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The BBC were consitant in their use of the phrase "Army Helicopter" in Northern Ireland despite the words 'Royal Air Force' clearly written on the side of the Wessex / Puma in camera shot.

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At least they got out ok. Looks like either a heavy emergency landing, or a soft field by the lack of wheels on show under the airframe. I hope the 30mm cannon is ok :S

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It looks like the AH is over the crest of the slope so it may not be buried in very deep. Mind you, it probably won't take a lot of damage for them to just use it for spares and not bother repairing it. The one that went done in the field South of Ipswich after striking cables in early 2012 was never repaired.

Gary

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The Apache is not as fragile as you make it out to be Gary however 100,000+volts can and did cause some serious structural damage to the cab that hit power lines in Ipswich. A repair has been designed but it is very very labour intensive and very expensive to effect so it is not being carried out in the current climate of cost savings.

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Here's a few more pics circulating on the internets at the moment;

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From the second pic, it just looks like a hard landing in a soft field; looks like the 30mm may have just escaped any impact.

Does anybody know if it's been released what cab was involved?

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Read today it will be getting a engine change "in the field".......quite literally.

Anyone know any more?

Eng

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Apaches and grass fields don't really mix. Narrow high pressure wheels and all that weight mean that anything other than a hard surface is usually avoided.

This is the reason that the previously untouched Battle of Britain grass airfield at Middle Wallop now has a short length of tarmac runway for the Apache to take off and land on.

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Near Aberdeen? Does anyone know what Nigel Heath's AA has been up to recently?

Nigel was last seen several days ago laying out a trail of crisps, pies and pints across fields around Aberdeenshire under the flight path to Dyce, he does have an unhealthy interest in ugly helicopters!

Duncan B

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The weight won't help with it digging in.

Reminded me of a day at Lossiemouth when a Hawk pilot was too busy waving at me and others as we walked between hangars on XV, that he missed the bend of the taxiway, and ended up digging a main wheel into the grass. Sank almost instantly.

Is the Apache not suited to operating 'in a field' then?

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It looks like the AH is over the crest of the slope so it may not be buried in very deep. Mind you, it probably won't take a lot of damage for them to just use it for spares and not bother repairing it. The one that went done in the field South of Ipswich after striking cables in early 2012 was never repaired.

Gary

Did they not actually melt some electronics / electricals on that one?
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