SLOVENIAN AIRFORCE -
2009
|
PAGE
1 of 5 |
Dutch
Aviation MEDIA BV Article
|
A
new article for the independent leading Itailan aviation magazine 'Aeronautica
& Difesa' |
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa |
|
Aeronautica
published so many fine articles in 2009... |
|
...
we are happy to show you this extended article about the many aspects... |
|
...
that we were to discover in this growing Airforce in Slovenia ! |
|
Enjoy
scrolling down through our impression pages and reading the article |
i |
TWO
BASES: CERKLJE & BRNIK |
Introduction
to the types of airplanes in use: |
i |
LET
- L-410 UVP-E TURBOLET |
|
The
Let L-410 is the fixed wing transport horse of the Slovenian fleet |
|
h |
|
How
much bad luck can you have... it was raining cats and dogs during our
visit days |
|
|
|
Never
the less the maintainance crew was 'caught in the act' while servicing the
Turbo-Let |
|
|
|
Cerklje
Airfield does not only host military planes, but is also a busy civil
airfield as well |
i |
EUROCOPTER
- COUGAR
AS532-AL |
|
The
next type is the Cougar, a 'roof-drive' workhorse |
|
|
|
The
type is to be foun on both bases, maintainance provided on the spot |
|
|
|
We'll
be back on this type later on. |
i |
PILATUS
- PC-6B PORTER
|
|
Who
doesn't know this Icon of aviation: The Pilatus Porter for all kinds of
jobs... |
|
|
|
...
reliable to the bone, endless, timeless, and very useful for medium range
jobs ! |
i |
BELL
412-SP/HP/EP - GRIFFON |
|
Next
to the Cougar the Bell-412 is also a backbone to Slovenian Airforce |
|
|
|
This
machine is used very intense, for several purposes |
|
|
|
We'll
see it back later on, here some images on Cerklje |
|
|
|
Maintaining,
training, SAR, fire fighting... |
|
|
|
...
it can do it all, this multi purpose helicopter |
|
|
|
As
you see a lot of space for wounded men, a hoist and medical equipment |
|
|
|
A
view in two cockpit variants... |
|
|
|
...
with many life-saving items such as life-base package and lifepack
defibrillator |
|
|
|
Next
to inside, the outside was shown to us, no sunny shot... but this also is
reality ! |
|
|
|
In
that case you'd better work in the modern maintainance halls, all new
built recently |
|
|
|
Ok,
let the Bell fly, and finally we show you some wrecks and relics on the
Slovenian Bases... |
|
|
|
...
such as this Sabre and an old preserved DC-6B |
i |
Please
read our dr
Click
the button to join us to impressions page 2 l |
Please
read our dr
Click
the button to read the article in English
l |
i |
|
Please
read our disclaimer mainpage left |