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The AgustaWestland AH Mk 1 Apache is a licence-built version of the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter for the British Army's Army Air Corps. The first eight helicopters were built by Boeing; the remaining 59 were assembled by Westland Helicopters (now part of AgustaWestland) at Yeovil, Somerset in England from Boeing-supplied kits. Changes from the AH-64D include Rolls-Royce engines, a new electronic defensive aids suite and a folding blade mechanism allowing the British version to operate from ships. The helicopter was named "WAH-64" by Westland Helicopters. It is designated Apache AH Mk 1 (or
Apache attack helicopter over Stanage the other day!
www.army.mod.uk/equipment/aircraft/1531.aspx
Apache Freedom (8215) 07/03/1995 (J. Munk) Semidouble pink to rose frilled pansy/darker top petals. Variegated dark green, white and pink, ruffled/red back. Standard (DAVS 1419, TX Hyb)
There are many great scenens along Apache Trail. Look closely and you can is the trail hanging against the wall.
This was the first of 67 Apache for the Army Air Corps. Most of them were built in the UK. This one was built in the USA in 1998.
(Note: another warbird nut has informed me that this A-36 has unddergone restoration in Chino, CA and has been finished since the spring of 2010. I mention this only so that someone doesn't go to the LSFM in Galveston, TX, expecting to see this rare bird. They have OTHER rare birds, but not this one!)
OK, all you 'it's a P-51A' people get ready to comment. This is definitely an A-36 Apache (or Mustang or Invader, take your pick). I took this photo from the right wing of the Lone Star Flight Museum's PB4Y-2 Privateer for which I went to Galveston to do an article for Aero-News.net. This A-36 was a short-term visitor, so unlike most aircraft at the LSFM, I had only a couple of chances to photograph her and each time, I said 'next time!'. Anyway, it has three things (besides the data plate) that make it an A-36 instead of a P-51A:
1) It has a spear-shaped pitot tube, instead of an L-shaped one on the P-51s of each Model that were used in WWII.
2) It has dive flaps on the top and bottom surfaces of each wing. The P-51s didn't have or need dive brakes for their missions (although they would've come in handy when P-51s were used in the fighter-bomber roles!).
3) It has twin .50 Cal BMGs in the nose, one on each side, and unlike those on the early NA-73 Mustangs with guns in the same place, the barrels are NOT shrouded or 'faired' where they protrude from the nose.
Fokker Aerostructures in Hoogeveen had het genoegen een speciale delegatie van het Amerikaanse bedrijf Boeing te mogen ontvangen. De amerikanen hebben een meerdaags programma voortgeschoteld gekregen, waarbij de gevechtshelikopter "Apache" centraal stond.
Fokker maakt enkele high-technische onderdelen voor dit unieke helikoptermodel. Aan het eind van het bezoek werd een glazen Apache overhandigt.
Glaskunstenaar Alwin overwater mocht dit complexe model van glas maken. Meer foto's www.glasblazer.nl/speciale-opdrachten/67-boeing-ontvangt-...