Training Italian: The Elephant & The Mouse !
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Similar: Two Trainingscenters...
Difference: Location and size.....
COMPETITION ?
COMPETITION !
PISA
: C-130-J30 Hercules
Frosinone
: NH500E Defender
...'The Elephant'...
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... & 'The Mouse' !
C-130J Hercules at Pisa platform
Defender in front of the Frosinone Tower
C-130J-30 extended version at Pisa platform
View from the tower over the Airbase
Like a warehouse... inside the Herc !
The NH-500E Defender
Cockpit stripped: Maintainance
It's such a tiny but fine machine !
Complete review of the engines
NH-500 with KFOR insignia
And back on the wings again
One crew goes, another hops in !
Hercules simulator at Pisa
All day it seems like a wasp nest over here...
Our instructor showed us every button !
No problem reaching the engine
Hercules simulator, to be extended with 2 extra cabins
Up you go and off you go...
Hercules simulator, so far the Hercules column....
Training, refuelling, all by tight schedules
Excuse us, but from here on... the Elephant lost and the Mouse has won !
On with the program !
Very clean maintainance hangars !
View over the platform Frosinone
It really is a coming and going all day !
On Frosinone you also find this SH-3D/HSea-King...
View in the cockpit of the Defender
... as well as this AB-212 Griffon
Lorry to transport the NH-500 fast 'n easy
Logo NH-500 Op's
NH-500 can also land on water this way
Polizia di Stato A-109-AII Helicopter at Frosinone
Boxcar C-119-G. Pisa. Standing in front of a memorial building to honour the crew who was killed in the Balkan crisis.
About the Elephant and the Mouse: Who laughs last laughs best !
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