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AWACS - Management in the air |
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Dutch Aviation Support 2008 |
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| A new article for the main independent leading Italian aviation magazine Aeronautica & Difesa | ||
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Aeronautica & Difesa reports: About serious business and pleasure in your work !! |
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| A flight with the E-3A Sentry from Geilenkirchen Germany | ||
 
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| For photographic impression | ||
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| Early in the morning (21-04-2008) about 05.00 Geilenkirchen Germany awakes... | ||
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| We arrive at the main gate, and enjoy the entree and the specific radar-radomes all over the place | ||
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| Pilot Major Chris Balatsoukas welcomes us, gives us flight information, safety rulesand instructions | ||
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| After info about area of today's flight, the crew boards for a whole day flight | ||
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| A view in the cockpit, and the procedures start | ||
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| Major Balatsoukas and 2nd pilot Maj. Stefano Cianfrocca will take care of the take-off | ||
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| Board mechanics and technicians also start their checks | ||
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| The Sentry starts it's mission, and is flying to higher altitudes | ||
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| Several modernised digital colorscreens are manned, all switchable to every possible mode | ||
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| Sometimes teams are changed to have a rest period, as the pilots also do | ||
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| To get an idea how these crews work, please read our article (scroll down) | ||
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| It's really amazing what this AWACS can see and do, unbelievable almost ! | ||
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| The Sentry takes position, a refuelling exercise is on the program | ||
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| An ANG tanker very slowly approaches, and from the cockpit you see the boom coming in... | ||
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| The boom almost seems to hit and enter the cockpit, but the 'Boomer' does his job well... | ||
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| After the tanks have been filled up againg the ANG tanker swings away | ||
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| A detail the other way around, platform and tower, shown as some details. | ||
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| And some badges, as worn by the crew members | ||
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| Detail of the special coloured AWACS as we saw it on various shows this year | ||
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| The plane ends it's flight, we also do with this photographic impression | ||
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| The crew gets home after a straining day of hard work ! | ||
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| We hope you liked our photographic impression, to show you details of this interesting job ! | ||
Thanks
to all crew and they who were helpfull to us ! |
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