March 2013 - Police Aviation News
March 2013 - Police Aviation News
March 2013 - Police Aviation News
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<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Aviation</strong> <strong>News</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>2013</strong> 20<br />
UNITED KINGDOM<br />
WILTSHIRE: The much criticised planned use of an MD500E in support of fire operations<br />
has come to an untimely end after the pilot and aircraft owner Jeremy Paxton died on<br />
last month.<br />
The millionaire businessman had volunteered to operate a "flying fire engine" in Wiltshire<br />
with his small MD helicopter and many saw it as an inappropriate type for UK operations.<br />
Not daunted by the adverse opinions Mr Paxton had financed a number of modifications to<br />
his aircraft that would assist him in carrying equipment pods to the scene of fires and accidents<br />
for up to three days each week.<br />
Jeremy Paxton's family said the 53-year-old, who owned the Lower Mill Estate in Gloucestershire,<br />
died following a heart attack. [Media]<br />
SEARCH & RESCUE<br />
TURKEY<br />
COAST GUARD: The Turkish Coast Guard<br />
took delivery of TCSG-552 the first of three maritime<br />
surveillance aircraft from Thales Group during<br />
a ceremony in Ankara last month. This aircraft will<br />
be operated by the Turkish Coast Guard from Izmir<br />
Air Base.<br />
The delivery is of the first maritime surveillance aircraft<br />
equipped with the Thales AMASCOS mission<br />
system, which will provide the Turkish Coast<br />
Guards with an enhanced capability to better monitor<br />
the Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone and Territorial<br />
Waters.<br />
This maritime surveillance aircraft is designed to<br />
perform a broad spectrum of missions including<br />
surveillance and Naval control, anti-drug and other<br />
types of smuggling operations, the prevention of illegal immigration and illicit fishing, pollution<br />
surveillance and SAR.<br />
Thales is the prime contractor for the Meltem II programme, which calls for the delivery of<br />
six maritime patrol aircraft for the Turkish Navy and three maritime surveillance aircraft for<br />
the Turkish Coast Guard, all based on modified CASA CN-235 platforms. The programme<br />
also includes the provision of additional maritime patrol systems to the Turkish Navy, to be<br />
integrated on ATR 72 aircraft. All mission systems are based on Thales's AMASCOS solution<br />
(Airborne Maritime Situation & Control System). [Thales/TurkishNavy]
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