Helicopter Operator

[delta whisky]

Heard a buzz that one company down south might be in trouble, anyone heard that or is it just the jungle drums gettin it wrong again!

[The Nr Fairy]

There's lots of companies down south. You'll have to be a bit more precise.

[g-mady]

There's lots of companies in trouble. You'll have to be a bit more precise.

[handbag]

why don't you try being a bit more precise.

[fijdor]

There is a lot of companies down south in trouble, it is a jungle out there, you'll have to be a bit more precise

[Tru North]

Another vague news alert.....

[Whirlygig]

Depends on your definition of "South" - You'll have to be a bit more precise.

Cheers

Whirls

[misterbonkers]

True, Grid or Magnetic South?

Are we talking temperate latitudes?

How about a game of Hangman to determine the company name?

I'll start by asking if it's got an 'H' in it...

[Whirlygig]

Um ... draw a line from The Wash to The Severn and anything above that line is North ergo, anything below that line (including Suffolk) is South.

So, if a Suffolk writer states "Down South", then I shall infer that the location of said operator is South of Suffolk - any help?

Cheers

Whirls

[hueyracer]

There still is a company in the North running very well.....(i hear)...

[vfr440]

Does Surrey count as South? (In which case I have a definite interest:rolleyes:)

If it isn't Surrey then I'm not bovvered :ok:
VFR

[vfr440]

Then again, maybe I'm being too specific? Well, I try ........... and usually singularly fail!
VFR

[widgeon]

Generic rumour.
A ( company,pilot,manufacturer,FBO) in ( England , south of Watford , east of Eden , USA .ASIA , Former Soviet union ) has ( sacked , embezelled , screwed,) all of it's ( employees , customers , shareholders, passengers) . ( Log books , financial records,LP records , porn collection) have been seized by the (CAA , FAA , CIA )
Delete as applicable.

[g-mady]

Here we go again!

MADY

[Whirlygig]

Does Surrey count as South?Most definitely ... even by Suffolk standards. :E

Cheers

Whirls

[407 too]

drums got it right, but the skin was too tight on the left one, so it sounded wrong

[TRC]

I'm in the South West.

Should I be 'worried' or just 'mildly concerned'?

We should be told.

[ShyTorque]

We're talking southern hemisphere, right?

[TRC]

We're talking southern hemisphere, right?

I hope so, cos I'm in the Southwestern Hemisphere, so I'll be un-affected.

PHEW

[What Limits]

Is this Jet Blast?

There is a lot to the south of me and also a lot to the north.

[newfieboy]

Yep

Quite alot to the North of me, hell of a lot to the South, tommorrow ferrying 500nm South, so be a little more North of me and not quite so much South........am I then in the South? or still the North?...now I'm confused....:ugh:

[Whirlygig]

Is this Jet Blast?Yup; in the absence of more info ....

Clowns to the north of me, jokers to the south :}

OMAIsqvTh7g

Cheers

Whirls

[John Eacott]

By my reckoning, you're all South of me and should therefore all be Very Worried :p

http://www.mapcenter.com/addon_pics/hema_wor_up_01.jpg

[g-mady]

Thanks heavens we didn't introduce an East West componenet! That maps not even centered on the Greenwich meridien :}

MADY

[Hilife]

Following on from EoR’s (You donkey - Sorry Earl, just couldn’t resist that one :E) lateral thinking.........

How about;

Buzz - Rumour - Second Hand News - Fleetwood Mac :ok: – Hampshire, or Surrey airfield even.........Yes/No?

I’m afraid DW, you'll have to be a bit more precise?

[F.A.TAlbert]

Hilife: Verrry good lol!:} :D

[robin]

Oh dear I am down South and am in trouble with Mrs 500. Then again I am always in trouble on that front

[Flap 5]

Elstree is north of London. London being the centre of the universe for the BBC.

[jayteeto]

I'm from Newcastle and I think Middlesborough is down south.......

[TRC]

Well, I must say that I don't care any more.

According to the World map based on Eacott's Projection - I now live in the Far East .......

[PlasticCabDriver]

I used to have plenty on top, but it's now going South very quickly. Not sure if I'm in trouble yet though.

[EESDL]

Not going 'down South' again - haven't got enough toothpaste!

[whodictus]

I should think there is a lot of operators tightening their belts at the moment is it a solo company or part of a bigger set up

[carsickpuppy]

Geography, etymology,Old High German -- fascinating

Unfortunately drums in my part of the South (I think) jungle not corrected for magnetic declination, message came through garbled. Good thing there's PPRuNe :8

[Walking Ballast]

Then there is the next issue I guess......from where I am, if I keep going north, eventually, I have no choice but to go south!

The other issue I need to broach, is the afore mentioned misadventures of said helicopter company, just misguided, or are they from going in the wrong direction, perhaps they have just lost their way, or maybe, just maybe the business really isn't DOWN south, just GOING south……..:hmm:

OK, I think I hear mother calling………

[407 too]

well, if the company is going south, the books must be in RED ink, therefore Russian, and according to Johns map, it truly is a southern company.

[Sanus]

After closely studying this thread (with a bottle of Bells for added mental clarity) I deduce we are looking for a Norwegian Dwarf who is having problems with his drums in the jungles near Fleet. After consulting my 'not-upside-down-map' I see that there are only two jungles near Fleet:

The jungle of Black Bushes or the jungle of Fair Oaks.

If we're to help the little fella and his percussion instrument we need to know which jungle to look for.

DW - can you be more precise?

[ExMAGE]

Any more buzzing or is this event all over now? The jungle drums seem to be quiet now, have they gone quiet or been silenced?

I was still trying to work out who and where, bit like cluedo.

EM

[vfr440]

Personally I think it is the trees lot rather than the bushes. Pretty dire down there at the moment, so I hear ~ VFR

[inditrees]

Er, You rang My Lord?;)

[vfr440]

:DTouche, sir! (Thats with the accent but I can't get Mr Gates to give me editing facilities, so you'll have to have a vivid imagination) - VFR