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Post by lee on Aug 30, 2015 13:41:35 GMT 1
ZK559 should have been offloaded on Friday at Seaforth Docks, for onward delivery on Wednesday 2nd.
Guessing therefore, that it's currently parked up and viewable from Cambridge Road like the others???
(Note - I have NOT been able to get along to confirm this yet - so don't shoot the messenger if I turn out wrong!)
Regards,
Lee.
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Post by G-PHIL on Aug 30, 2015 18:22:40 GMT 1
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Post by lee on Aug 30, 2015 18:50:18 GMT 1
Cheers Phil,
I'll have to shoot over from Manchester tomorrow!
Regards,
Lee.
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Post by Biggles on Aug 30, 2015 18:57:15 GMT 1
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Post by Airbus A346 on Aug 31, 2015 16:09:15 GMT 1
It is still there at 1500 hrs today (Monday) adjacent to the helipad.
Can be seen easily from Cambridge Road (the road down to Crosby marine lake).
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Post by tonyspeke on Aug 31, 2015 19:02:27 GMT 1
Not actually easy to see, as the photo shows, there are numerous containers that block the view. Visible from the end of Cambridge Road, near where the rold continues to the lake car park.
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Post by Biggles on Sept 1, 2015 20:06:09 GMT 1
Has anyone got an Etd from Seaforth on Wednesday yet ?
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Post by viscount on Sept 1, 2015 21:03:46 GMT 1
Biggles, doubt that there is sch a thing as an ETD from Seaforth. Flying VFR, with no slots to keep, it will go once the mechanics re-rigging the rotors and un-inhibiting moving and sensitive parts have signed off and the crew kicked the tyres and counted the engines (as the old saying goes). Past experience give a clue as between 11 and 1.30, but the actual time will be whenever the crew are ready to go.
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Post by ac2348 on Sept 1, 2015 21:58:20 GMT 1
Am i right in thinking that it is a Boeing crew who fly it, not RAF for the ferry flight? I seem to recall reading that somewhere but i could be wrong. If that is the case i assume the Boeing crew are UK or Europe based and didn't travel all the way from the states?
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Post by viscount on Sept 1, 2015 22:13:12 GMT 1
It certainly appears that the new Chinook HC.6s are delivered out of Seaforth to Odiham by a Boeing crew. Whether they fly over every 4-6 weeks for the delivery, or whether they are working alongside the RAF at Odiham as the new aircraft are prepared to enter service, or indeed if they perform other duties around Europe for Boeing, I do not know. The earlier Chinooks for the RAF, going back to the 1980's were collected by RAF crews.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 22:27:43 GMT 1
I imagine that, as part of the original deal, Boeing will have agreed to supply a product support team whose job it will be to prepare and test the aircraft before they are officially accepted. Usually they are based at the operator's base for a fixed period of time, sometimes for up to two years. Certainly during my time at BAe, our product support engineers would move (with their wives and families where applicable), to wherever the aircraft had been supplied.
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Post by iainball on Sept 2, 2015 22:26:02 GMT 1
Does anybody have a rough idea of delivery dates for the rest of them?
Thanks
Iain
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Post by viscount on Sept 2, 2015 22:37:33 GMT 1
Chinook delivery is apparently to be expected every 4 to 6 weeks. This has been reflected in the deliveries through Liverpool so far.
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Post by iainball on Sept 3, 2015 22:11:51 GMT 1
Thanks for the info
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Post by cdhaslam on Sept 9, 2015 21:26:33 GMT 1
Hi Crews are Boeing but are based at Fleetlands, that they half own.. Big contract with the RAF for all CH47 work.
Next delivery expected w/c 28th BUT
cd
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