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Irish Air Corps / Re: Flight Global archive
« on: February 23, 2010, 02:11:38 pm »
An IAC Super Frelon, now THAT is something I would've liked to see 
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Irish Air Corps / Re: Sale price of Air Corps Alouettes
« on: February 12, 2010, 09:43:25 am »
given that Alouettes are still very much wanted, I do hope they keep on flying!
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Irish Air Corps / Re: Sale price of Air Corps Alouettes
« on: February 04, 2010, 03:27:28 pm »
Interesting indeed, thanks!
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Irish Air Corps / Re: Sell Govt Jet - buy transport aircraft
« on: January 16, 2010, 02:54:03 pm »
Would seem wise indeed 
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Irish Air Corps / Re: Fouga Magister Irish Sighting
« on: January 15, 2010, 09:51:18 pm »
I asked around on base today. Wasn't ours, sorry.
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Irish Air Corps / Re: 2009...... what a year
« on: January 07, 2010, 01:02:30 pm »
Thanks Tony, Your words are too kind I've never been to Ireland but I do hope to make a tour of it someday. At the moment I'm only stalking the local Irish pub, cleaning them of Guinness and I have an Irish friend. Ireland is one country that really speaks to me.
Although forum member Guinness is Dutch and I'm Belgian, I know him from the old days when he did the Belgian AF 23SQN booth at airshows. Those were the days! I'd still hate the bastards who killed off the SQN in budget cuts but I did have a little revenge when our Fouga made it's final flight in 2007:
I agree with Guinness about 265. Aircraft can be replaced, but the loss for the families and friends stays. I too wish them much strength. May 2010 be a superb year for all!
I've never been to Ireland but I do hope to make a tour of it someday. At the moment I'm only stalking the local Irish pub, cleaning them of Guinness and I have an Irish friend. Ireland is one country that really speaks to me.Although forum member Guinness is Dutch and I'm Belgian, I know him from the old days when he did the Belgian AF 23SQN booth at airshows. Those were the days! I'd still hate the bastards who killed off the SQN in budget cuts but I did have a little revenge when our Fouga made it's final flight in 2007:
I agree with Guinness about 265. Aircraft can be replaced, but the loss for the families and friends stays. I too wish them much strength. May 2010 be a superb year for all!
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Irish Air Corps / Re: Fouga Magister Irish Sighting
« on: January 06, 2010, 03:06:54 pm »
August 1st. We only had one Fouga left flying by then and it was also the only one in those colors. All the others were red. I'll ask around next time I'll visit the base, but I doubt they would have made such a big detour.
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Irish Air Corps / Re: Air Corps PC-9 has crashed in Connemara
« on: January 06, 2010, 02:59:49 pm »
Was looking through some old pictures and found this one. 265 was the Pilatus that visited us in Beauvechain, Belgium at the 2004 trainers meet.
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Irish Air Corps / Re: Fouga Magister Irish Sighting
« on: January 06, 2010, 02:50:45 pm »
It's the only silver/dayglo Fouga I can think of. I've looked it up though and it indeed seems unlikely. The only visit we did to the area in 2007 was to RNAS Culdrose in the UK, so still a long way from Ireland.
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Irish Air Corps / Re: Fouga Magister Irish Sighting
« on: January 06, 2010, 01:11:10 am »
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Now the info. About 3 years ago in the summer my father was sailing ( as volunteer paying crew ) off the Galway coast in one of those 3 masted tourist schooners when he said they all got a thrill when a silver and orange Irish Air Corps JET buzzed them low at about 400 feet and then zipped off into the distance. It " had a distinctive tail like a swallow " me das words. Now, supposedly the Fougas were retired in the late 1990s so the question is, what was one of them doing in the air 3 years ago ? I saw another strange aircraft over Donegal about 3 years ago too but I will tell ye about that later.
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Sure it wasn't a Belgian one?
Now the info. About 3 years ago in the summer my father was sailing ( as volunteer paying crew ) off the Galway coast in one of those 3 masted tourist schooners when he said they all got a thrill when a silver and orange Irish Air Corps JET buzzed them low at about 400 feet and then zipped off into the distance. It " had a distinctive tail like a swallow " me das words. Now, supposedly the Fougas were retired in the late 1990s so the question is, what was one of them doing in the air 3 years ago ? I saw another strange aircraft over Donegal about 3 years ago too but I will tell ye about that later.
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Sure it wasn't a Belgian one?
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Irish Air Corps / Re: Fouga Magister last flight
« on: December 07, 2009, 05:34:14 pm »
Thanks for posting those Tony! Seems only yesterday the last one retired overhere in Belgium. Unfortunatly they aren't taking care of like 220 
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Irish Air Corps / Re: Alouettes on the move
« on: June 04, 2009, 03:13:18 pm »
Nice to see the Fouga's being cared for. Does the IAC still have spares? I'm looking for some floor panels, a blind flying hood for the rear canopy and someone who could make me 2 replica gun barrels.
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Irish Air Corps / Re: Alouettes on the move
« on: May 27, 2009, 12:46:54 pm »
Why is the nose off that Fouga? Is it also being moved?
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Irish Air Corps / Re: Making one of the Fougas airworthy again?
« on: February 12, 2009, 12:22:55 pm »
That would be the ex-Finnish one then?
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1033362/
Did it ever fly in Ireland?
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1033362/
Did it ever fly in Ireland?