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williamair
6th Jan 2015, 10:01
I am off in my R44 on a trip to Russia and Belarus in May. Anyone else fancy the trip - it will be two weeks long. My friend Sam Rutherford is helping with the organisation.
Brilliant Stuff
7th Jan 2015, 12:38
Have a fab trip.:ok::ok:
Thomas coupling
8th Jan 2015, 10:47
Why are you going there?
nigelh
8th Jan 2015, 12:38
I would love to do the trip .... But in a helicopter.
Thomas coupling
8th Jan 2015, 13:50
:D:}:D:yuk::D
****** (s).
Fair dinkum, when will you idiots stop playing with yourselves ?
The man is off on a great adventure, in (sorry to say) the number one selling machine on the planet.
:ugh:
So sorry for you who take away from others.
Arrrj
Um... lifting...
8th Jan 2015, 14:57
in (sorry to say) the number one selling machine on the planet.
He's taking a Toyota Corolla?
Two weeks might work. I went the other direction (and a bit further, and a bit further south) in a medium twin a few years back in about 5 days.
Regardless of how well the planning is done, expect bureaucratic or logistical delays en route. They will very likely happen, and more of them the further east you get.
Sam Rutherford
8th Jan 2015, 15:53
Ah, unless you have the right friends in the right places - and when they're flying R44 and R66 in Russia - then they do have (or are) those friends!
That being said, there's always time lost at airports, anywhere...
Fly safe, have fun! Sam.
md 600 driver
8th Jan 2015, 16:27
why not go, hope you have fun,
i flew the gazelle to moscow 2 years ago and poland last year great fun
steve
SuperF
8th Jan 2015, 19:06
Um... Lifting, if its the number one selling then wouldn't it be the Ford F150?
GoodGrief
8th Jan 2015, 19:40
...if its the number one selling then wouldn't it be the Ford F150?
Yeah, and they are rubbish, too...:}:E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJZ0OZvji0Y
md 600 driver
8th Jan 2015, 20:52
Shame if you was going in August you could stop at Poland for the world helicopter championships
SuperF
8th Jan 2015, 20:55
lol, yep, although that looked like a pretty crap RHD conversion. I've seen some very nice RHD conversions that put that one to shame.
Also i think it was built for slightly larger roads...
sorry for the thread drift, have fun in Russia, but i would suggest staying away from the Ukraine, or Crimea....
Um... lifting...
9th Jan 2015, 09:20
Um... Lifting, if its the number one selling then wouldn't it be the Ford F150?
That's what I had thought, but when I looked it up it appeared not to be the case. 40M Corollas v. about 34M F-150s. Once you get up around 20M vehicles, pretty soon you're talking real money.
williamair
22nd Jan 2015, 08:30
If anyone is interested in flying to Russia in may we have a lunch on 10 Feb in brussels to go through the trip. Please drop me or the organised Sam an email at
[email protected] or
[email protected] if you want details.
Sam Rutherford
29th Jan 2015, 11:48
And Nigel is looking for someone to share a helicopter (R44) and costs for the Russian trip.
Safe flights, Sam.
Helidogger
16th Sep 2015, 17:01
Why didn't you go in 2012 with the Helicopter Club?
Sam Rutherford
17th Sep 2015, 07:10
Hi,
The 2012 event was to enter as a team in the World Championships - our trip was a private one (no competition involved). As much about the destination as the flying.
Cheers, Sam.
md 600 driver
18th Sep 2015, 17:27
sam
you could have gone a few spectators flew to the event i did
steve
Sam Rutherford
19th Sep 2015, 07:07
We wanted to do something different to the World Championships plan - but perhaps more usefully 2012 was 3 years ago. Waiting for the next World Champs to be held in Russia could be a really, really long wait!
Cheers, Sam.