Post your Pumas...

[TonyO]

Haven't done one of these for a while, but I thought we could do another seeing as we are getting into the Autumn.

Post any Puma images you want, whether it a Puma, Super Puma, Cougar, EC225 or EC725 and whether its built in France, Romania the UK or in Indonesia.

Rules are three images per post, but as many images as you want. It would be great if you could provide an explanation as to where and what you have snapped!

So go on...post away!

SA330 Puma of the French Army Air Corps taken at EA-ALAT at Le Luc.

[RickIngham]

Farnborough museum: Love anything Raspberry Ripple and it suits the Puma well...

Westland Puma, XW241 by RickInghamPhotography.co.uk, on Flickr

Ex Chiltern Kite in some nice light for once:

RAF Puma HC1 ZA935 SPTA Ex Chiltern Kite by RickInghamPhotography.co.uk, on Flickr

And brownout Pumas are hard to come by:

RAF Westland Puma HC1 - XW231 - SPTA Brown out by RickInghamPhotography.co.uk, on Flickr

[POD]

A couple more that nobody will like lol.......
Not much grass in these Tony!
Cigli West.




Kev W.

[TonyO]

Great start Rick, and Kev I have so been waiting to see these, fantastic to see the Turkish Cougars you got at Cigli West!

Here's a confined Cat, somewhere out on the Plain!



My favourite type of Puma, the EC725 Caracal at the Le Luc Airshow in 2009



And finally, a Luftwaffe AS332 Cougar of the FBS VIP flight taken at the Berlin ILA show in 2010.

[LN Strike Eagle]

Nothing interesting, just some from Benson...

[Macc]

Is civil allowed?

If so;

Bond AS332 L2 in the hangar at Aberdeen-Dyce

DSC_5338 by Maccphoto.co.uk, on Flickr

Bond EC225 being washed before put to bed for the night at Aberdeen-Dyce

DSC_5389 by Maccphoto.co.uk, on Flickr

A slightly colder CHC Puma, I believe this is an AS332 L2. Also at Aberdeen-Dyce

Old CHC Puma scheme.. by Maccphoto.co.uk, on Flickr

[jingernut]

Pumas by Matthew Hearne, on Flickr


Puma by Matthew Hearne, on Flickr


Puma by Matthew Hearne, on Flickr


EC725 Caracal by Matthew Hearne, on Flickr

[MikeH]

[dazzagreenwood]

3 of mine:

[IanH]

Couple of Greek Supers





And a French oldie....SA330B



Nigh night Ian

[PeteM]

Just before a flight in XW201, RAF Odiham, Feb 1987.


Taken in the exact same spot 24 years later, XW222 at RAF Odihams families day, Aug 2011.

[TonyO]

Three jingernut, three!!!

Some great golden oldies coming out, more please!

[Kevin Martin]

A pair of Bulgarians at Kromovo, Bulgaria in July 2011


BuAF Cougars on the ramp at Kromovo by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

A familiar location to you Tony, French ALAT at Le Luc


Le Luc ALAT Pumas by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr

Swiss at Alpnach, getting ready to go logging in the mountains


Alpnach - Switzerland March 2011 by Kevin Martin 1, on Flickr


Cheers;

Kevin
www.flickr.com/kevinmartin1/sets

[BatmanIX]

A couple of Mexican Air Force EC-725 shots........





.........and an EC-225 of the Chinese Rescue and Salvage Bureau



Cheers,
Paul

[jwarnerxh558]

Heres 3 from me all taken around SPTA....


Puma Confined Landing by jwarnerxh558, on Flickr


Westland Puma HC1 by jwarnerxh558, on Flickr


Westland Puma HC1 by jwarnerxh558, on Flickr

[Epic Formacion]

XW222 - outside the 240 Hangar in 1991.



1563 Flight, Williamson Hangar, Belize 1985

[RoverDriver]

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[stef78]

Caracal Armée de Terre, Valence (France), 2010



Cougar Swiss air force, Alpnach (Switzerland), 2010



Cougar Spanish Army, Gap (France), 2009

[TonyO]

Nice stuff Stephane, really like the Spanish Cougar!

Really wish I got a better angle on this one, easily the rarest Puma I have snapped...Royal Saudi Naval Forces doing a ground run at Marseille.



Swiss Cougar at Meiringen with a lovely backdrop.



and a civvie, an EC225 operated by Bond Offshore on a lovely sunny day in the Granite City!

[Firebird]

Two taken at Leuchars last year

[RobS]

Three new countries. All scanned from slides:
Belgium. The Rijkswacht/Gendarmerie had three classic SA330L Pumas until the early 1990s.


Argentina (Coast Guard). SA330L taken in 1996.


Brazil (Navy). AS532M1 Super Puma in 1996 during a cruise on board the carrier Minas Gerais (former HMS Vengeance).


Rob

[TonyO]

Nice stuff Rob, glad to see you're still posting! The sea in the Brazilian shot looks silky smooth!

[hunterxf382]

I have only one...... a bit old, but then so is the Puma so I have an excuse for this antique

Taken in 1977 at Odiham during my ATC Squadron's summer camp



Sorry no ID on the airframe - and no I'm not telling you which one is me either

[TonyO]

Seriously? C'mon must be loads more Puma shots out there, civvie or military!

[Kip Casper]

Not very good standard but here's a couple from a recent visit to the SAAF museum at Zwartkop.


DSCN1089 by flat cap, on Flickr


DSCN0995 by flat cap, on Flickr