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IAC CASA Call signs

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  • 05-04-2008 1:23pm
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    vulcan57
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    Around 9.00 this morning I heard the Shannon based Coast Guard Sikorsky heading out into the Atlantic off the SW coast for what I believe was a MediVac. At around 9.30 I heard the AC CASA Charlie 252 heading out to do top cover for Rescue 115. While I think its great that the AC are doing top cover instead of calling the Nimrods in from Kinloss, my question is, why do the CASA's use the call sign Charlie 252? The Nimrods use the callsign Rescue 51 when doing SAR missions so why do the CASA's not have a "Rescue" callsign? Is it just because a Rescue callsign has not been assigned to Baldonnell?


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    #2
    highlydebased
    Registered Users Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    Not too sure really, just the way it is.

    Robbed this from another forum

    Learjet 45 - Irish, e.g. IRL258
    PC-9M - Irish, e.g. IRL262
    Gulfstream IV - Irish, e.g. IRL251
    Beech Super King Air 200 - Irish, e.g. IRL240
    CASA 235-100 - Charlie, e.g. C253
    Eurocopter EC135(IAC & Gardaí) - Echo, e.g. E270
    Eurocopter AS355N(Gardaí) - Sierra, e.g. S255
    Agusta Bell AB139 - Alpha e.g., A275
    CR172H(Cessna 172) - Romeo, e.g. R210
    Britten Norman BN2T-4S(Garda Defender) - Papa, e.g. P254

    V is appended for Ministerial, and T for training


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    punchdrunk
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    Charlie is for Casa
    252 is the tail number


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