New type of helos for RSAF? or just another country's?

• czr88

  2 Feb 07, 16:40

  I saw this helicopter flying past my house a few times.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Its bloody quiet, much quieter than the Chinook, Super Puma, the 'wop-wop' Huey, the retired Fennec and the already almost quiet Apache.
  
  I did a bit of research, the helo seems like the Eurocopter (Aerospatiale) SA 341/342 Gazelle. Dunno if I am right or wrong. Can anyone clarify my doubt?
  
  P.S.: Sorry if the images are grainy, I took the photos on 6x optical + 4x digital zoom..hehe..
• Pitot

  2 Feb 07, 16:44

  took over the training heli's
  
  posted before i think. The tail part is manufactured by ST also if i am not wrong.
• LazerLordz

  2 Feb 07, 16:45

  The Gazelles will be gone soon or have gone already.
• Pitot

  2 Feb 07, 16:46

  Its not the gazelle,
  
  its either the E120 or E135.
  
  Taken over the fennecs if i am not wrong.
• Shotgun

  2 Feb 07, 16:47

  Yeap... I can't remember the name already. Those belong to ST Aerospace but leased to RSAF for training I think.
• Darkness_hacker99

  2 Feb 07, 16:50

  99% looked like this
  
  
• czr88

  2 Feb 07, 16:52

  Sorry for the small pics..hahaz..me noob..here are the full-sized ones..
  
  http://img01.picoodle.com/img/img01/7/2/2/f_IMG0228i_1ab5m_1a26088.jpg
  http://img01.picoodle.com/img/img01/7/2/2/f_IMG0229i_1ab5m_13d11f6.jpg
  http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/7/2/2/f_IMG0191i_1ab5m_6d9a16d.jpg
  http://img01.picoodle.com/img/img01/7/2/2/f_IMG0212i_1ab5m_3e59a7e.jpg
  
  put on another webby to help save bandwidth..
• czr88

  2 Feb 07, 16:58

  wah..so fast so many pple reply..hahaz..shock..
  
  ah..yeah..the heli really looks like the Eurocopter EC 120, cant be the EC135..the 135 looks too fat to fit the bill..
  
  You guys sure that ST leased them to RSAF for heli training?
  
  Didn't hear it in the news or anywhere else..hahaz..
• Black Aces

  2 Feb 07, 17:21

  Originally posted by czr88:

  ...the heli really looks like the Eurocopter EC 120..
  
  You guys sure that ST leased them to RSAF for heli training?
  
  Didn't hear it in the news or anywhere else..

  Click here: http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=162172
• Daniel-Lim

  2 Feb 07, 19:07

  During my active time, 1985, the SUltan of Johore used to fly his blue colour helicopter and land at our camp where Malaysian police are already waiting as outriders to escort him.
  
  Apparently, he flies to Singapore when he needs medical treatment, etc...
  
  He flew in twice during my one and a half years there.
  
  Another time, a US or Australian Sea King or something landed at our camp. The downdraft blew a lot of things away.
• kopiosatu

  2 Feb 07, 19:11

  ok stop speculating/guessing.
  
  its the EC120.
  
  training aircraft, taken over the Fennec.
  
  handled by STAE.
  
  operating off Seletar, circuit conducted in base.
• Don©

  2 Feb 07, 21:22

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  operating off Seletar, circuit conducted in base.

  I thought its located at SAB? no? I saw quite a number each day in camp.
• Moonstriker

  2 Feb 07, 22:05

  Its the EC124. Not the 120.
  2 of them sitting on Seletar apron.
  Here is the pic taken on a rainy december noon:
  
  
• LRRP

  2 Feb 07, 22:41

  Its Gazelle, the French helicopter carrier is in town..
• kopiosatu

  2 Feb 07, 22:57

  Originally posted by Moonstriker:

  Its the EC124. Not the 120.
  2 of them sitting on Seletar apron.
  Here is the pic taken on a rainy december noon:
  
  

  its the EC120
  
  my ex colleagues are taking care of the aircraft.
• kopiosatu

  2 Feb 07, 22:58

  Originally posted by Don©:

  I thought its located at SAB? no? I saw quite a number each day in camp.

  they fly the circuit here.
  they are based in seletar with STAE
• kopiosatu

  2 Feb 07, 23:00

  Originally posted by LRRP:

  Its Gazelle, the French helicopter carrier is in town..

  another one.
  
  i don't understand why people refuse to listen when i give information about helicopters
• lionnoisy

  2 Feb 07, 23:54

  US Chose partly Sg Made Heli. click me
  
  EC 120.I dunt know the one posted here.
  
  
  The Green portion is made by ST Aerospace .
  
• calvin2224

  3 Feb 07, 23:47

  These are clearly not Gazelles. Too short. They are the EC120 operated by RSAF for training, replacing the Fennecs. Leased from SAE.
  
  correction
• kopiosatu

  4 Feb 07, 00:02

  another one who refuses to listen to proper information
• Moonstriker

  5 Feb 07, 10:15

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  another one who refuses to listen to proper information

  i stare at flight plans of these choppers whenever they fly around. and its listed as EC124 in the "aircraft type" field.
  The seletar air traffic controllers also confirmed with me that they are the ec124s replacing the ec120s.
  
• ^Delta^

  5 Feb 07, 18:46

  Originally posted by Moonstriker:

  i stare at flight plans of these choppers whenever they fly around. and its listed as EC124 in the "aircraft type" field.
  The seletar air traffic controllers also confirmed with me that they are the ec124s replacing the ec120s.
  

  Which goes to show that the RSAF's listed inventory officially is not entirely accurate.
  
  Not suggesting we have some stealth bombers hidden somewhere, which is too far fetched. But the RSAF is one of the less transparent air forces in the region. It is entirely possible for it to be in possession of some additional types of aircraft or declare deflated numbers of current aircraft types.
• CM06

  5 Feb 07, 20:13

  There's no such thing as EC 124 ...i think. I checked the Eurocopter website
  
  the comparing EC 120/130/135 the one in the photo in the rain is the EC 120.
  
  Let's just leave it as that.
  
  EC 124 doesnt exist anywhere! (hint hint if anything can just pm me)
• martin_lim85

  5 Feb 07, 20:15

  new ECs
• Moonstriker

  6 Feb 07, 10:09

  ec124 can be derived from ec120 with additional ingredients.
  juz like M113 into Ultra etcetc...