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TF-SIF is a monitoring and rescue aircraft owned by the Icelandic Coast Guard, a Dash-8-Q300.[1] The plane came to Iceland on 1st July 2009, the 83rd anniversary of the Coast Guard.[2]
It is equipped with a Elta EL/M – 2022 (V) 3 maritime search radar. The antenna is installed in a dome underneath the centre of the fuselage. It also has a L-3 Wescam MX-15 providing a 1080p HD camera and Enhanced Local Area Processing (ELAP) to deliver stabilised day and night imagery.
This plane normally takes 14 passengers, but the Coast Guard normally use two pilots and a mission crew of two operators plus two observers.
TF-SIF can also refer to a helicopter TF-SIF, operated by the Icelandic Coast Guard from 1984 to 2007.[3]
Current role
[edit]During 2010 it is being used for surveillance of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption by scientists.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "American Pilot Missing in Iceland". Iceland Review. 12 February 2008.
- ^ "Coast Guard acquires new airplane". IceNews. 6 July 2009.
- ^ Robertson, Bruce (1967), Aircraft markings of the world, 1912-1967, Harleyford, p. 47
- ^ "Volcanic Crater in Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull Expands". Iceland Review. 27 April 2010.
Sources
[edit]- Eftirlitsflugvél - TF-SIF. Landhelgisgæsla Íslands. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- TF-SIF Brochure. Landhelgisgæsla Íslands. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
External links
[edit]- Icelandic Coast Guard official site (in English)