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Forum: Rotorheads
1st Apr 2014, 21:02
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

TR, Find a place where I said the UK had a...

TR,

Find a place where I said the UK had a monopoly on bad judgement?

In fact, if you look back, I have said exactly the opposite.

What I have said is trying to use "Legislation" as a cure...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Apr 2014, 12:50
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

I should think the Challenger should feel...

I should think the Challenger should feel comfortable bringing forth the Data to support the challenge.

Have I not given ample anecdotal evidence to support my claim by referencing four examples...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Apr 2014, 12:07
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Mars, What was the UK Accident Rates? Care...

Mars,

What was the UK Accident Rates? Care to compare them to the US Rates for us?

In the past this same argument took place and it was found that the rates were not all that different.

Of...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Mar 2014, 14:21
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Shy, The Accident stats for the UK and USA...

Shy,

The Accident stats for the UK and USA are not much dis-similar.

How do you account for that similarity?

As it is not the Rules and the Aircraft themselves are the same then it has to...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Mar 2014, 13:34
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

So one legislates in reaction to bad judgement? ...

So one legislates in reaction to bad judgement?

That is the Nanny State defined!
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Mar 2014, 12:28
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

DB, There is a great difference between...

DB,

There is a great difference between pointing out reality, the law, regulations, and the like, rather than "endorsing", "favoring", or "advocating".

Read back and see where I did any thing...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Mar 2014, 02:31
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Grumpy, The US Army has flown unstabliized...

Grumpy,

The US Army has flown unstabliized Bell 47's, Jet Rangers and Hueys IMC/IFR for many decades.

Nine posts prior to yours I commented on that.

So you either did not catch up on what...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Mar 2014, 21:55
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Accident Reports for Caravans. They do not...

Accident Reports for Caravans.

They do not like Ice or running into Mountains, Airplanes, or IMC weather with Non-IF capable pilots.

Caravan Cessna 208 NTSB Reports...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Mar 2014, 18:02
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

JimL, perhaps that vague mention of States may...

JimL, perhaps that vague mention of States may have suggested the UK to me. But if the UK does not require anything beyond that of the USA then I shall gladly stand corrected.

Does the CAA, for...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Mar 2014, 11:28
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

All those years of US Army UH-1's flying all over...

All those years of US Army UH-1's flying all over Germany IFR and other places. Fort Rucker, the Army Aviation School, hosts whole fleets of UH-1's and TH-57's (Bell 206's) that were dedicated to...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Mar 2014, 22:08
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Why can you not fly IFR in a Single Engine...

Why can you not fly IFR in a Single Engine Helicopter?

Single Engine Airplanes do it all the time.

With the advent of reliable Turbine Engines even the FAA allows Part 135 Air Taxi Operators to...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Mar 2014, 12:44
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

US Navy Mine Sweeping CH-53E's do a pretty good...

US Navy Mine Sweeping CH-53E's do a pretty good job of that all by themselves I hear. Something about the center engine exhaust starting fires.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Mar 2014, 15:45
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Where have the "Yanks" tried to convince you of...

Where have the "Yanks" tried to convince you of that Old Man?
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2014, 22:51
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

They all had two engines didn't they. That...

They all had two engines didn't they.

That is a fact.

That they all flew into the water, ground, building, or crane is a fact too. Less the one that had the catastrophic MGB failure.

The...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2014, 21:11
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Perhaps you might tell the FAA. They still...

Perhaps you might tell the FAA.

They still show the aircraft being registered to the NYPD.

Now it would appear all is not completely Lilacs and Rosewater in the UK with all the fatal accidents...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2014, 19:12
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Budget, Federal Money LOTS of Federal Money, and...

Budget, Federal Money LOTS of Federal Money, and a willingness to spend it.

They also have Agusta 119's you know.....N318PD being one of them.

Last time I checked that was a single engine...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2014, 18:26
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Sid, anyone knows the probability remains the...

Sid, anyone knows the probability remains the same in your example.

Either you will get a Puncture or you will not. 50/50 old boy.

Now the better question is whether the Authority would allow...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2014, 14:21
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Sid, I am not from the UK and certainly do...

Sid,

I am not from the UK and certainly do not understand the way you folks think about helicopter aviation from what I have read here over the years.

The thing that really bugs me is when...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2014, 13:14
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Sid, I have not taken any position re...

Sid,



I have not taken any position re Twins or Singles.

I informed you of the US FAA Regulations.

The Thread is about the UK Twin Mentality.
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2014, 12:36
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

How in the Hell would I know Sid? What does...

How in the Hell would I know Sid?

What does it matter?

They are but one Police Department.

LAPD has a fleet of Singles.

LASO has some Twins.
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2014, 12:29
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Police Ops in the USA are not Public Transport. ...

Police Ops in the USA are not Public Transport.

The FAA classifies them as "Public Use" and do not regulate those Operations.

Part 135 which covers "Air Taxi Operations" also does not require...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2014, 02:17
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Nanny States do. The USA doesn't. ...

Nanny States do.

The USA doesn't.

Singles are quite welcome here.

How about Record Setting Flights?
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Mar 2014, 14:30
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

Being "intuitively wrong" seems commonplace here....

Being "intuitively wrong" seems commonplace here.

An example is the difference in Crash Stats for the North Sea Sectors as it would appear the most bellicose of the participants have the worst...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Mar 2014, 14:35
Replies: 269
Views: 53,724
Posted By Boudreaux Bob

TR, The same Twin-Pac still flies today in...

TR,

The same Twin-Pac still flies today in the Bell 212/412 products as well as in the S-76B, and the remaining S-58T's that are still flogging it today.

The concept is the same, the...
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