A Division of the AirWeGo Virtual Airline Group

This page supplies all the information required to support the Trinity Lighthouse Contract. The current aircraft is the spare EC120 Colibri that is diverted from Norway to Bournmouth.

Also required: helifix1.zip and helifix1.1.zip by Alun Heseltine. These files will make the helipads landable.

These flights are to move the EC120 from Norway, via Aberdeen and Humberside for a refit and overhaul, to Bournemouth. The flights will take place over 3 consecutive days. The route between dept. and dest. is at the discretion of the pilot.

Trinity House Repositioning Flights (NB - NOT on Mayfly)
Flight Number	From	To	Lift	Rotors Stop	Type	Registration
THP01	ENBR	EGPD	0800	1015	Colibri	G-VEVA
THP02	EGPD	EGNJ	0800	1010	Colibri	G-VEVA
THP03	EGNJ	EGHH	0800	0940	Colibri	G-VEVA

The first leg of this stage of the contract requires the delivery of some equipment from Bournemouth to the Needles Lighthouse, off the West coast of the Isle of Wight, and then repositioning to Plymouth
Flight Number	From	Route	To	Type	Registration
TH001	EGHH	Needles	EGHD	EC120	G-VEVA

This second flight involves two shuttles from Plymouth to Eddystone Lighthouse (SSW of Plymouth), transferring personnel and eqpt , and then onward to Lands End airfield
Flight Number	From	Route	To	Lift	Rotors Stop	Type	Registration
TH002	EGHD	Eddystone-EGHD-Eddystone	EGHC	0900	1040	EC120	G-VEVA

From Land's End, move an underslung load to Longships Lighhouse, then return to Lands End to pick up engineers and more eqpt. From Lands End, return to Longships to drop off two of the engineers, then continue to Wolf's Rock Lighthouse, and on to Bishop's Rock Lighthouse, just off the Isles of Scilly. From Bishop's Rock, return to Lands End, stopping off at Longships to pick up the two engineers.
Flight Number	From	Route	To	Type	Registration
TH003	EGHC	Lonships-EGHC-Longships-Wolfs Rock-Bishops Rock-Longships	EGHC	EC120	G-VEVA

All flights must be conducted during daylight hours, and underslung operations should be conducted under good visibility. As such, flight times can be adjusted accordingly.

Underslung operations can be simulated by lifting into a hover, and maintaining a low hover for 30 secs, so that the cargo may be attached. At destination, do not land, maintain another 30 sec hover over the helideck to allow the unhooking of the load. Maintain smooth and controlled movements to avoid the load swinging.

* Pilots should note that the "landable" surface of the helidecks is somewhat larger than the actual visible helideck, so pilots should be honest to themselves as to whether they were on target or not !