ARCTIC EXPERIENCE - NORWAY
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Dutch Aviation MEDIA 2012
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LIFELINE TO
BARDUFOSSI
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Gardermoen station. Minus 29 degrees. |
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We arrive on a quite misty day where snow
is expected. |
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The luck is ours, we found a C-130J
Super-Hercules on the platform of Bardufoss..... |
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.... so we can show you operational- and
hangar pictures of the 130 as well. |
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Always an impressing view, and this
toned-down color sceme fits perfectly in the Bardufoss environment ! |
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Have a good flight and happy landings ! |
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At Gardermoen station we are able and
allowed to see the C-130J inside. Here the remarquable space in the cockpit. |
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This cockpit is equipped with HUD screens.
(Head-up displays) |
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Norwegian Airforce is keen on this
feature, it's not standard in all Herculesses in other countries. |
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Digitalised cockpit, instruments on.... |
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.....Frontpanels |
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Striking is the hangar-concept at
Gardermoen, an exeptional fine and modern building ! |
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Some impressions.... |
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Even in the hangar goes: Safety first.
What could ever happen when the power is set on ? |
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Actually everything ! Even parked in the
hangar you can never exclude all dangers (see foam-gun below) |
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Inside the plane a laptop which can find
and analyse any problem on board precise also during flight, and just ....
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.... suppose there would be smoke or fire,
the foamgun above will fill the entire hangar with foam in moments automatic
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Ok, via a view on the hatch on the back,
and an engine we go inside again, this C-130J even has a proper toilet
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A view in the body, here in a
configuration to transport many people. (for instance during an ecavuation) |
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Turn around and you'll see the hatch on
the back. The floor is equipped to load heavy stuff in an easy and fast way. |
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Well, thanks for the views, our guide
carefully covers the hud's.... |
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Last action is to switch off all systems.
We hope you liked this tour in and around the Norwegian C-130J Hercules. |
LIFELINE
MEDEVAC RYGGE I
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More or less incidently we ran into this
SAR (Search And Rescue) Sea King at Rygge. |
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A few times a day we saw it come and go,
not knowing if it was exercising or for real scrambles. |
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View on the tower of Rygge. |
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Here the Sea King is accompanied by an
EC-135 of the Norsk Luftambulanse AS (NLA). Background an F-5 on pole.. |
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The Eurocopter is prepared to land on
snow and ice. |
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A few more images of the Sea King... |
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... when lucky you don't have to defy the
lashing snow.... |
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..... an hour later the conditions may
have changed completely ! |
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So far the SAR helicopter(s) on Rygge,
after the job back to the hangar where it could be a few degrees less cold.... |
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Thanks for showing us, and keep up the
good work ! |
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