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Post by corsair67 on Mar 11, 2008 11:59:06 GMT 12
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Post by FlyNavy on Mar 11, 2008 13:01:07 GMT 12
Thanks heaps Moditator2. You had a nice day off then?
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Post by corsair67 on Mar 11, 2008 14:30:26 GMT 12
Yes, it was a nice Canberra Day holiday yesterday, although a bit hot.
The sunblock and Akubra earned their keep yesterday afternoon.
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Post by flycookie on Mar 11, 2008 14:54:14 GMT 12
Great pics former Global Moderator 67. Muchos grande thanks for sharing them. Really, they're excellent.
If the RAN had an ounce of brains it would dragoon that hottie chick pilot into recruiting ads.
She's vastly better looking than those scruffy yobbos, bogans, ruffians and neanderthals pictured throughout FlyNavy's VF-805 PDF. At least that aspect of Nowra has improved since the 70s.
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Post by flycookie on Mar 11, 2008 15:04:10 GMT 12
www.defence.gov.au/media/download/2008/Mar/20080304/index.htm04 March 2008 Navy celebrates 107th birthdayThe Navy celebrated its birthday in Canberra at the Brumbies' second round match in the Super 14 competition. Prior to the main game, the Royal Australian Navy Band performed a number of songs including 'I Am Australian' and 'Waltzing Matilta' whilst a helicopter flew a 'Happy Birthday Navy' banner around Canberra Stadium. At half-time, a Sea King from 817 Squadron flew into the stadium and hovered at 90ft for Australian Clearance Diving Team 1 (AUSCDT1) to perform a rapid repel demonstration which wowed the crowd of just over 15,000. Also at the game, AUSCDT1 setup an 8000-litre dive tank at the West Gate, where fascinated kids played naughts and crosses with the Clearance Divers submerged inside the tank. The Navy Events and Marketing team, from their promotional stand, gave away Navy merchandise and made sure everyone who came by was 'branded' with a Navy temporary tattoo. The day was a great success for Navy and a unique way to celebrate its 107th birthday.  CAPTION: A Sea King helicopter from 817 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, hovers over the field at Canberra Stadium as divers demonstrate rapid repelling to a crowd of just over 15,000 at half-time in the Super 14 clash between the Brumbies and the Queensland Reds.
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Post by corsair67 on Mar 11, 2008 15:45:36 GMT 12
Flycookie, I think she may have appeared on a couple of recruiting adverts over here already. Here's a couple more pictures for you:   |
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Post by FlyNavy on Mar 11, 2008 16:29:06 GMT 12
Out of interest and not maligning our intrepid Helo pilot: Were there any other aircrew with the helo? We see the aircrewman winch operator. Any others? I gather if they were there - they were unphotographable, as suggested by 'CookedFlies' earlier. ;D
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Post by corsair67 on Mar 11, 2008 16:32:59 GMT 12
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Post by corsair67 on Mar 11, 2008 16:43:33 GMT 12
FlyNavy, here's a photo of the pilot and the crewman for you.   By the way, FlyNavy, the co-pilot told me that the third A109E is apparently going to be painted white with the Navy ensign along the side for PR purposes. |
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Post by FlyNavy on Mar 11, 2008 17:09:55 GMT 12
Not trying to be smart just curious (and never helo aircrew). My understanding is that the 'captain' will be in right hand seat with co-pilot (or aircrewman?) in left hand seat. So as illustrated in the zoomed photy (good quality pics Craig) the female LEUT is in right hand seat and I gather the Petty Officer aircrewman / winch operator is in the left hand seat?  |
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Post by corsair67 on Mar 11, 2008 17:27:34 GMT 12
FlyNavy, the observer/crewman was the third member of the crew, but I don't think I caught him on the ground in any of my pictures.
The A109's front office is a pretty tight squeeze, and I don't know if it would be physically possible to climb from the front seats into the back of the chopper.
The A109 can carry up to five in the back with the extra rearward facing seats added, but it'd be pretty cosy in the back in that situation.
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Post by FlyNavy on Mar 11, 2008 17:54:03 GMT 12
Thanks as you have said in an e-mail it is likely the aircrewman and Observer have swapped seats for the day. I gather that this training helo does not require two pilots to operate like the old Wessex for example. That about sums up my knowledge of helos. Never figured out why the captain was in right hand seat. ;D
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Post by corsair67 on Mar 11, 2008 18:03:41 GMT 12
Because the Captain is always right! ;D
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Post by FlyNavy on Mar 12, 2008 9:54:48 GMT 12
AND she has a sense of humour ;D [Compare shoulder patch & logo]  |
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Post by beagle on Mar 12, 2008 10:33:21 GMT 12
Maybe thats where she is going pretty soon. Alpha flying helmet and life jacket are same as NZ aircrew, well they were when I left. Mind you I think most of our helo aircrew use an american design life preserver now.
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Post by FlyNavy on Mar 12, 2008 10:46:25 GMT 12
The GAS bottle looks much larger than old yellow (with red bottle?) Mae West Life preservers?
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Post by Bruce on Mar 12, 2008 10:56:29 GMT 12
There seems to be intense interest in her "personal survival equipment"?  |
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Post by FlyNavy on Mar 12, 2008 11:00:54 GMT 12
Very respectful but...  |
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Post by flycookie on Mar 12, 2008 12:35:47 GMT 12
Former Global Moderator 67, I thank you for the extra pics of the chickbirdie, but cannot help but notice that you snapped off more pics of samesaid helobabe than the laws of probability would normally suggest. Having an exciting time, were we?  |
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Post by corsair67 on Mar 12, 2008 12:39:44 GMT 12
Dirty old man - and proud of it! ;D I always take about 500 photos of each subject anyway, then I know for sure that at least one or two will come out okay! |
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