View Full Version : Richard Hammond at the Robbie factory
CYHeli
6th Nov 2012, 22:29
It's a hot August day in Torrance, Calif., south of Los Angeles, and Richard Hammond is having a very good time. He's busy shooting one of the episodes of Season 2 of his BBC America series "Richard Hammond's Crash Course," and he's getting to pitch in on the construction of one of his favorite things: a helicopter.
Link here. (http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/11/m-richard-hammonds-crash-course-you-get-to-go-to-places-you-wouldnt-go-as-a-tourist.html)
"James flies fixed-wing," Hammond says, "so he's very snobby about helicopters. Jeremy doesn't fly anything, so he's sniffy about flying in general. But we were over the east coast in the U.K., and it's a long drive home. I'd flown in, and they'd both driven.
"I dropped James off in London and Jeremy off in his garden. That shut them up. They haven't gone on about it since. They realized, that's it. It's quite useful."
helihub
7th Nov 2012, 05:21
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cameltruck
7th Nov 2012, 09:43
Flown both and can tell you that the 8KCAB Decathlon is definitely much more fun to fly than the R44.
Hmmm, OHAM, OCOK and if Jerremy had one would he call it an OJER?
toptobottom
7th Nov 2012, 10:17
I'd be interested to know where Hammond "dropped James off in London" :confused:
Nige321
7th Nov 2012, 10:47
I'd be interested to know where Hammond "dropped James off in London"
Battersea one would presume, May lives on the other side of the river...
toptobottom
7th Nov 2012, 11:14
I'd be surprised if Hammond was allowed anywhere close to Battersea just yet.. that's my point
N707ZS
7th Nov 2012, 11:14
Jerremy would be G-INOB!
Whirlygig
7th Nov 2012, 12:31
Battersea one would presume,Plenty of places ... London Lydd, London Stansted, London Oxford .... :E
Cheers
Whirls
Bravo73
7th Nov 2012, 12:52
I'd be surprised if Hammond was allowed anywhere close to Battersea just yet.. that's my point
Why not? Plenty of single engined private aircraft operate into and out of Battersea.
And who's to say that Hammond was doing all of the flying on his own...
toptobottom
7th Nov 2012, 13:32
Who indeed.
It's nothing to do with licence or number of engines; Battersea normally demands a higher level of experience that Hammond yet has, that's why I wondered where else he may have 'dropped James off'.
Bravo73
7th Nov 2012, 19:14
Who indeed.
It's nothing to do with licence or number of engines; Battersea normally demands a higher level of experience that Hammond yet has, that's why I wondered where else he may have 'dropped James off'.
You didn't get my point.
He could have been flying with his ex-instructor (who also did Hammond's Battersea sign-off on the flight).
Win, win, win. ;)
toptobottom
7th Nov 2012, 19:26
We may be at risk of being in violent agreement; yes, he could have been with his ex-instructor, or me, or any of the hundreds of the pilots 'approved' to land at EGLW. My original question was 'where did he land', not 'how did he land at Battersea'...
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