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Postby Naki » Fri May 14, 2010 10:52 pm

Pretty cool loking chopper if you ask me.......

ohttp://airforce.mil.nz/gallery/photo-galle...109/default.htm
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Postby Ian Warren » Fri May 14, 2010 11:03 pm

Naki .. Dang ! its looking Smart ! .... guess time for the 47 to bow out !
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Postby Syncop8r » Sat May 15, 2010 12:06 am

Reminds me of a grey slipper...

Or maybe a pointy Italian shoe...
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Postby 2fst4u » Sat May 15, 2010 10:32 am

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QUOTE (Syncop8r @ May 15 2010, 12:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Reminds me of a grey slipper...

Or maybe a pointy Italian shoe...

Haha, I get pointy Italian shoe as well. They must make everything pointy.

Looks quite nice though.
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Postby Splitpin » Sat May 15, 2010 10:42 am

Complete departure from the old bubble souix......imagine it in Ferrari red. You have to hand it to the Italians, they know how to design stuff.
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Postby spongebob206 » Sat May 15, 2010 11:51 am

Very smart.

bet the boys and girls can't wait
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Postby HamiltonWest » Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:19 pm

RNZAF Light Utility Helicopter at Farnborough
http://mrcaviation.blogspot.com/2010/07/rn...icopter-at.html

NZ3403/CSX81738 AgustaWestland A109LUH (n/k) AgustaWestland, for RNZAF
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/481240...803fbd6ac_o.jpg
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Postby Ian Warren » Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:31 pm

They do look a little more slick than the 47 and with ability to do something , instead patient on the outside unsure.gif MASH .. you can pull em in to the inside smile.gif , previous photos do not show the winch or least ones i had seen .
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Postby Splitpin » Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:54 pm

Anybody know if Farnborough will be on tv? They used to show it (seemed like) every year....many years ago.

Thanks for the link Ham thumbup1.gif

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Postby Splitpin » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:49 pm

Dont worry...i checked, and i cant find it anywhere....just wait for the DVD in 5 years time.
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Postby markll » Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:57 pm

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Dont worry...i checked, and i cant find it anywhere....just wait for the DVD in 5 years time.


There's always youtube...? And Airliners.net
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Postby Splitpin » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:06 pm

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There's always youtube...? And Airliners.net

So true ....cheers Mark
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Postby Ian Warren » Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:48 am

I recall Raymond Baxter narrating many shows at Farnborough , the debut of the F16 in 1974 , least the prototype .. to even Red Arrows still using the Gnats .
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Postby HercFeend » Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:39 am

1986 I was 14, standing there with my dad at the Farnborough Air Show watching the first ever display of the prototype Eurofighter, which at that time had Tornado engines in it. Awesome!! Approximately 20 years later around 2006 it entered service, still it was worth the wait - the best fighter currently in the air!!
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Postby HamiltonWest » Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:27 pm

New helicopters lead way for air force fleet
The air force has taken delivery of its first new operational aircraft in more than four decades.
Crates containing two Italian-made AgustaWestland A109 helicopters have been delivered to the air force base at Ohakea – the first of a new $1 billion fleet of aircraft which will start going into service in the next year.
Work has started on assembling the first one and it is expected to take to the air soon.
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Postby Naki » Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:25 pm

pffft first new operational aircaft for 4 decades? ...what about the Strkemasters, Macchis, 421Cs and Seasprites?
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Postby Ian Warren » Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:54 pm

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pffft first new operational aircaft for 4 decades? ...what about the Strkemasters, Macchis, 421Cs and Seasprites?

biggrin.gif O the media , so much so wrong , ..... hey did ya hear Concorde is back in manufacture as a combat machine tongue.gif
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Postby Naki » Tue May 17, 2011 9:48 am

Newer pics here ..now in NZ

http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board...753&page=14
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Postby Ian Warren » Tue May 17, 2011 11:01 am

Article on the TV3 news last week during its debut , be interesting to see how long it takes to see one here in CHCH .
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Postby HamiltonWest » Sat May 28, 2011 9:18 am


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