ARCTIC EXPERIENCE - NORWAY
![](/clipart/Vlaggen/Norvege.gif)
|
I |
Dutch
Aviation MEDIA 2012
page 1 of 7
|
IAfter
the published article the images follow, please scroll down: |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/ch-53-05.jpg) |
Arctic
Experience ! The Italian Aeronautica & Difesa dedicates six pages to these visits in
a cold Norway. |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/adarctic-01.jpg) ![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/adarctic-02.jpg) |
The
visits inplicated the Airbases of Rygge, Bardufoss and Gardermoen. |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/adarctic-03.jpg) ![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/adarctic-04.jpg) |
Read
all about white-out, patrols, the flying school and more through the arctic. |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/adarctic-05.jpg) ![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/adarctic-06.jpg) |
Also
the permanent English detachment under Commodore David West has been
described in this article. |
For the
article and info scroll down please, an extended photographic impression and light
comments will follow, |
in
a 7 pages counting overview and photographic impressing impressions ! |
IN ARCTIC ZONEI
|
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/01-%20IN%20ARCTIC%20ZONE/01.JPG) |
W |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/01-%20IN%20ARCTIC%20ZONE/02.JPG) |
As you can see here the men (and women) are trained
exeptional in surviving the Norwegian Cold by wading into icecold water and
sleeping in a self dug hole in the snow. It was almost 30 degrees below zero
when we visited... days-over ! |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/02-%20BARDUFOSS%20EXPERIENCE/07.jpg) |
Lynx helicopters of the Norwegian
Coastguard. Town out
of the hangar to start their daily tasks... |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/02-%20BARDUFOSS%20EXPERIENCE/3.JPG) |
... flying patrol routes and being alert on reports
about people in need, medevac flights and all that happens. |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/02-%20BARDUFOSS%20EXPERIENCE/05.JPG) |
|
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/02-%20BARDUFOSS%20EXPERIENCE/06.JPG) |
After the flights the machines often have to be
cleaned from snow and ice to be operational any minute again. |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/02-%20BARDUFOSS%20EXPERIENCE/08.JPG) |
Flying with the Norwegians, joining a two hours patrol
and exercise in white-out experience will be shown... |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/02-%20BARDUFOSS%20EXPERIENCE/09.jpg) |
A quick hello to the Hurtigruten, a well known
ferry-boat in the Norwegian waters / fjords. |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/02-%20BARDUFOSS%20EXPERIENCE/10.JPG) |
The bell 412 follows it's way
to inhospital area with thick snow layers, we flew with them in a white-out
exercise ! |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/02-%20BARDUFOSS%20EXPERIENCE/11.jpg) |
Recently Norway received it's first NH-90
helicopters,
with delay as most other countries. See next pages. |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/02-%20BARDUFOSS%20EXPERIENCE/13.JPG) |
The upper North of Norway is not quite 'next-door', it
was special to have this italian C-27 Spartan at Bardufoss |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/02-%20BARDUFOSS%20EXPERIENCE/14.JPG) |
(For a special of this type see on this website
'Piloot en Vliegtuig') |
![](/2012/01-AERONAUTICA/arctic/02-%20BARDUFOSS%20EXPERIENCE/14a.jpg) |
The Spartan was flying quite active and frequent,
though the character of the mission itself was not clear to us. |
i |
Go to page 2i |
Article only in English available i |
iii iii |
Please
read our disclaimer mainpage left |