An RNZAF
A109 crew (shown above) undertaking the mountain flying phase of Exercise
Blackbird 2012. (photo : NZDF)
Exercise
Blackbird is the Air Force’s annual rotary wing mountain flying exercise
designed to familiarize crews with high altitude flying operations and took
place between 2 and 8 December 2012.
(NZDF)
See Also :
Weather Halts
Training
Spin cycle:
New Zealand Air Force Flight Sergeant Glenn Whitley at the door of the A109
Light Utility Helicopter as it hovers over Dip Flat near St Arnaud.
One of New
Zealand's five A109 light utility helicopters managed to get a few metres off
the ground at Dip Flat near St Arnaud yesterday before it was grounded because
of heavy rain and low cloud.
The flight
was part of Exercise Blackbird, an annual New Zealand Air Force mountain
training drill that gives pilots and crew the chance to practise the skills
needed for mountain flying.
Almost 100
people, including five Iroquois helicopter crews from No 3 Squadron and two
A109 crews from the Helicopter Transition Unit, are based at Dip Flat for the
week-long exercise, which started on Monday.
It is the
first major field deployment for the A109, which was officially unveiled in New
Zealand in May last year. The A109 was bought to replace the Bell 47 Sioux and
is used mainly as a training helicopter for the larger NH90.
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