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C23 Sherpas at Baldonnel

  • 17-12-2011 12:32PM
    #1
    Absurdum
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    3 US Army C23B Sherpas just landed at EIME, not the prettiest aircraft ever made but it must be fairly rare to have 3 of them here together (according to Wiki, only 16 were built). I will try to get some pics.


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  • #2
    V Bull
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    Bad photo of one of the Sherpas over Rathfarnham @ 1210hrs today.....

    img2140s.jpg


  • #3
    logie101
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    Absurdum wrote: »
    3 US Army C23B Sherpas just landed at EIME, not the prettiest aircraft ever made but it must be fairly rare to have 3 of them here together (according to Wiki, only 16 were built). I will try to get some pics.
    I think the Sherpas were built by Shorts in Belfast. Interesting to see them back in Ireland


  • #4
    EchoIndia
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    Better photos are here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1823791@N21/

    These aircraft have all been converted from original single-fin Short 360 airliners.


  • #5
    David086
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    Probably an impossible question but what are they doing here?


  • #6
    trad
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    David086 wrote: »
    Probably an impossible question but what are they doing here?

    Planning for a skydrop on the night of the 24/25th. Probably an advance pathfinder op.


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  • #7
    westdub
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    Pics of them departing today are in the gallery.....
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76062810


  • #8
    EchoIndia
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    David086 wrote: »
    Probably an impossible question but what are they doing here?

    They routed from Wiesbaden (Germany) and onwards today to Iceland.


  • #9
    Absurdum
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    David086 wrote: »
    Probably an impossible question but what are they doing here?


    En route home from Iraq. They are the last three in service with the US Army.


  • #10
    EchoIndia
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    Absurdum wrote: »
    They are the last three in service with the US Army.

    There are a couple of others still in Europe, so I don't think they are the last examples in service with the US Army.


  • #11
    Tenger
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    Absurdum wrote: »
    En route home from Iraq. They are the last three in service with the US Army.

    Great catch then.

    Perhaps they are the last C-23B? (only 16 ever made) the (non-windowed) C-23A was a bit more common?


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  • #12
    pclancy
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    Ugly bird. They've got such a recognisable Shorts nose. Even has some resemblance to its newer much sexier cousin the BAe Jetstream.


  • #13
    Stovepipe
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    Any chance of persuading the Yanks to leave a few behind in the Don?

    regards
    Stovepipe


  • #14
    Absurdum
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    Stovepipe wrote: »
    Any chance of persuading the Yanks to leave a few behind in the Don?

    regards
    Stovepipe

    I asked one of the pilots, he laughed :o


  • #15
    AlekSmart
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    Interesting to see the exhaust stains on the Tail(s),does this indicate the aircraft have been er....fully utilized... during their Iraqi adventures ?


    Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

    Charles Mackay (1812-1889)



  • #16
    Stovepipe
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    Hi there
    There's no mystery attached to the smoke stains. All PT-6 powered aircraft get dirtied by the exhausts. I worked on the Air Corps King Air, 240, and we were cleaning such stains off the wings and tail the whole time.

    regards
    Stovepipe


  • #17
    Davidth88
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    I grew up near RAF Northolt , the C23A was a regular visitor there . It was basically the postal van for the US Embassy coming in from the the West Germany about twice a week.

    You used to see them in Mildenhall/Upper Heyford/Alconbury all the time


    I thought they were known as the Flying Shed ??


  • #18
    Stovepipe
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    @david,
    That's right. All models of the Shorts aircraft, right back to the Skyvan and 3-30, were known as the Shed. They lingered for a while in Ireland as night freighters from the UK but are very rarely seen here now.

    regards
    Stovepipe


  • #19
    Nforce
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    Not just sheds...classrooms too :D


  • #20
    AlekSmart
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    Davidth88 wrote: »
    I grew up near RAF Northolt , the C23A was a regular visitor there . It was basically the postal van for the US Embassy coming in from the the West Germany about twice a week.

    You used to see them in Mildenhall/Upper Heyford/Alconbury all the time

    I thought they were known as the Flying Shed ??

    Didnt Aer Lingus Commuter have some Shorts 330/360's back in the day..known as Vomit Comet's ?


    Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

    Charles Mackay (1812-1889)



  • #21
    Tenger
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    A few shots of them on the ground can be see here:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordspotter/6539450475/in/contacts/

    Not my shots though!


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  • #22
    westdub
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    AlekSmart wrote: »
    Didnt Aer Lingus Commuter have some Shorts 330/360's back in the day..known as Vomit Comet's ?

    One of the C-23s that was at Casement was converted from a single fin 360 that was once operated by Aer Lingus....


  • #23
    Davidth88
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    AlekSmart wrote: »
    Didnt Aer Lingus Commuter have some Shorts 330/360's back in the day..known as Vomit Comet's ?

    Yes , as previous posters have pointed out , didn't one crash just south of Birmingham with no loss of life ?

    Edit... just found this on the interweb...

    On 31 January 1986, Aer Lingus Flight 328 a Short 360 registration EI-BEM on a flight from Dublin to East Midlands Airport struck power lines and crashed short of the runway. None of the 36 passengers and crew died but two passengers were injured in the accident.


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