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Dying Hornets - German Army MBB Bo105 above Bavaria

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Hi friends,

Now after the publication have been released, I can show you some images of the German Army Aviation MBB Bo105 of Kampfhubschrauberregiment 26 „Franken“ based at Roth/Bavaria. They have adopted with two special painted Bo105 and an Open House Day from the population. Yesterday the units flight operations ended and it will be disbanded after 35 years at the 30.06.2014.
In comparison to the cold temperatures now, we had a really warm summer weather in July. Not the worst, if you fly two hours with the door open.

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Hornet TWO
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Gut gemacht, Mathias! Schöne Bilder!!!
I must say however that I am personally not very fond of the 'Red Bull'-like colours....
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Excellent job Mathias!! Danke für's Zeigen :)
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Bennie wrote:Gut gemacht, Mathias! Schöne Bilder!!!
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Bennie wrote:I must say however that I am personally not very fond of the 'Red Bull'-like colours....
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Picture 2: a dark red helicopter above red-tiled roofs. Not a bad camouflage. :wink:

Wonderful report Matthias! 8)
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Great pictures!!
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Nice set, like the pictures with the landmarks.

By the way do i see an IPad / tablet as navigational aid on one of the pictures?

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Very nice set of pictures!!
Best regards/vriendelijke groeten,
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I first thought it was a Red Bull one!
But nice and crisp images......
Thanks !
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Excelent set of pictures Matthias, tnx for sharing!
20 days ago 5 Heer Bolkows, including those colorfull machines, transfered trough Croatia (LDZA-LDSP-...?) in direction of Adriatic sea.
Do you know where was final destination for them? Maybe Kosovo?
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Wunderschönen Bilder!
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Thijs wrote:By the way do i see an IPad / tablet as navigational aid on one of the pictures?
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IPads are regulary used as navigational aid these days, although this does not mean that every Ipad would be approved for this purpose. Fokker Services is a main supplier in the industrie for the so called Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) to the airlines and military.

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Ivan_K wrote:Excelent set of pictures Matthias, tnx for sharing!
20 days ago 5 Heer Bolkows, including those colorfull machines, transfered trough Croatia (LDZA-LDSP-...?) in direction of Adriatic sea.
Do you know where was final destination for them? Maybe Kosovo?
Thank you, yes I heard about that, but no idea. My information about the special colored Bo´s was that at least one should be preserved in Roth. We will see.
Thijs wrote:Nice set, like the pictures with the landmarks.
By the way do i see an IPad / tablet as navigational aid on one of the pictures?
Thijs
Thank you. It´s a tablet used for navigation, but i don´t know if it´s an IPad. It´s very common in aviation, we use a tablet for navigation (and GoPro control :twisted: ) in our sports plane, too.
Stratofreighter wrote:Picture 2: a dark red helicopter above red-tiled roofs. Not a bad camouflage. :wink:
Wonderful report Matthias! 8)
Thank you, that´s indeed the reason why we placed the helo´s in front of the forrest for the "official" farewell picture above Roth city.
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