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Dutch Aviation MEDIA 2014 PUBLICATION |
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| Credits visit Japanese Blackhawks: Koos Heemskerk | ||
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| Blackhawk status on its way to world fame ! | ||
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| Perhaps the most well-known variant, the version used by the US Army (Kandahar Afghanistan) | ||
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| The helicopter can transport cargo, and 11 fully equipped soldiers, maximum 12 | ||
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| Seats are simple but effective. After all it's not a holiday trip mostly... | ||
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| Striking is the fact that the S-70 variant of Sikorsky is built in Poland by PZL Mielec | ||
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| All over the world the machine is used, very intensively by the Israel Defense Forces | ||
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| The helicopter is very reliable also under difficult circumstances such as temperature, dersert etc. | ||
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| Quite impressing, but unfortunately actuality in Israel every now and then ! (last three pictures credits IAF) | ||
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| Our photographer Koos Heemskerk saw this Blackhawk in Japan, equipped with so called 'Stubwings' | ||
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| This example is a Spanish Sea-Hawk, on the left of the fuselage the sonobuoys facility for detecting submarines | ||
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| Here we see a variant with external hardpoints for carrying missiles | ||
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| Again, this machine concerns a Turkish variant of the Blackhawk family | ||
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| Oefff.... you'd better be friends with this one !! (USAF Afghanistan) | ||
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| US Coast Guard demonstrating a rescue at sea | ||
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| View at one of the many variants of the cockpit, the 'Blackhawks office'. | ||
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| A complete other layout of a Blackhawk cockpit layout. | ||
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| We have to show this one, Japan, equipped with stubwings and external fueltanks (Koos Heemskerk) | ||
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| Koos did well in Japan ! Here the carrier version, mind the double tail-wheels | ||
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| Another variant is this one, capable of refuelling air-to-air. | ||
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| Finally an example of the color sceme of the Japanese Airforce | ||
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| An Austrian Blackhawk, without too many features around the fuselage | ||
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| Also Austria, rainy as it can be... | ||
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| External fueltanks, and ski's mounted to bring supplies high in the snowy mountains at large distance | ||
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THE RELIABLE MEDIUM HEAVY TRANSPORT HELICOPTER IN DIFFERENT VARIANTSi |
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| Greatful thanks to our hosts at the spot in the various countries for making the visits possible !I | ||
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