AAC H135M replace Gazelles
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AAC H135M replace Gazelles
AAC looking at Airbus Helicopters H135M to replace Gazelle in surveillance role.
https://www.flightglobal.com/helicop...147273.article
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So replacing it with a twin, size wise you would have thought the H125M would have been more comparable.
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AAC looking at Airbus Helicopters H135M to replace Gazelle in surveillance role.
https://www.flightglobal.com/helicop...147273.article
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That seemed to be the suggestion at one point and the extra H145s were acquired that could permit that (in theory),,, Whether MoD still sees that some H135s from Ascent could come across to AAC I don't know - getting any information out of them was hard enough, Lots of sensitivity around the topic.
To add a bit of truth to this thread.
All Juno and Jupiter are owned by the MOD not Ascent. Shawbury and Valley have 29 Juno and 7 Jupiter. After Matcha that number will be the same even if Juno is selected.
Also, Juno is a H135 and not a H135M.
All Juno and Jupiter are owned by the MOD not Ascent. Shawbury and Valley have 29 Juno and 7 Jupiter. After Matcha that number will be the same even if Juno is selected.
Also, Juno is a H135 and not a H135M.
I believe there was the suggestion of a deal for MoD to take some 135s so Ascent could have the correct number of 145s that it should have included in the bid. I was told the price they asked was way over the top.
This is PPRUNE, we don't want truth, we want outrage! Fair point though.
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I believe there was the suggestion of a deal for MoD to take some 135s so Ascent could have the correct number of 145s that it should have included in the bid. I was told the price they asked was way over the top.
Also, Juno is a H135 and not a H135M.
If so, it does raise an interesting point as to what the AAC plans to do with it as surely it won't have the same battlefield support role as the Gazelle had, and if not then what is the point of it?
Haven't been able to read the story on Flight due to the paywall, but from the headline and the standfirst it seems that the Gazelle is being replaced by the H135, not the H135M. Happy to be corrected if the article says otherwise.
If so, it does raise an interesting point as to what the AAC plans to do with it as surely it won't have the same battlefield support role as the Gazelle had, and if not then what is the point of it?
If so, it does raise an interesting point as to what the AAC plans to do with it as surely it won't have the same battlefield support role as the Gazelle had, and if not then what is the point of it?
That is wrong.
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Which part? They certainly didn't have enough 145s to start with.
As I understand it, they thought they could do more of the rearcrew training on the 135 which turned out to be incorrect.
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As I understand it, they thought they could do more of the rearcrew training on the 135 which turned out to be incorrect.
Originally Posted by [email protected]
As I understand it, they thought they could do more of the rearcrew training on the 135 which turned out to be incorrect.