Rimini-Miramare 2008

[Melchior Timmers]

Seen last week at Rimini were:

A129C MM81330 EI-917 48°Gruppo Sqd
A129C MM81331 EI-918 48°Gruppo Sqd
A129C MM81332 EI-919 48°Gruppo Sqd
A129C MM81401 EI-931 48°Gruppo Sqd
A129C MM81413 EI-943 48°Gruppo Sqd
A129CBT MM81428 EI-958 48°Gruppo Sqd
A129CBT MM81432 EI-962 48°Gruppo Sqd
A129CBT MM81433 EI-963 48°Gruppo Sqd
A129CBT MM81434 EI-964 48°Gruppo Sqd

AB205A MM80444 EI-254 i/a
AB205A MM80457 EI-267 preserved
AB205A-1 MM80550 EI-298 25°Gruppo Sqd
AB205A-1 MM80684 EI-313 25°Gruppo Sqd
AB205A-1 MM80687 EI-316 25°Gruppo Sqd
AB205A-1 MM80690 EI-319 25°Gruppo Sqd
AB205A-1 MM80720 EI-349 25°Gruppo Sqd
AB205A-1 MM80721 EI-350 25°Gruppo Sqd
AB205A-1 MM80723 EI-352 25°Gruppo Sqd

AB412 MM81195 EI-452 53°Gruppo Sqd
AB412 MM81258 EI-458 53°Gruppo Sqd
AB412 MM81259 EI-459 53°Gruppo Sqd
AB412 MM81354 EI-463 53°Gruppo Sqd
AB412 MM81357 EI-466 53°Gruppo Sqd
AB412 MM81359 EI-468 53°Gruppo Sqd
AB412 MM81363 EI-472 53°Gruppo Sqd

A109CM MM81253 EI-876 48°Gruppo Sqd

Also seen was a GdiF NH500 in a little green shed in front of the civil terminal, anyone an ID on that one?

Cheers,

[Rik van der Vet]

Melchior,

Got a couple of questions for you.

The A129's/A109 are from 48°Gruppo Sqd instead of 49, is it?

You didn't LOG any AB206's, mean they not belong to their inventory anymore?

As I know the based choppers are parked in shelters, did you visit most of the shelters, or does this base have much more choppers for hide?

And did the AB205's wear 25°Gruppo markings? Or is this the only gruppo based here fly with AB205?

That's it for now, very helpfull report, excellent

Any info from this base is more then welcome....

Groet,

Rik

On Dutch Wings
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[Melchior Timmers]

Melchior,

Got a couple of questions for you.

The A129's/A109 are from 48°Gruppo Sqd instead of 49, is it?

You didn't LOG any AB206's, mean they not belong to their inventory anymore?

As I know the based choppers are parked in shelters, did you visit most of the shelters, or does this base have much more choppers for hide?

And did the AB205's wear 25°Gruppo markings? Or is this the only gruppo based here fly with AB205?

That's it for now, very helpfull report, excellent

Any info from this base is more then welcome....

Groet,

Rik

On Dutch Wings
http://www.ondutchwings.nl/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Rik,

Indeed 48°Gruppo Sqd, slip of ther vinger...
There are no more AB206s in thier inventory anymore. None of the AB205 was wearing any squadron markings, but 25°Gruppo Sqd is the only unit flying them at Rimini. We visited some shelters, but the base hosts a total of between 40-60 choppers, depending of the amount of choppers abroad and/or having maintenacne elswhere. We saw at least 2 unidentified A129s stored in a shelter.

Cheers,

[Wijgert IJlst]

At Casarsa openday I was told that no Bell206's where assigned to operational units anymore, and that only Viterbo uses a some for flighttraining duties.
The complete Mangusta-fleet is spread over both Rimini and Casarsa, and just a small amount is based at Viterbo for training.

Far as I know there is only one GdF Hughes 500 based, one serial can be obtained true the online database of:
http://www.ondutchwings.nl/db/italy.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
But this one has a l/n of April 2007, so can't tell for sure this one is still based here.

[Stefan]

At Casarsa openday I was told that no Bell206's where assigned to operational units anymore, and that only Viterbo uses a some for flighttraining duties.
The complete Mangusta-fleet is spread over both Rimini and Casarsa, and just a small amount is based at Viterbo for training.

Far as I know there is only one GdF Hughes 500 based, one serial can be obtained true the online database of:
http://www.ondutchwings.nl/db/italy.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
But this one has a l/n of April 2007, so can't tell for sure this one is still based here.

Hi Wijgert,

Why not just give the serial instead of trying to lure more people to your website and database?

PS It is about time that ODW introduces a forum as well, so we can spam our products 15 times a day there as well!

Greetings,
Stefan

[Melchior Timmers]

Wijgert,

As Stefan already said, giving the serial instead of spamming ODW is much more appreciated. I'm sure ODW is very thankfull for all the information and last notes we provide by the LOGs and other messages of Italy and others on our messageboard in the past and future.

Cheers,

P.S The serial you ment is indeed not the one since we saw that on at Pratica last week.

[Wijgert IJlst]

Why not just give the serial instead of trying to lure more people to your website and database?

PS It is about time that ODW introduces a forum as well, so we can spam our products 15 times a day there as well!

Greetings,
Stefan

Hahaha... perhaps we should... perhaps we should...

Can imagine it looks like a spamming action, but I was just trying to make clear that my knowledge about "only one" Hughes beeing based here was cross checked with the database of ODW. Giving the serial in this case was of no use, as her last note date was to long ago.
Was just trying to help here... with a recent l/n I would have posted the serials of course.

As Stefan already said, giving the serial instead of spamming ODW is much more appreciated. I'm sure ODW is very thankfull for all the information and last notes we provide by the LOGs and other messages of Italy and others on our messageboard in the past and future.

It's not a matter of not willing to share, it was just not of any use in this case. And yes, sure we are very, very, thankfull...
Your report over the past week really rock

P.S The serial you ment is indeed not the one since we saw that on at Pratica last week.

And that's what I was affraid for, so glad I did not share this one...