WorldAirPics.com Forum

Aviation Videos & Photography => Aviation Photography => Topic started by: Fouga on August 15, 2006, 05:22:13 pm

Title: Just Snapped!
Post by: Fouga on August 15, 2006, 05:22:13 pm
Hey guys just thought id show you one of the Irish Coast Guards Sikorsky S61N's, he circled my house about ten mins ago in Galway City as my house is Close to University College Hospital Galway im gonna guess they were showing a Newbie the ropes! Anyway these are the best i could get..

All Comments welcome,

Fouga
Title: Just Snapped!
Post by: Fouga on August 15, 2006, 05:23:42 pm
Damn Photobucket is messing with the sizes
Title: Just Snapped!
Post by: Joey d on August 19, 2006, 12:17:32 am
Its all happening in Galway this weather!
Title: Just Snapped!
Post by: Vulcan on September 04, 2006, 03:42:39 pm
Hi Fouga,

Nice to see your pictures of the Shannon based Sikorsky.  As I live relatively close to the hospital in Galway aswell I took this picture of the Dublin Based Sikorsky S61N EI-CIS (Rescue116) back in June coming to land at Galway Hospital to transfer a patient to Dublin( The Shannon base machine was somewhere off the west coast on some mission, can't remember exactly what.  Sorry for the quality, but my camera hasn't the zoom that some have.

Vulcan
Title: Just Snapped!
Post by: Irish251 on September 04, 2006, 06:45:46 pm
The Dublin-based S-61N is EI-MES.
Title: Just Snapped!
Post by: Vulcan on September 04, 2006, 08:10:19 pm
OUCH!!!

First post and mistakes already. Or... do they have a second, reserve helo at Dublin with that reg.  I know that the rescue callsigns are location specific rather than aircraft specific.  I'm nearly sure that this was Rescue 116 that day.  If im wrong I stand corrected.  Whats the reg for the Sligo Sikorsky (R118)?
Title: Just Snapped!
Post by: Vulcan on September 06, 2006, 09:26:29 am
Hi Folks

I now believe that the reg of the Sikorsky S61N in my picture is EI-CXS as I found a picture on the net, one from about 2001 or 2002, then doing an exercise with Kilrush lifeboat.  The standby chopper at Shannon I believe is EI-CNL so could EI-CXS be the Dublin standby, hence if was used that day, Rescue 116.  Anybody confirm or correct this?  I took the reg from the picture and because of the poor quality and the angle it looked like EI-CIS.



Title: Just Snapped!
Post by: Vulcan on September 06, 2006, 11:33:51 am
Problem solved!  EI-CXS has just been up around the airport in Galway and is now routing back to Sligo.  Rescue 118 after all.
Title: Just Snapped!
Post by: Fouga on September 12, 2006, 04:12:53 pm
When editing pics in Paint how doyou make them brighter?
Title: Just Snapped!
Post by: Fouga on September 12, 2006, 04:15:30 pm
Got him a few days ago coming into UCHG on Sunday.
Title: Just Snapped!
Post by: Vulcan on September 13, 2006, 09:38:48 am
Not sure if you can brighten pictures with Paint.  I use Adobe Photo Eliments and PaintShop Pro.  Photo Elements is very good and the latest, Elements 5 is supposed to be brilliant altogether.



Title: Just Snapped!
Post by: Fouga on September 13, 2006, 11:39:26 am
Shucks! Thanks Vulcan. thumbsup