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AH-64E
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Well past the originally stated first flight of July 2021. Wonder why the slippage and if they will fly this year.
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The majority of AAC AH-64E deliveries have been by USAF C-17.
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With the CSP programme in full swing, thought we should update the UK Apache website http://ukapache.com/
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a year after the 1st one arrived !!
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You want the Aladeen news, or the Aladeen news?
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Interesting that a Boscombe call sign was used.
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Looking forward to hearing one as much as anything to find out if they sound any different from the others.
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They DO sound a little different. It is difficult to describe in words, but slightly less "agricultural" perhaps?
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I'd have thought they will all be routed through the main (maintenance and operational) base, Wattisham. There they will be reassembled, brought up to the required mod standard (if needed) tested and flown before being dispatched to another base.
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less moo and baa ?
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Out of interest did it show up on VR?
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It only flew inside the airfield boundaries, it was NOT transmitting Mode-S.
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Article about the new version of the Apache with photo's in the local paper here:
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/helicopter- ... am-8634774
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/helicopter- ... am-8634774
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Sounds like flying will be ramped up in the coming weeks according to FlightGlobal
https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopter ... 08.article
' expects the first AH-64E will be joined by additional examples in flight testing over the coming weeks.'
“We have one flying right now but there will be a real increase over the next six weeks,” he says, followed by a “continued incremental ramp-up” as more helicopters come on line.
A total of 32 AH-64Es will be stationed at Wattisham, divided by between 3 and 4 Regiments AAC and their respective 662/663 and 664/656 Squadrons. Another 12 helicopters will be based at the Army Aviation Centre in Middle Wallop, Hampshire – split between 673 and 653 Sqns – with another six aircraft forecast to be in deep maintenance at any one time.
https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopter ... 08.article
' expects the first AH-64E will be joined by additional examples in flight testing over the coming weeks.'
“We have one flying right now but there will be a real increase over the next six weeks,” he says, followed by a “continued incremental ramp-up” as more helicopters come on line.
A total of 32 AH-64Es will be stationed at Wattisham, divided by between 3 and 4 Regiments AAC and their respective 662/663 and 664/656 Squadrons. Another 12 helicopters will be based at the Army Aviation Centre in Middle Wallop, Hampshire – split between 673 and 653 Sqns – with another six aircraft forecast to be in deep maintenance at any one time.
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(ZM706) *edit* 43C934 UGLY 1 operating in Wattisham area
ZJ216 43C 273 AA319 also in area
ZJ216 43C 273 AA319 also in area
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