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Heavy Helitac
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:56 am
by rambler318
I belive this is what is being trialed this summer.
Pretty awsome peice of kit with close to 4000 lt per drop
http://www.carsonheli.com/wildfire.html
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:32 am
by Tyranus
sweet doubles as a general rescue chopper.
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:43 am
by gkoutlis
You'll find that those sorts of Helitacs - are getting old - arn't they the choppers they used in the UK - for Search and Rescue in the RAF??
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:01 pm
by WPXZBP
Yep, the RAN had them too. Westland made them and they were called the Sea King. They replaced the old Westland Wessex helicopter. One crashed in Indonesia in 2005 delivering humanitarian aid. They will eventually be replaced by the NHI (Agusta, Eurocopter & Stork Fokker Aerospace) MRH/NH90.
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:27 pm
by chrissss
so are they using it out there this season??
looks good though.
chris
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:06 am
by rambler318
chrissss wrote:so are they using it out there this season??
looks good though.
chris
I believe there will be an announcement by FESA sometime mid this month
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:06 pm
by Always RX
N7011M is currently on the ground at Helicopters Australia and appears to be undergoing preparations for deployment.
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:51 pm
by wasaint
lets see how many LT windows this thing can blow out over summer hate to be caught in the drop zone on a full load !
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:08 pm
by wasaint
Anyone able to get anypics of this chopper at helicopters aus
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:17 pm
by Tyranus
wasaint wrote:lets see how many LT windows this thing can blow out over summer hate to be caught in the drop zone on a full load !
From the Darlington Collar tank team, that will be running the tank for it, the idea is to have the small choppers in where all the crews are and doing assett protection stuff, and for that big one to be doing the stuff where it's not an immediate threat but does need to be knocked out, and probably also right in the middle, if it's really big.
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:25 am
by kylep
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:54 pm
by Ausrob
Always RX wrote:N7011M is currently on the ground at Helicopters Australia and appears to be undergoing preparations for deployment.
A video of this particular helicopter can be found on their website
http://www.carsonheli.com/video.html
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:35 pm
by Always RX
Test flew this morning, sortie was around an hour in length, callsign "Helitac 767"
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:55 am
by Antt
Official FESA launch is this Friday at south Perth mid afternoon might be a good photo op for those enthusiasts out there.
Cant wait for them to come online, Kalamunda is the first SES unit to be trialled for the new "helitaks task force' (my words not theres) help maintain the water pick ups and keep the area safe when they have to pick up with water for there next drop.
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:15 pm
by Always RX
"Helitac 767" flew a bushfire attack exercise today at Yanchep pine plantation..the sight and sound of this thing airbourne is simply awesome.