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Army Puma Like Helicopter Dublin Airport

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  • 20-09-2011 5:08pm
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    cdsb46
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭


    Saw one heading for Dublin airport this afternoon around 330pm was driving around rolestown so wasnt able to take a pic, but was definitely heading for the airport, anything know anything about it??


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    N7777G
    Registered Users Posts: 699 ✭✭✭N7777G


    cdsb46 wrote: »
    Saw one heading for Dublin airport this afternoon around 330pm was driving around rolestown so wasnt able to take a pic, but was definitely heading for the airport, anything know anything about it??

    Well spotted!
    It was French Air Force EC725 Caracal (Super Cougar) tail no. 2770.

    photos on short finals to r/w 16:-

    http://flic.kr/p/aoWNkW

    http://flic.kr/p/aoU3zz

    It parked on the west apron near to where the US Army Chinooks were parked during & after the Obama visit.


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    N7777G
    Registered Users Posts: 699 ✭✭✭N7777G


    and this is what the EC725 looks like up close:-

    http://flic.kr/p/6xpei1


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    savagecabbages
    Registered Users Posts: 871 ✭✭✭savagecabbages


    Thats one hell of a refuelling boom on the last pic!


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    Morpheus
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 2,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Morpheus


    part of the search teams looking for the yacht off the south west?


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    BrianD
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    French tanker and now a lone helicopter. Are we popular with the French now?

    @morpheous re: yacht search, I would have thought that Dublin was a bit far as a base for that operation?

    How many countries are involved win this?


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    RadioRetro
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    Four - Ireland, Britain, France and Norway.


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    EchoIndia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,830 ✭✭✭EchoIndia


    BrianD wrote: »
    French tanker and now a lone helicopter. Are we popular with the French now?

    French military aircraft have been visiting Ireland off and on for years, on training flights. Types I have seen include C-47, Noratlas, Transall, C-130, Nord 262, Alpha Jet, Puma, Mystere 20 and Falcon 900, Falcon 10 and Xingu. The Alpha Jets have only visited Baldonnel as far as I can recall, apart from the Patrouille de France landing at Dublin in 1989 or so.


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    Sgt. Bilko 09
    Registered Users Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭Sgt. Bilko 09


    i seen that heli flying extremely low and my father is ex military he said the french are know to fly low at speed in chad and serria leone but this is Dublin i know theres a lot of shots been fired here but its not baghdad YET. the area Dublin 11 and Dublin 17 areas is were it was mainly mainly doing heavy manuvours. I also saw two others high above it


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    Stovepipe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,979 ✭✭✭Stovepipe


    Hi there,
    To echo EchoIndia's post, they've been coming here for years and I have seen all of the aircraft he saw. They could be doing cross-training with the army, ie, you have a go in ours and we'll try yours.Happens all the time.
    regards
    Stovepipe


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