Ship with helicopters @ inland waterway - 2013 MIL

[Nilson]

Passed by Ochten a little while ago.

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[Crouze]

Well,


Last night we managed to catch up with the MS Dynamica while still in the Antwerp harbour, in the Van Cauwelaert locks (Van Cauwelaertsluis) to be precise. The timing was perfect, and this is a good spot because there is no problem here to get very close to the vessel and its cargo. Dark it sure was, but still:




Cheers,
Marco


... and that was that ...

[perry dirkx]

Well,


Last night we managed to catch up with the MS Dynamica while still in the Antwerp harbour, in the Boudewijn locks (Boudewijnsluis) to be precise. The timing was perfect, and this is a good spot because there is no problem here to get very close to the vessel and its cargo. Dark it sure was, but still:

Cheers,
Marco

... and that was that ...

It was in the Van Cauwelaertsluis, the Boudewijnsluis is the one next to it, just the other way around as we thought.
Go to http://wikimapia.org/#lat=51.2746978&lo ... 12&l=0&m=b
and move your pointer over the lock/canal/dock/area you want the name for, et voila....

Cheers,
the other one

[maurits]

I caught it around 9.45hrs passing Dodewaard...

[cis]

@ Elmar, at your pictures posted on January 31st there is a AH-64 with are square mark on the intake. What is the ID of this AH-64?

Any other AH-64s with markings?

[maurits]

Hi,

Three shots of the Dynamica passing Dodewaard this morning. Also a big shower passing at the same moment....

Cropped shot of AH-64D 04-05433



Hope you like them...

Regards,

Maurits

[Arjan]

Luckily been able to catch them with sun!











Yep, there was some foul weather in the neighbourhood!

[maurits]

Nice shots Arjan, you were lucky! From where did you take these shots?

[Polleke_NL]

Nice shots Arjan, you were lucky! From where did you take these shots?

Just East of Nijmegen, 51°52'15.24"N / 5°54'17.47"O

[Antheii]

To summarize all;

• On 28 January, the Dynamica left Antwerp with 4x AH-64 and 4x CH-47 above deck. Most likely below deck were another 8x AH-64 (not confirmed as such, but most likely as this group has been seen by Elmar being towed towards Coleman Barracks on the 31st).
• On 4 February, the Dynamica left Antwerp with 16x AH-64 (8 above and 8 below deck, as confirmed by CIS)
• But before the 28th, apparently another voyage had already been moved from Antwerp to Coleman Barracks. No confirmation on which ship, on which date, and with how many choppers onboard.

If this first shipment indeed did take place, unnoticed to us all, and if it had the same cargo as the shipment on the 28th (4x CH-47 and 12x AH-64), I get a total of 8x CH-47 and 40x AH-64, which is exactly what Jeroen already predicted on the 28th.

The big question now; did this first voyage indeed take place, and how many helicopters were actually carried - so do we have to prepare for another dark, cold and windy night standing on some bridge in Zeeland, or can we stay home?

[Patrick Moonen]

Confirmed by one of the crewmembers from Dynamica yesterday, this was the last shipment.

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[jreijmer]

Confirmed by one of the crewmembers from Dynamica yesterday, this was the last shipment.

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Indeed. So with the 4 CH-47Fs that never left Ansbach, this new shipment completes the 12 Chinooks. 40 Apaches were shipped last 3 weeks, together with the 8 already delivered throught Ramstein makes 48 (6 x . The first shipment is most probably also done by the Dynamica.

BR,
Jeroen

[michel N]

Slightly off-topic, but does anybody know if/which Blackhawks are in Kosovo at the moment? And if there are, when will there be a change of unit and their Blackhawks? As far as I know, the last unit change was already quite a while ago, and usually these changes will be done by ship through the Rhine.

regards

Michel

[jreijmer]

Slightly off-topic, but does anybody know if/which Blackhawks are in Kosovo at the moment? And if there are, when will there be a change of unit and their Blackhawks? As far as I know, the last unit change was already quite a while ago, and usually these changes will be done by ship through the Rhine.

regards

Michel

Still the ones that have been there since the Kentucky ones came back. I've the following:

KFOR13
8 UH-60A's of Co. C/2-147th AVN Iowa ARNG
82-23722
82-23740 1-109th AVN IA ARNG
83-23881 1-109th AVN IA ARNG
84-24004 1-109th AVN IA ARNG
85-24435 1-109th AVN IA ARNG
85-24479 C/1-147 AVN (Idaho NG)
88-26079
89-26160 C/1-147 AVN

3 Medevac UH-60 Det. 1, Co. F, 2-238th AVN Arkansas ARNG
79-23304
79-23340 172nd MedCo AR ARNG
81-23604

Yes these arrived a while ago since they have been delivering their services to KFOR13,14,15 and since September KFOR16..... Time for a change!!!

BR,
Jeroen

[jreijmer]

Met zon zijn ze toch leuker. Van de bekende Waalbrug af genomen:





Jeroen