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