"The Sungai Besi Airport will not be closed so soon after all, as its two main users, the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) and the police Air Wing, have won a reprieve. 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) – the government-owned master developer of Bandar Malaysia – has agreed that the airport could continue to be operational for "all government aircraft and VVIP helicopters" for the foreseeable future."
My condo seems to be on the flight path for the helis when flying from the air base to the city. Some days they go round and round and round for ages. Sometimes they are so low I could almost shake hands with the pilot!! Considering my condo is on a hill I wonder why they fly over it.
The Royal Air Police Unit Malaysia (Unit Udara PDRM) (UUP) is a special unit of Royal Malaysian Police & they look after national security by surveillance and patrol from the air. They fly the (red & white) Eurocopter Squirrel AS-355 F2 and AS-355 N2 helicopters.
The RMAF (Tentera Udara Di Raja Malaysia) (TUDM) fly the Nuri (Sea Kings) and Blackhawk helis which are the more humped ones. The Nuri (Sikorsky S-61A-4) will be phased out this year and replaced by the Eurocopter EC725.
On the 16 Jan 2012 I heard a heli hovering for ages. It was circling round in the cemetery at the top of my road and then hovered close to the ground before coming down. I don't know what they were watching but I could see men hanging out of the doors looking at the ground. These photos are No 52 onwards (9M-PHL Polis Diraja Malaysia ).
And when there have been street protests or prominent court cases the helis are again out in force.
See album on the Merdeka helicopters.
© Liz Price
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Nice to know, thanks.
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