD-500
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By: cy24driver2 - 5th February 2018 at 09:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
UAE Bo-105, Police Mi-2
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By: cy24driver2 - 5th February 2018 at 09:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yemeni Mi-2, Egyptian CH-47
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By: BME330 - 5th February 2018 at 11:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Morocco never got MD500´s, insted of Hughes they got Gazelles