Gunship

BlenderPilot

Here's the pic.

Gunship

Ok guys I know you guys are used to this beauty but I got a massive hard - on when I eventually heard and saw a Chinook. 10 Sept 2000 at Cockerill Military Base.
You might remember Ops Barras where rebels (West Side Boys) took 11 British (Irish) Soldiers captive when they went off the "normal route".




South Africa's pride ; The Rooivalk. Close sources told me if it was not for American pressure - the British would have taken the Rooivalk. This is from a Pilot's viewpoint .. and this is a rumour network



Bokkie is a very old Mi-8 that is argably THE helicopter that won the war against rebels in Sierra Leone. She was THE helicopter / Gunship / Transporter that did it all before the Mi-24's. The Name BOKKIE (antelope) was given to her by a very good friend Chris Louw who died of cancer a few years ago. Even after 5 years in the African sun, stripped and faded - the red words still stands out - have a look when you visit Lungi International next time ... oh and a salute to her will be in order
PS: Left rear is defunct "Diamond Airlines" Mi-8

BlenderPilot

Barannfin

........ Oook and item 15 on the checklist is drain the fuel... what the??! I've never seen so much water in a sample!....

nice pic

DIVINE WIND

GUNSHIP
I saw some good footage of your machine on Aussie T.V. back in August 2000. Did you ever get to see it?
go to
www.abc.net.au/foreign/stories

should be dated 29/8/2000

BlenderPilot

I'm unrelated to this one picture but I think its pretty cool so here, you can even see the dart in the midair!

Heliport

Some wonderful pics.
Keep 'em coming guys.

Heliport

Genghis the Engineer

Not recent, and I wasn't actually there working on Helicopters - I was trying to arrange a satellite launch that never happened. But, this was taken roundabout the end of the cold war somewhere rather East of Moscow.

G

Sultan Ismail

Victoria Falls, Zambia-Zimbabwe

Victoria Falls, with the statue of Dr. David Livingstone in the foreground on the Zimbabwe side
On the other side is Zambia with the 5 Star Royal Livingstone Hotel
The bridge can just be seen on the right.



Dauphin landing at Bukit Lanjan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Genghis the Engineer

Not one of ours...



(I'm afraid that my slide scanner can't really cope with quite so many shades of off-white so doesn't do the picture justice).

G

Thomas coupling

Is that the Tupolov equivalent of the Virgin Concorde???

Scrapped since the Paris air show 1988???

IHL

NASA is or was leasing a Concordski (TU-144) and using it for research.

verticalflight

Agusta-Bell 212 ASW before taking off for a rendezvous with frigate - Venezuelan Navy
Puerto Cabello - Venezuela

Nice kit - limited on power in hot humid days though.

Heliport

Wonderful collection building up.

BlenderPilot

Thomas coupling

Perhaps they should have parking restriction signs pointing skywards, too!!

Heliport

MD902 Explorer has replaced the AS365 Dauphin at London Air Ambulance.
The Dauphin flew over 5,000 hours and some 37,500 take offs and landings. It will spend a sunny retirement in the Caribbean as VIP and tourist transport.

The £4.2 million twin engined Explorer will be based at The Royal London Hospital's rooftop helipad. Sponsored by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin HEMS will be used to transport and treat severely injured patients on around 1,000 missions a year.

vorticey

Steve76

Thanks for the memories Vort!
Good to see FAU is still going strong.
Fly Safe