dolphin38 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Had the pleasure at Solent Airport to be visited by not one but two of 658 Sqn Dauphin II's ZJ785 and ZJ787 Eurocopter AS-365N-3 Dauphin AH.1 ZJ787 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr Eurocopter AS-365N-3 Dauphin AH.1 ZJ785 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr Eurocopter AS-365N-3 Dauphin AH.1 ZJ785 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr Eurocopter AS-365N-3 Dauphin AH.1 ZJ787 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr Eurocopter AS-365N-3 Dauphin AH.1 ZJ787 by Phillip Wilmshurst, on Flickr 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Nice shots of these rarely seen SF choppers. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Great catches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Came across an MOD document that referred to these as Dauphin N3 AHmk1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 You see, even the Army recognise that Extra Dark Sea Grey and White look classy on any airframe. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Nice photos, it wouldn't take a big decal sheet to do these. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 They look like civvies. I assume that's the whole point though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I wonder if these are the same choppers I saw participating in a fast-rapelling exercise in North London a few years ago? They were hovering over the old residential tower-blocks in the grounds of the Hendon Police Training School (now long pulled down / re-developed). I sat and watched the proceedings from a nearby road for a while - a very rare chance to see the SAS in training. Someone posted a Youtube video of the events IIRC. They are definitely intended to look as civilian as possible (for obvious reasons). Thanks for sharing with us. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 7 minutes ago, spruecutter96 said: I wonder if these are the same choppers I saw participating in a fast-rapelling exercise in North London a few years ago? They were hovering over the old residential tower-blocks in the grounds of the Hendon Police Training School (now long pulled down / re-developed). I sat and watched the proceedings from a nearby road for a while - a very rare chance to see the SAS in training. Someone posted a Youtube video of the events IIRC. They are definitely intended to look as civilian as possible (for obvious reasons). Thanks for sharing with us. Chris. Possibly this exercise from 2013 ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 16 hours ago, Seahawk said: You see, even the Army recognise that Extra Dark Sea Grey and White look classy on any airframe. They’re actually blue and white with no markings at all except the reg at the back in white. The old A109’s had the reg on but blended in the same colour as the cab. You could feel them or look sideways to see the decals. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 23 minutes ago, speedy said: The old A109’s had the reg on but blended in the same colour as the cab. You could feel them or look sideways to see the decals. Steve. ZE410 is now on display at Middle Wallop. I use a torch to show the public the serial under the cockpit door to make it visible from a distance of 8 or so feet. The serial is in dark grey on a slightly lighter dark grey background. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 8 hours ago, Richard E said: Possibly this exercise from 2013 ? That's the one. I thought it was maybe 3 years ago. Turns out it's actually six years! Cheers for the link. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evalman Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Very nice. Had the pleasure of a couple of these at Newquay during July. I thought one of them was a resident Royal Navy 'FOST Taxi' when I saw it approaching. Very similar colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Some neat flying when two landed on London Bridge after the terror attack a couple of years ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 VERY NICE photos... thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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