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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Take a tour on a Calgary Police Service HAWCS helicopter

Here's a bird's eye view of a Calgary Police Service HAWCS helicopter team in action.

Barry Duffield pilots the helicopter with tactical flight officer, Kelly Oberg assisting ground units to nab the bad guys - a tremendous example of the teamwork and the know-how needed by our city's finest to keep Calgary safe.

Of course, if you really want to see What it's Like to be a Chopper Cop, you could always ask Rick Mercer or watch this video (Can you spot our pilot, Barry in both videos?).


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Posted by Brad Linn on Thursday, November 26, 2009
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12 comments:

  1. Thanks for the Hawcs Tour Video. It was great to see what my small contribution, along with others to the many Hawcs Lotteries has accomplished. Great Posting Mr. Linn.
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  2. great showing,the pride of every calgarian around the world
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  3. So if one was running away from the hawks night vision or infrared vision how would one acomplish this the best. dark clothing that keep all of the heat in. what do you think
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  4. From Calgary Police Service:

    "Regardless of the colour of clothing, the camera can detect body heat.

    Thanks for taking interest in our force’s technology."
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  5. Fantastic video. I remember when the city lost Cst. Sonnenberg. Very tragic. Glad to see a new legacy was created from it.

    American Officer.
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  6. keep up the good work. im a security officer and when i need help you guys are there. thanks
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  7. I am applying to the Service as a sworn member and the more I see, the more I like. It is always neat to see the level of pride in the members of the Calgary Police Service
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  8. Thank you for all your hard work everyone.

    I just want to say not everyone complains about the noise, I feel better hearing you up there.
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  9. I love helicopters and often run out to see which one is flying over the house, I can, on most occations, tell buy the sound which style of chopper it is. Last night however as Hawks was flying over top the house I noticed that the pitch of the blade "slap" was deeper than usual, and was wondering why this would be.

    Is it a question of atmospheric density? It was not very cold last night so the air would have been relativly thin right?

    Thanks, a thirty seven year old baby boy.
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  10. Thanks for your interest "Thirty Seven year old Baby boy" (We love the title by the way!)

    Here is a response to your inquiry from Cameron Dutnall, Chief Pilot with HAWCS.

    Blade slap appears to be caused by a blade passing through the tip vortex shed by another blade in its proximity. Under certain configurations of forward speed. collective position, rate of descent, angle of bank / g being pulled, the blade tips fly through the vortices of the preceding blades and the interaction of the vortices causes the slap.

    Thanks!
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  11. Thank you for your reply, and thank you and everyone else for the job you are doing keeping Calgary safe.

    Take care and stay safe,

    Baby boy
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  12. Thank you for all your hard work,Thanks for taking interest in our force’s technology."
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