RESCUE 651/652 Observations

St John Ambulance (6DS), AMS, RFDS etc. Frequencies, callsigns and discussion.

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Re: RESCUE 65 Observations

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I saw R65 yesterday morning hovering about Rocky foreshore up & down the coastline for at least a good hour. Anyone know why?
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Re: RESCUE 65 Observations

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AO11912 wrote:Basiclly a Non precission Approach, where you follow a distance from the NBD, which displays on the ADF (Automatic Direction Finder) in the flight deck, till you can see the runway enough to land on it
Last time I flew the distance did not display on the ADF?? The ADF basically "points" to the Beacon (NDB). The ADF is interpreted by he Pilot based on the angle of the "pointer" to the NDB - the aircraft always sits on the tail of the "pointer" or needle.


You usually have a combined NDB/DME approach if you are going to use distances or a GPS-NPA...

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Re: RESCUE 65 Observations

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Rescue 65 airborne now (9.20pm) speaking with 6AR on 78.350Mhz and ground crews...

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Re: RESCUE 65 Observations

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Chicky wrote:I saw R65 yesterday morning hovering about Rocky foreshore up & down the coastline for at least a good hour. Anyone know why?
Just read in the local rag they were involved in a practice operation with our local sea rescue down here involving flares & a liferaft. Solved my own mystery! :lol:
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Re: RESCUE 65 Observations

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I filmed Rescue 65 landing at Charlies at 2am this morning. It was coming from Rotto.
To my surprise it wasnt the RAC chopper but a white one with a blue tail and red stripes on it.
Anyone know of it?
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Re: RESCUE 65 Observations

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Turbo wrote:I filmed Rescue 65 landing at Charlies at 2am this morning. It was coming from Rotto.
To my surprise it wasnt the RAC chopper but a white one with a blue tail and red stripes on it.
Anyone know of it?
Was it the Navy rescue helo?
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Re: RESCUE 65 Observations

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Possibly? Havent seen it before - might put up a clip when I get the tape back. The call sign was still "Rescue 65" if that means anything.
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Re: RESCUE 65 Observations

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Turbo wrote:I filmed Rescue 65 landing at Charlies at 2am this morning. It was coming from Rotto.
To my surprise it wasnt the RAC chopper but a white one with a blue tail and red stripes on it.
Anyone know of it?
Dunno but I saw what I think must be the same one over Swanbourne for a while Yesterday
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Re: RESCUE 65 Observations

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I think it was the one based at RAAF Pearce
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Turbo wrote:I filmed Rescue 65 landing at Charlies at 2am this morning. It was coming from Rotto.
To my surprise it wasnt the RAC chopper but a white one with a blue tail and red stripes on it.
Anyone know of it?

Its the backup heli they use, often when Rescue65 is in for service, i believe its one of the RAAF heli's
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Which I believe has the tail registration of VH-LHZ???
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Rescue 65 departing Jandakot 12:02. Destination: Brand Hwy, 10km north of Regans Ford. ETA: 12.25
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Re: RESCUE 65 Observations

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I saw a red and yellow helicopter a couple of times today, complete with a big Westpac logo on the side. Does anyone know what its for?
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Toottoot wrote:I saw a red and yellow helicopter a couple of times today, complete with a big Westpac logo on the side. Does anyone know what its for?
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Re: RESCUE 65 Observations

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I heard on the news they have stopped using the fixed wing aircraft to do shark patrols over the beach as most of the pilots have been snapped up by the mining boom. The Lifesaving heli looks like it is going to take over patrols...
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