Dutch Police helis with fixed call-sign ??

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Dutch Police helis with fixed call-sign ??

Post by topsafe »

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Today I saw PH-PXA flying overhead Den Haag. When he contacted RTM-tower,he called himself Police 01.

Does this mean the EC.135's will use fixed call-signs, so PH-PXB would be Police 02 etc. ??

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Re: Dutch Police helis with fixed call-sign ??

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Indeed, confirmed by one of the pilots:

POLICE01 PH-PXA
POLICE02 PH-PXB
POLICE03 PH-PXC
POLICE04 PH-PXD
POLICE05 PH-PXE
POLICE06 PH-PXF
POLICE25 AW139
POLICE26 AW139

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Re: Dutch Police helis with fixed call-sign ??

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topsafe wrote:Today I saw PH-PXA flying overhead Den Haag. When he contacted RTM-tower,he called himself Police 01.
Yesterday afternoon the same for PH-PXA, also on ModeS his callsign is showing as 'ZXP01'. I personally haven't heard or ModeS-logged other police aircraft with this sequence.

(after posting I saw the previous post...So addition: also on ModeS as ZXP.)

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Re: Dutch Police helis with fixed call-sign ??

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theguide wrote:
topsafe wrote:Today I saw PH-PXA flying overhead Den Haag. When he contacted RTM-tower,he called himself Police 01.
Yesterday afternoon the same for PH-PXA, also on ModeS his callsign is showing as 'ZXP01'. I personally haven't heard or ModeS-logged other police aircraft with this sequence.

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Re: Dutch Police helis with fixed call-sign ??

Post by Aviaphotos »

Hi guys,

Indeed, flightnumber "ZXP01" was used in it's flightplan to and from EHRD.
The pilot confirmed the new callsigns to EHRD Tower just after the first contact.

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Re: Dutch Police helis with fixed call-sign ??

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Aviaphotos wrote:Indeed, flightnumber "ZXP01" was used in it's flightplan to and from EHRD.
The pilot confirmed the new callsigns to EHRD Tower just after the first contact.
FYI, Schiphol CISS also uses this new fixed system for Police choppers.

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