tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501586017974986851.post9004842392194607869..comments2023-06-08T07:14:20.132-07:00Comments on CHOPPERTECH: 7 Squadron Competition 1979Beaver Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15092980697221951142noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501586017974986851.post-57852558149716930382008-07-25T06:24:00.000-07:002008-07-25T06:24:00.000-07:00Roger that Mr. Shaw. Thank you.Roger that Mr. Shaw. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501586017974986851.post-51582818449438545312008-07-25T02:24:00.000-07:002008-07-25T02:24:00.000-07:00I never flew with the Bell 205s as I preferred to ...I never flew with the Bell 205s as I preferred to be on Helicopter gunships -the roles of the 205 or Cheetahs from 8 Squadron was long range external operations.<BR/>No the Rhodesians never attempted to convert the Cheetahs into gunships. I think they would have been too noisy on approach.<BR/>I did work in Rhodesia with a SAAF contingent of Pumas and they did make a huge difference.<BR/>The Beira corridor would have been blocked by Britain and America and probably also the Russians.Beaver Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15092980697221951142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501586017974986851.post-81364425870129508702008-07-24T08:34:00.000-07:002008-07-24T08:34:00.000-07:00Did you fly in the Huey's Mr. Shaw? How did they c...Did you fly in the Huey's Mr. Shaw? How did they compare with your experience in the Alouette's? Did Rhodesia ever attempt to turn any of the Huey's into Gunships? (Like the Americans did with them in Vietnam?)<BR/><BR/><BR/>I've often wondered how the war would have turned out if Rhodesia would have gotten the T-6 Trojans that they ordered and a couple of dozen Huey's (and had Portugal ceded the Beira corridor of Mocambique to Rhodesia when they pulled out of Africa).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com