Gazelle in Northern Ireland

[flick]

Maybe this has been posted before?

 

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[BIGNEWY]

I served in south armagh, and would often see the gazelles doing surveillance.

 

My first contact with them was in cyprus we had them to practice rigging loads to helicopters.

 

thanks for sharing

[Gizzy]

I served in south armagh, and would often see the gazelles doing surveillance.

 

My first contact with them was in cyprus we had them to practice rigging loads to helicopters.

 

thanks for sharing

 

Was nearly written off in the back of one coming across unseen low power lines at 80 knots hugging the drumlins in the same area...

 

The video depicts one of the rare days the sun was shining on Palace Barracks.. Hovering over Belfast was a constant for many years... and still not gone away yet...

 

Good to see you back Flick..

[HoneyBadger]

My father was an RUC police officer that spent many hours in the co-pilot seat of Army Air Corps Gazelle's "sight seeing" around NI. He says it was the best part of his career. He's also been transported around in Lynx's and says Army Air Lynx pilots are insane with the stuff they pull off.

 

I let him try out the Gazelle on DCS and he says (jokingly) that if he had known it was that sensitive to fly, he probably wouldn't have jump in them in real life.

Edited July 16, 2016 by HoneyBadger

[BIGNEWY]

I never got the opportunity to ride in a gazelle, wish I had.

 

Most of the time it was lynx, puma, Chinook, or westland sea king, which I have to admit was my favourite and the most comfortable to be in the back of :)

Edited July 19, 2016 by BIGNEWY

[Jalio]

Cool video, not to hijack your post but there is also this series too.

 

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Ah, just seen it posted under this thread :lol:

Edited July 19, 2016 by Rabu

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I served in south armagh, and would often see the gazelles doing surveillance.

 

My first contact with them was in cyprus we had them to practice rigging loads to helicopters.

 

thanks for sharing

 

I got a TOD to Aldergrove C'Antrim for a few months in 87 as an AirTech or 'BAT'.

Strong 'you fix it... you fly in it' mentality. I flew once with a Gazelle display pilot, tried to make me throw up. :helpsmilie:Nope!