FlyingInIreland

The stripes on the Alouette III are definitely dark green. Can't remember off the top of my head about reg, but I do have a good colour photo of it. I will dig it up when I am back at home. I will also check out the reg on the Bell 212's. Incidentally, there was at least one Bolkow that had a green ...

Flight Plans are required for any flight availing of ATC Service - including Alerting/Search Actually, over here you can avail of an "information only" service from ATC without having a flight plan filed. Always a good idea that way the controller will probably know who/where you are if you have a ...

MCRO wrote:
It will certainly put a 'Mayday' climbing rapidly in my list of options - and so may well prolong my actuve flying life.

I'm pleased to hear it. Fortunately, ATC,SAR and Electronic comms/aids have developed greatly over the last while.

My concern here is very basic : a MAYDAY call, as I understand it, mandates the scrambling of very expensive SAR equipment and I find it very difficult to justify this as an opening gambit for each and every (let us say) engine-stop – when statistically the proportion leading to serious injury is s...

CVR, you're a gent....thank you very much !!

Doubt it. You don't just slap on a winch and away you go. IAA would have something to say. Besides why winch out an engineer, when you can simply land ? !

Thanks CVR !! Nice to see floats on MIK.

Yes Gaz you are correct. It didn't stay long on EI reg, that's why I was hoping CVR would post his pics.

Very nice ! SAR is 1962 so is 47 yrs old !!

Stunning Fire pics. Really excellent !!
CVR....any pic of EI-ZOB with Irish marks ? Thanks.

Thanks a million CVR. Looks very smart indeed. Shame its already sold on. Looking forward to pic of it with EI reg.

Great pics !
CVR, MIK looks really smart. Do you have a photo of EI-ZOB ?