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Bristow adds new hangar to support Falklands' oil and gas industry
Bristow has added a new hangar and modular offices at Stanley Airport in the Falkland Islands to help improve operational efficiencies for oil and gas commercial services and search and rescue (SAR) support. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWhy not Merlins? Is the S=92 better?
Oct 19th, 2015 - 10:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0I presume they know what they are doing,
Oct 19th, 2015 - 10:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0I hope...
Wow !
Oct 19th, 2015 - 10:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0Look at that hangar, looks awesome !
@1. Check the specifications.
Oct 19th, 2015 - 11:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0#1
Oct 19th, 2015 - 11:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0As Bristows have been using S-92's for rescue work in the N.Sea and the Hebrides for decades, it is logical for them to use the latest version for their SAR work.
Commonality in crew training and spares make sense.
The EH101/Merlin was designed with the military market in mind and operating costs are probably higher.
It comes down to horses for courses. Anyway, if you are sitting in a raft in the freezing S.Atlantic any 'copter is the best option !
Flew in an S-92 a few weeks ago - Nice ride....
Oct 19th, 2015 - 02:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@5 Clyde
Oct 19th, 2015 - 03:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thanks, if they are best for the job then that's it.
It was great flying at grasstop height in the old Bristow 61s.
Nice modern helos with nice hangar.
I'm glad Maximo/Arg. Aerolinas isn't in charge of this
I notice they moved the Apaches and Raptors out for the photo.
Oct 19th, 2015 - 03:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Chuckle chuckle
@8 The Voice
Oct 19th, 2015 - 03:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Not to mention the nuclear penguins!
#7
Oct 19th, 2015 - 04:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We are losing our RN Sea Kings at Prestwick at the end of the year as the SAR duties will be taken over by Bristow flying 2 AW 189's. These are smaller than Sea Kings but will not be required to carry out rescues far out at sea. These will be done by the S-92. Most of the emergency flights carried out here have been for stranded climbers, people lost on the hills, fishing/pleasure boats sinking or in trouble and medical emergencies.
The RN flight at HMS Gannet, Prestwick is the busiest SAR station in the UK.
Their flight path south passes within 100 yards of my house.
I have heard and seen them going out at all times of the day and night and in weather in which I would not go out of my front door .
There was a TV series featuring their exploits and to my surprise, I saw a friend of mine and his wife being picked up on a remote road after a car crash.
As she had a broken rib which punctured her lung, they could not risk a bumpy car ride so they called in the Sea King. Within 25 minutes she was in the emergency unit at our local hospital and underwent successful surgery.
That's what I call service.
#8
You may be nearer to the point than you think. The use of drones for maritime surveillance is being seriously considered to make up for our Tory politicians closing our airborne maritime capability.
They are now considering having unarmed surveillance drones with an endurance of 24/36 hours. One of these in the Falklands would give ideal cover and be much cheaper than a fixed wing aircraft and crew.
Unmanned Platforms & the Royal Navy – Part 1 Aerial Systems
Oct 19th, 2015 - 07:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Land Based UAVs
It has already been announced that at least eight MQ-4C Triton will be bought to compliment whatever manned Long-Range Maritime Patrol aircraft is procured
Carrier Based UAVs
For better or worse, the Queen Elizabeth class have evolved into Vertical and/or Short Take Off and Landing (VSTOL) aircraft carriers. The F35B will usually perform a rolling take off using the ski-jump. A bigger challenge will be when returning to the ship still carrying stores and fuel, the F-35B will have to conduct a short rolling vertical landing (SRVL
Escort, Auxiliary & Small Ship UAVs
Unhampered by the complexities of the carrier program or RAF involvement, the RN has recently made most progress in the development of small ship UAVs. However progress has still been modest, the relatively simple Scan Eagle was first trialled aboard HMS Sutherland as far back as 2006
http://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/unmanned-platforms-the-royal-navy-part-1-aerial-systems/
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