hovercrafts
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went to airshow yesterday... saw 2 hovercrafts near SAF ferry terminal....
anybdoy have any idea what they're used for? ( they seem to be in SCDF colors)
does saf have any hovercraft?
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RSN has.
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Shhh... its for transporting the GUNDAMS...
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Originally posted by MohamedF:
Shhh... its for transporting the GUNDAMS...
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ya... I ish specialist...
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Originally posted by arball:
went to airshow yesterday... saw 2 hovercrafts near SAF ferry terminal....
anybdoy have any idea what they're used for? ( they seem to be in SCDF colors)
does saf have any hovercraft?
they seem to be some fire fighting machines. during my days at tekong i seen them operating it and spraying loads of water. if i'm not wrong the entrance to it is also protected by gurkhas. -
Entrance?
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Originally posted by arball:
went to airshow yesterday... saw 2 hovercrafts near SAF ferry terminal....
anybdoy have any idea what they're used for? ( they seem to be in SCDF colors)
does saf have any hovercraft?
they belong to - Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore - CAAS Airport Emergency Service - for search and rescue.
CAAS is responsible for the coordination of SAR operations within the Singapore Flight Information Region (FIR).
http://www.caas.gov.sg/caas/en/About_CAAS/CAAS_Services/Airspace_MO/Search_and_Rescue/Services.html?__locale=en -
They are made by ST Eng called Tiger 40 Hovercraft.
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Originally posted by wonderamazement:
Entrance?
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Originally posted by Tancold:
They are made by ST Eng called Tiger 40 Hovercraft.
Sorry they are not Tiger 40 by ST !!!They are Griffon hovercraft Model should be 8000TD
http://www.caas.gov.sg/caas/en/About_CAAS/CAAS_Services/Airspace_MO/Airport_Emergency/Vehicles.html
This is the acutal picture of the CAAS griffon hovercraft.
It seem that Griffon 8000TD was selected to commonly operated by world wide SAR services which singapore CAAS is part of .
Griffon Hovercraft Ltd (GHL) has designed and built more diesel-powered hovercraft than any other company. This paper looks at the design and production of its largest design to date – the Griffon 8000TD – the first craft of which ran in May 2000, being the first craft of six delivered to the Indian Coast Guard. Since then different derivatives have been delivered to the Saudi Arabian Border Guard and the Korean National Maritime Police Agency. More are on order for the Saudi Arabian Border Guard and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.Griffon 8000TD, 14 of which are currently in service in India, Saudi Arabia, Korea and Singapore.
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is there a similar facility at the south end of changi airport?
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hee hee. the hovercrafts seem to be capable of carrying heavy vehicles. i think its for a very great usage. wonder why there are gurkhas protecting it? belongs to SAF probably.
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Originally posted by storywolf:
Sorry they are not Tiger 40 by ST !!!They are Griffon hovercraft Model should be 8000TD
http://www.caas.gov.sg/caas/en/About_CAAS/CAAS_Services/Airspace_MO/Airport_Emergency/Vehicles.html
This is the acutal picture of the CAAS griffon hovercraft.
It seem that Griffon 8000TD was selected to commonly operated by world wide SAR services which singapore CAAS is part of .
Griffon Hovercraft Ltd (GHL) has designed and built more diesel-powered hovercraft than any other company. This paper looks at the design and production of its largest design to date – the Griffon 8000TD – the first craft of which ran in May 2000, being the first craft of six delivered to the Indian Coast Guard. Since then different derivatives have been delivered to the Saudi Arabian Border Guard and the Korean National Maritime Police Agency. More are on order for the Saudi Arabian Border Guard and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore.Griffon 8000TD, 14 of which are currently in service in India, Saudi Arabia, Korea and Singapore.
Sorry sorry.... I really thought they were Tiger 40's.
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Originally posted by Scania L113 lover:
Say....is that a ghost in your avatar?
No fromhttp://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showpost.php?p=3075460&postcount=6
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Use to work in the Airport Emergency Service, and yes the hovercrafts belongs to CAAS (AES). Its purpose as stated by storywolf.