Chopper Chat Thread

Postby **NorStar2K** » January 27th, 2010, 10:02 am

For all the Rotary Aviators, Enthusiasts and Ground Doves amongst us.

Post your pix, questions, comments, observations, etc here.

Please avoid questions or comments that push the envelope towards disseminating 'controlled' or 'classified' MNS, SAUTT AirOps and other related information.

You certainly don't want 'strange lights' over your house at two in the morning followed by loud knocking on your front door, do you?! 8-)

PLEASE DO NOT POST ANY PIX WHERE THE SOURCE AND PERMISSION TO POST CANNOT BE DETERMINED, TO AVOID CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUES.

Most of these pix are from locations where the pix are already posted on sites with photographer/website credit and copyright.

http://www.airliners.net
http://www.jetphotos.net
http://www.planepictures.net
http://www.airlinefan.com
http://www.myaviation.net

Postby **NorStar2K** » January 27th, 2010, 10:09 am

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO AIR GUARD (TTAG) AW139 SAR HELICOPTER

Postby **NorStar2K** » January 27th, 2010, 10:26 am

A Bristow Bell 412EP during a MEDEVAC exercise, at an Aircraft Crash Rescue Drill at Piarco International Airport.

Captainzaak · Postby **Captainzaak** » January 27th, 2010, 10:41 am

norstar2k,

Any interior shots of the local choppers?
Also, aerial views of TnT? :mrgreen:

Postby **NorStar2K** » January 27th, 2010, 10:41 am

Marine One, a VH-60N "WhiteHawk", sits in the TTAG Hangar at the Piarco Air Station during the VSOA '09.

Postby **NorStar2K** » January 27th, 2010, 10:45 am

Captainzaak wrote:norstar2k,

Any interior shots of the local choppers?
Also, aerial views of TnT?

Ain't much to 'see' in the pax cabin.

Postby **NorStar2K** » January 27th, 2010, 10:51 am

NHSL's S-76 9Y-TJJ (Juliet Juliet) sitting on the Poui NGC helideck.

pablo_tt · Postby **pablo_tt** » January 27th, 2010, 10:56 am

Some of my shots:

This was a helicopter that stopped over and left the next morning

Postby **NorStar2K** » January 27th, 2010, 10:57 am

NHSL's S-76 9Y-TGX (Golf X-Ray) sitting on the Rowan Adriatic VII Jack-up Rig helideck.

pablo_tt · Postby **pablo_tt** » January 27th, 2010, 10:58 am

norstar2k wrote:NHSL's S-76 9Y-TGX (Golf X-Ray) sitting on the Rowan Adriatic VII Jack-up Rig helideck.

Whatever became of this bird?

Postby **NorStar2K** » January 27th, 2010, 11:00 am

NHSL's S-76 9Y-TJJ (Juliet Juliet) landing at Piarco Airport.

Postby **NorStar2K** » January 27th, 2010, 11:04 am

SAUTT's Eurocopter AS355 F2 TwinStar (Callsign Viper 1) in a hover taxi to the TTAG Hangar, Piarco Air Station.

Postby **NorStar2K** » January 27th, 2010, 11:11 am

pablo_tt, 9Y-TGX AND 9Y-TGW, the former Air Division's (MNS 1982) first birds, are down and may never fly again.

NHSL's plan is to operate a modern fleet of S-76Cs only. Those two S-76As are going to be very expensive to upgrade to modern avionics, Arriel 2S2 Turboshaft Powerplants, etc.

lexx · Postby **lexx** » January 27th, 2010, 11:20 am

GTi Guy · Postby **GTi Guy** » January 27th, 2010, 11:26 am

just checkin to see if i glitched got some pics for this thread

Postby **NorStar2K** » January 27th, 2010, 11:32 am

^^^Nice shot lexx! I've done dozens of MEDEVAC flights and never took a damn pix.

keep 'em comin'

mrtrini45 · Postby **mrtrini45** » January 27th, 2010, 11:35 am

cool man this the best ting keep the pics coming

megadoc1 · Postby **megadoc1** » January 27th, 2010, 11:36 am

norstar2k wrote:pablo_tt, 9Y-TGX AND 9Y-TGW, the former Air Division's (MNS 1982) first birds, are down and may never fly again.

NHSL's plan is to operate a modern fleet of S-76Cs only. Those two S-76As are going to be very expensive to upgrade to modern avionics, Arriel 2S2 Turboshaft Powerplants, etc.

what will become of down birds will they be parted out or scraped?

Postby **NorStar2K** » January 27th, 2010, 11:46 am

^^^Probably

Postby **2 d Max Auto** » January 27th, 2010, 12:10 pm

great post norstar2k, reminds we of when I was stationed at Piarco......sadly I never took any pics of the birds

lexx · Postby **lexx** » January 27th, 2010, 12:13 pm

foss · Postby **foss** » January 27th, 2010, 1:04 pm

pablo_tt wrote:Some of my shots:

i <3 412's

Mr. Red Sleeper · Postby **Mr. Red Sleeper** » January 27th, 2010, 1:13 pm

norstar2k wrote:NHSL's S-76 9Y-TGX (Golf X-Ray) sitting on the Rowan Adriatic VII Jack-up Rig helideck.

You mean " Tango gulf X-ray" right?

Postby **NorStar2K** » January 27th, 2010, 1:14 pm

Nobody say "Tango" anymore.

Fuzz Master · Postby **Fuzz Master** » January 27th, 2010, 1:43 pm

broward sheriff's office AR85 in action doing a patient transport from a motor vehicle accident

Postby **NorStar2K** » January 27th, 2010, 1:45 pm

NiceFuzz Master. We need a service like that here. Time to primary medical care is too long.

Mr. Red Sleeper · Postby **Mr. Red Sleeper** » January 27th, 2010, 1:46 pm

norstar2k wrote:Nobody say "Tango" anymore.

why not?

Fuzz Master · Postby **Fuzz Master** » January 27th, 2010, 1:52 pm

norstar2k wrote:NiceFuzz Master. We need a service like that here. Time to primary medical care is too long.

couldnt agree with you more.

RBphoto · Postby **RBphoto** » January 27th, 2010, 3:42 pm

norstar2k wrote:NHSL's S-76 9Y-TJJ (Juliet Juliet) sitting on the Poui NGC helideck.

Dat was when it shut dong or what?

pablo_tt · Postby **pablo_tt** » January 27th, 2010, 4:27 pm

lexx wrote:Nice, finally we got a chopper ched... here's an A++ 9Y-NHS (Hotel Sierra) dropping off a patient at Mt Hope from Tobago.

Great shot! When im heading into work at times I just manage to catch them either now arriving or departing and I'm on the other side of the maxi to snap a shot