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Re: Polair 61 / 62 Observations

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 12:15 pm
by yorky
New Polair (is its really 62? I thought the plane was 62?) orbiting Woodvale for a while now, not sure whats going on there.

Re: Polair 61 / 62 Observations

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:14 pm
by robbage
Isn't the fixed wing Polair 64? I seem to remember... or maybe I'm imagining.

Re: Polair 61 / 62 Observations

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:52 pm
by allycat
Polair 64 is a Cessna Skylane.Polair 65 is a Pilatus PC-12.I think.

Re: Polair 61 / 62 Observations

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:35 pm
by allycat
Poliair has been circuling for 15 minutes around Balatta.Now they have no lights on at all.

Re: Polair 61 / 62 Observations

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 2:34 pm
by nachoman
What do people make of this ? Looks like the two Police helicopters escorting a Cessna type plane over the CBD.

http://www.reddit.com/r/perth/comments/ ... _in_perth/
http://i.imgur.com/glLBznO.jpg

Re: Polair 61 / 62 Observations

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:55 pm
by Helitak_670
That is the entire WAPOL airwing......

Re: Polair 61 / 62 Observations

Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:59 am
by nachoman
Police choppers grounded as pilots quit
WA's two police helicopters have been grounded since Saturday after the sudden resignation of two senior pilots, leaving the State without eyes in the sky for chases, patrols and searches.

Re: Polair 61 / 62 Observations

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 8:57 am
by nachoman
Police want faster choppers
WA Police are looking at buying “more nimble” and “manoeuvrable” helicopters better suited to high-speed chases.

It comes as senior police begin discussions on a replacement for the ageing twin-engine Kawasaki BK117, known as PolAIR 61.

Bought in 1990 and known as “the eye in the sky”, the helicopter is widely regarded as nearing the end of its life.

Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan said a second helicopter, the Eurocopter Dauphin, which was bought in 2011, would be retained but it was better suited to special operations such as rescue missions.