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Dutch Aviation MEDIA BV 2009 |
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| A new article for the independent Dutch Aviation Magazine 'Piloot en Vliegtuig' | ||
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WE SHOW YOU T-2 BUCKEYE AT KALAMATA AIRBASE |
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| ... Here the 'Piloot en Vliegtuig' version of our BUCKEYE article | ||
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| Interception Greece also published about the T-2 Buckeye... | ||
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| Please join us in this photographic impression and read our article: | ||
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| The T-2 BUCKEYE is more than alive, as we have concluded at Kalamata AB in (south) Greece | ||
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| It houses still the Cessna (Tweet) Converter, as we see here on the platform... | ||
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| ... and another trainer here is the North American T-6A Texan II in large numbers. | ||
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| Though today our special guest is the Rockwell Buckeye | ||
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| It has definitely it's own 'looks', as it was called: 'A trainer with balls !' | ||
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| Unfortunately this plane is hardly seen in our region, so we had to travel to Kalamata AB | ||
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| We were able to meet this rare, but easy to handle and easy to fly bird | ||
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| A rather comfortable cockpit, the instructor a little higher in the backseat | ||
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| The Buckeye is easy to handel as it comes to maintainance, not only by male technicians ! | ||
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| Large numbers on the platform in the heat of the morning sun. | ||
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| Again you can see how easy to specific parts can be reached for daily maintainance | ||
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| Kalamata has it's own simulator and simulator trainingrooms... | ||
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| ... where missions can be flown and influenced, to train the pilots as well as possible. | ||
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| We were to see the SAR Bell-212, and many flying actions as from this Hercules... | ||
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| ... and even a small ceremony, which showed that Greek and Turkish Pilots can be friends very well ! | ||
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| A PZL-M-18b 'Dromedar' came along, and it is said that even a secret agent was here today.... !!? | ||
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| Another look at our flying Buckeye's... | ||
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| ... who seem to cleave the clouds like delphins with wings. | ||
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| As you see making reportages is specific 'hard labour' ... Kees Otten in conversation... | ||
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| So in the evening you need a good place to recover... as we did ! | ||
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Click the green button for the article in (only) Dutchl |
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Thank you all who made this 'Greek-Week' and all visits possible for us ! |
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T-2 BUCKEYE more than just alive !