At the risk of getting grief for metioning the “H” type of flying machine, is anyone going this year or is it an event that people avoid or don’t admit to attending in polite forum company?
I only ask as I will be there, provided the garage get me my car back in time, all weekend working it and wondered it anyone would be there to say hello to.
And I posted this here as I didn’t know quite where to put it as it covers all three major forum.
OAW
By: ALBERT ROSS - 30th July 2005 at 09:40
So, does anyone know what’s there? Photos?
By: TMN - 27th July 2005 at 21:22
Planning to be there on Sunday – if the weather improves !
By: ALBERT ROSS - 27th July 2005 at 20:21
Saw you there last year with Neil P. on the Friday. Lovely weather and no crowds during the arrivals, but THIS year it’s currently 8/8 grey, cold and windy! 😮 Do you know what’s coming, SHOULD the weather improve?
Anything out of the ordinary like a Polish W-3, special scheme Belgian Sea King – I wish! :rolleyes:
By: Arm Waver - 28th July 2004 at 07:15
Albert Ross
Saturday was really busy and the field was closed due to lack of space lots of R44’s a few R22’s and Enstroms and Jet Rangers turning up on the Saturday. The wind kept numbers well down on Sunday. Sunday did include the Bo105 air ambulance and the Police EC.135.
OAW
By: ALBERT ROSS - 27th July 2004 at 22:51
Albert
Well back and now rested from doing the night security looking after the helicopters and I can tell you the pod contains a camera used for hydrographics work down south. They were en-route to Cosford apparently to take part in some tri-service photo thing.
There was some friendly competition between the German CH-53 crew and the Dutch Chinook crew as to who had the biggest chopper!
OAW
Ah, thanks for that! That’s about what I thought the Lynx pod would be used for, as I hadn’t heard of the need for an additional radar or even an AEW Lynx?
By: ALBERT ROSS - 27th July 2004 at 22:47
Over 60 turned up for the weekend…
It was coastal at various times of the weekend… but more often than not it seemed to be a long way inland…In case anyone wants to know….
Military:
German: 3x Bo105, 1x CH-53G, 1xUH-1D
Dutch: 1x CH-47, 1x AB412
Belgian: 1x A109
Itallian: 1x AB212, 1x HH-3F
UK: 1x Sioux, 1x Allouette (no Scout as she went tech), 1x Griffon, 1x Squirrel and 1x RN Lynx (from HMS Endurance)
Civil types:
R22, R44, B47, B206, Gazelle, Enstrom, Brantly, MD500/H369, H269 and a Scout that I can remember
What made up the numbers to 60?? :confused: I counted 24 by 6pm on Friday, with the last being a civvie Bell 47G.
By: Arm Waver - 27th July 2004 at 14:52
Over 60 turned up for the weekend…
It was coastal at various times of the weekend… but more often than not it seemed to be a long way inland…
In case anyone wants to know….
Military:
German: 3x Bo105, 1x CH-53G, 1xUH-1D
Dutch: 1x CH-47, 1x AB412
Belgian: 1x A109
Itallian: 1x AB212, 1x HH-3F
UK: 1x Sioux, 1x Allouette (no Scout as she went tech), 1x Griffon, 1x Squirrel and 1x RN Lynx (from HMS Endurance)
Civil types:
R22, R44, B47, B206, Gazelle, Enstrom, Brantly, MD500/H369, H269 and a Scout that I can remember
By: EN830 - 27th July 2004 at 13:13
How many of them were there?
Was Weston on the coast for the event or was the tide out ?
By: Arm Waver - 27th July 2004 at 13:11
Not that I recall :p but there was plenty of various forms of falling down juice… (The Italians brought 91 litres of red wine 😮 ).
OAW
By: EN830 - 27th July 2004 at 12:58
Were there many omelettes ???? 😀
By: Arm Waver - 27th July 2004 at 08:07
Albert
Well back and now rested from doing the night security looking after the helicopters and I can tell you the pod contains a camera used for hydrographics work down south. They were en-route to Cosford apparently to take part in some tri-service photo thing.
There was some friendly competition between the German CH-53 crew and the Dutch Chinook crew as to who had the biggest chopper!
OAW
By: ALBERT ROSS - 24th July 2004 at 16:41
Helidays
Here are some shots from Helidays yesterday of the Italian AF HH-3F and the HMS Endurance Lynx. Does any one know what the ‘pod’ attached to the port side is for?
By: Flood - 23rd July 2004 at 20:24
Huh. Beat it!
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By: EN830 - 23rd July 2004 at 13:41
With all those egg beaters in one place, I would think there will be one big omelette. 😀
By: ALBERT ROSS - 23rd July 2004 at 12:04
Yes, I plan to go there today as I aways kick myself when I see photos of all the interesting choppers they get there! Strange, RIAT can’t get things like a Polish Mi-2, but Helidays can! Does anyone know what is coming this year?
By: EN830 - 21st July 2004 at 22:00
Did it, no I didn’t, information is never useless.
By: Flood - 21st July 2004 at 21:59
That upper turret came from Argentina, you know. Useless bit of information wouldn’t you say?
Flood.â„¢
By: EN830 - 21st July 2004 at 21:41
I use to live just up the road from Weston on the Mud, smelly place full of donkeys.
I can remember the first eggbeater days back in the early 80’s, better still I can remember my first airshow at the airport/field in 1973ish, in particular BBMF’s Lanc without an upper turret. I have some pictures somewhere taken by my mother of a young EN830 and a few aeroplanes.
By: Flood - 21st July 2004 at 21:37
I’ll be working. Rats.
Flood.â„¢
By: oag - 21st July 2004 at 21:23
FLOOD
Heli-days are at Weston-super-Mare seafront on Friday 23rd,Saturday 24th,Sunday 25th July(i.e. this weekend)…..I’ll be there with Arm-waver and his gang
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