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Normally I'm not interested in civilian stuff but these pics are lovely! Great job!

andel wrote:

Sukhoi22 wrote:Rotores de Portugal, Griekse en Franse alw-3!

Are Toos confirmed or is it a Kees of wishful thinking ???.

Wishful thinking, the Rotores the Portugal team is history......

Schiphol is voor spotters gewoon een no-go tijdens deze top, accepteer het en laat de beveiliging met rust.

Phantom54 wrote:Thanks guys!

Hi Ivo!

Thanks for your reply! Photo nr8 was on made during a hot blade mission on the 24th of July!
One of the Merlins did a quick stop and we circled in the area around the field. Please show your pics!

Thanks guys!

Very nice Chris!

Great report Erik! Great to see the old Huey in operational USAF service....

jaah wrote:

Bennie wrote:

gortje wrote:Hi Menso,

What a nice set of photos!!! Wow, it's very nice to see this Portugese Pumas.
Well done.

I don't see any Pumas...
But a very nice report indeed!!!

I believe Esq 751 is named Pumas.

That's correct! Thanks guys

As some of you might know or have seen in the magazines I was fortunate enough to visit 751 Esquadra multiple times during the past few years to report on their activities. I logged over 12 hours flying in their mighty EH-101 merlins doing (C)SAR training, low level flying, pollution control, format...

Lovely machine, nice badge in the tail!

Only MIL noted 2007-07-17     VC-10 C1K Royal Air Force 3:07h 2008-08-05     IAR-330L Puma Romanian Air Force 2:17h 2009-10-02     SA316B Alouette III Portuguese Air Force 0:30h 2010-06-01     Mi-17 Hip Czech Air Force 1:06h 2010-09-18     C-130J-30 Super Hercules United States Air Force 1:24h 2010-...

82-1068/WM "Spirit of New York", callsign Death11

The old Edwards (ED) machine....

Seen so far: Austria AB212 5D-HB AB212 5D-HO AB212 5D-HT AB212 5D-HV AB212 5D-HX Support C-130H 8T-CB Belgium A109BA H22 A109BA H41 A109BA H46 Support C-130H CH-11 Germany CH-53G 84+46 CH-53GA 84+68 CH-53G 84+72 CH-53G 84+80 Support C-160D 50+81 Netherlands AS532U2 S-441 CH-47D D-102 CH-47D D-665 Fi...

Only observers from Sweden and UK, so no choppers!

The year started with a trip to RAF Mildenhall for an air to air refueling mission with 100th ARW http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4903/bo20111.jpg In March I was fortunate enough to fly with the Portuguese Air Force Academy DHC-1 Chipmunks http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/4457/bo20113.jpg http:/...