NH90 RNZAF Helicopter Display.
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The NH-90 is an advanced medium utility helicopter providing the Royal New Zealand Air Force with a highly capable and deployable helicopter that can be used for frontline military and civil operations. The NH-90 can carry up to 12 fully equipped soldiers and up to 9 stretchers plus medical staff or palletised cargo. It can also lift the army's light operational vehicle.
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AI GeneratedThis video features a demonstration of a helicopter's capabilities, highlighting its technical maneuvers and its vital role in disaster relief operations both within New Zealand and internationally.
training in Italy over at the simulator there and then was quite heavily
involved in all the trials, the operational testing and evaluation of
this aircraft to bring it into proper service. Okay, finishing off this 360
degree turn, the aircraft will come into a quick stop and then we'll pop its
landing gear out.
Now this next maneuver is known as the pirouette. So ladies and gents, boys and
girls, if you haven't seen it before, it's a really graceful helicopter
maneuver but it's pretty difficult to fly because all the way through this
next maneuver they've got to balance the cyclic and the collective with their
work on those pedals, keeping the aircraft nicely in balance all the way
through this. You'll see the helicopter loadmasters in the back, previously known
as helicopter crewmen. They'll be just giving the pilot an extra set of eyes
out of the back doors. Speaking of crewmen, if you see them give them a wave.
They've been a bit sneaky-beaky with us this weekend and they've refused to
reveal their identities. So boys and girls, I set you a challenge. They've told
me they're known as helicopter crewmen right and left.
My challenge to you boys and girls is to go sneak up to them in the ground static area afterwards and find out what they're all about.
And then, I've probably seen this helicopter around heaps in the last couple of years. It's used extensively within New Zealand,
particularly in the aftermath of the Kaikoura earthquake. It did lots of
evacuating of personnel, people, pets and also transporting supplies. But because
we can operate this aircraft from onboard ship, we can also take it
overseas. And it's also been used in Fiji for cyclone relief and in the
islands. There's a nice nose over there, showing you a beautiful view of the top of the aircraft.