FabSwingers.com forum: S61 vs AW101 vs S92 vs A139

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

What's your favorite SAR platform?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Synthetic Aperture Radar ?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Synthetic Aperture Radar ?

Search and rescue surely.

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France

"Synthetic Aperture Radar ?

Search and rescue surely."

Depends on cost; and use ability;

S61 is well proven, but old;

The AW191 is the Merlin, already in service in UK and much the same as the AW 149: ( which is the AW 139, but more capable .

Not impressed with the S92: it's just a modernised S61 really .

Are you doing a COEIA?

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France

AW 101 I mean, not 191

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Synthetic Aperture Radar ?

Search and rescue surely.

Depends on cost; and use ability;

S61 is well proven, but old;

The AW191 is the Merlin, already in service in UK and much the same as the AW 149: ( which is the AW 139, but more capable .

Not impressed with the S92: it's just a modernised S61 really .

Are you doing a COEIA?

Aw191? S92 really a modernised s61....are you sure?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"AW 101 I mean, not 191"

Ah yes. Merlin is not used in UK for SAR. Personally I'm not convinced that the yachtsman wouldn't be dead by the time the aircrew had rebooted after another AMS mismatch..

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Dunno much about choppers, but used to like the one Michael Heseltine had on his head in spitting image during the Sikorsky kerfuffle

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Dunno much about choppers, but used to like the one Michael Heseltine had on his head in spitting image during the Sikorsky kerfuffle

Westlands affair. Probably EH101.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

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Ah yes, it was Westland...my bad

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Ah yes, it was Westland...my bad

No problemo.

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France

"Synthetic Aperture Radar ?

Search and rescue surely.

Depends on cost; and use ability;

S61 is well proven, but old;

The AW191 is the Merlin, already in service in UK and much the same as the AW 149: ( which is the AW 139, but more capable .

Not impressed with the S92: it's just a modernised S61 really .

Are you doing a COEIA?

Aw191? S92 really a modernised s61....are you sure?"

Well not exactly, but it's a lot the same; just a truck with a fan on the roof.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Synthetic Aperture Radar ?

Search and rescue surely.

Depends on cost; and use ability;

S61 is well proven, but old;

The AW191 is the Merlin, already in service in UK and much the same as the AW 149: ( which is the AW 139, but more capable .

Not impressed with the S92: it's just a modernised S61 really .

Are you doing a COEIA?

Aw191? S92 really a modernised s61....are you sure?

Well not exactly, but it's a lot the same; just a truck with a fan on the roof."

Not always a bad thing, the almost "clockwork" S61 can get airborne so quickly in comparison to more modern platforms. Sometimes simplicity is king. Especially if you want to take off in a hurry.

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