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Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Sep 2020, 20:15
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

I'm not trying to tell you about search fatigue -...

I'm not trying to tell you about search fatigue - I'm merely pointing it out seeing as you had forgotten to mention it! As it happens, I did make it to the last line of your previous post, but it...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Aug 2020, 22:07
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

How can you claim that without ever trying it? ...

How can you claim that without ever trying it? What none of the old guard have admitted is how tired (and bored) human eyes and brains get during a search, especially over large tracts of water. ...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Mar 2013, 22:49
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

Gotta have something to rearrange on the decks of...

Gotta have something to rearrange on the decks of that steamship...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Feb 2013, 21:55
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

Is that like NVD? Your hook needs to...

Is that like NVD?



Your hook needs to be better baited than that! Out by a factor of 3!
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Dec 2012, 21:38
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

Eh?? Outside our tiny forum, hardly anyone cares...

Eh?? Outside our tiny forum, hardly anyone cares about SAR. 90% of the population have never even seen a SAR helicopter, let alone needed to be rescued by one. Of all the problems facing the...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Dec 2012, 13:56
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

There once was a pilot called Crab, Who thought...

There once was a pilot called Crab,
Who thought his CRM was fab.
He kept on moaning
About radar homings
But the MOD scrapped his old cab.

Sorry, I'm fully booked over the festive period but...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Nov 2012, 12:20
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

VSF, All valid points - no doubt 20 years...

VSF,

All valid points - no doubt 20 years ago people were saying "You can't close Leuchars, what if Lossie are on a job, Prestwick are U/S and Boulmer are training in the Lakes?" yet we seem to...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Oct 2012, 16:13
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

That website is well known to be utter tripe! ...

That website is well known to be utter tripe!



Who is he now?;)
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Oct 2012, 19:15
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

Good point - except that a brand new RadOp or...

Good point - except that a brand new RadOp or Winchman will be crewed with a much more experienced Winchman or RadOp while the new guy is Limited Combat Ready (RAF practice - no doubt the RN do...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Jun 2012, 13:56
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

...which must be about 4 times as much as Navy...

...which must be about 4 times as much as Navy guys and gals at Culdrose are getting. Studes at 771 currently taking well over a year to get through conversion...whose stats did you want to...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th May 2012, 20:43
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

Ah yes, those inept RAF crews stupidly trying to...

Ah yes, those inept RAF crews stupidly trying to carry out a rescue in tricky conditions in the hills. Of course, the only time that a Navy crew managed to hit the blades on the sandfilter was during...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Apr 2012, 11:22
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

Interesting article - sadly for the author, time...

Interesting article - sadly for the author, time is running out!

Don't like the title of the third chapter though...brings back unhappy memories...:sad:
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Apr 2012, 11:24
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

Geoffers, All valid points. Unfortunately...

Geoffers,

All valid points. Unfortunately for Epifanny, his statement was so sweeping and so damning - without any hint of understanding that other people might be able to achieve safely what he...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Apr 2012, 09:17
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

Ah yes, welcome back Epiphany. Your last...

Ah yes, welcome back Epiphany. Your last contribution on this thread was:



Funny how it all went quiet from you right after you made a prat of yourself last time...would it be worth learning...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Feb 2012, 14:10
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

Perhaps - but they clearly don't do it very well...

Perhaps - but they clearly don't do it very well if they are unable or unwilling to fly in thick fog.



Things have clearly changed somewhat since those long-ago days. Did you know that we...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Feb 2012, 13:13
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

Please elaborate. I'm sure we'd all be fascinated...

Please elaborate. I'm sure we'd all be fascinated to find out why this is so wrong, seeing as SAR crews have been doing it without a problem for decades. Maybe you could also write to OC 2 Group and...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Feb 2012, 10:28
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

Er, you don't know much about SAR, do you? Or...

Er, you don't know much about SAR, do you? Or are you just being a twunt?
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Jan 2012, 22:17
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

...whereas the MOD view SAR as an anachronism...:p

...whereas the MOD view SAR as an anachronism...:p
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Jan 2012, 11:27
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

...using super-annuated Pumas, presumably?:eek:

...using super-annuated Pumas, presumably?:eek:
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Nov 2011, 14:47
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

...or they didn't have an aircraft, or there was...

...or they didn't have an aircraft, or there was only one job but it was beyond the range of a Mk 5.

I'm well aware that this doesn't happen often, but my original point stands that there seems...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Nov 2011, 22:43
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

I'd be surprised if this happened...why move the...

I'd be surprised if this happened...why move the aircraft further from the open ocean and closer to Chivenor? Surely one of the benefits of the new order will be to remove the current crazy situation...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Nov 2011, 20:48
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

About a week too late then...oh dear!

About a week too late then...oh dear!
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Oct 2011, 20:12
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

Be careful what you (don't) wish for!

Be careful what you (don't) wish for!
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Jul 2011, 19:31
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

50% sounds rather unlikely (and anyway, it's...

50% sounds rather unlikely (and anyway, it's 'machines' not 'machine'!). Crab might be able to provide more information?
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2011, 13:29
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,117
Posted By TorqueOfTheDevil

Now come on, don't be a dunderhead! Bring...

Now come on, don't be a dunderhead!

Bring back both Sea Kings from the FI...use these aircraft at one of the bases vacated by the S-92s...that means you only need to drag two Sea Kings out of...
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