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Dutch Aviation Media - published Januari 2009 |
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A new article for the independent leading Swiss aviation magazine 'Cockpit' |
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| The eye on several types of planes and helicopters | ||
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| The stage in 2009: A very capable Airforce, fighters, trainers, transporters, helicopters and more | ||
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| For the article in English please scroll down | ||
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MALACKY TRANSPORT AIRBASE |
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| Lets start with Let L-410... the VIP and the military variant in their colorscemes | ||
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| Reliable, fast, multi purpose, a fine lightweight transporter | ||
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| Today we'll make pictures of the Let L-410 behind the Antonov-26 'Curl' | ||
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| We are strapped in thoroughly, making pictures out of the open hatch, from airfield and more | ||
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| We fly over picturesque views, and the Let slowly gets within our reach | ||
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| It approaches in respectable distance, and flies just behind our An-26 | ||
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| Left: The An-26, open hatch, and narrow doors to avoid us fall out of the plane. R: Let's cockpit | ||
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| The An-26 returns, we survived ;-) , and the crew poses for our magazines. | ||
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| Read about this: An attack bag for victims, the medic just steps out of the Antonov in flight !! | ||
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| Read how this works, and how the bag and parachute are used. Right: Low pass An-26 | ||
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| Some logo's finally of Malacky Transport base | ||
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PRESOV HELICOPTER BASE |
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| Now we get to some images of the MI-24 Hind attack helicopter | ||
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| It's fast, reliable, and if neccessary: very deadly !! | ||
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| But here shown in a more friendly implementation... | ||
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| ... flying patrols over the Slovakia highlands and villages | ||
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| However we were shown the weaponry, pods for firing all kinds of granades... | ||
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| ... and very accurate machine guns with multi-barrels... | ||
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| ... and several types of granade launchers. | ||
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| A few views in both cockpit units... | ||
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| ... the Hind's seats in case of transporting people. Almost as comfortable as at home ?..... | ||
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| We proceed our flight over yellow fields and blue waters... | ||
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| ... with this last air-to-air shot very close Hind 'tête-à-tête'. | ||
| We gratefully thank Slovak Airforce for this opportunity. Let's proceed with part 2 : | ||
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Click the green button for the article in Englishi |
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to SLOVAK AF impressions page 2i |
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| Thank you Tomas Ciampor for your outstanding help and patience ! | ||
| Please read our disclaimer mainpage left | ||
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