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Forum: Rotorheads
25th Oct 2020, 16:08
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Or going back further Whirlwind 10s with no AFCS,...

Or going back further Whirlwind 10s with no AFCS, or trim: Let the stick go and it fell over and the aeroplane followed it. Even further back the Sycamore with no AFCS, no hydraulics and controls...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Sep 2020, 18:01
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Every ILS I have flown all around the World have...

Every ILS I have flown all around the World have had thousands of feet of concrete behind them to allow you to stop. Why make things difficult by slowing down on the approach.

The faster you come...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Mar 2016, 21:24
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

So a 332L2 coming out of cloud with 125 knots at...

So a 332L2 coming out of cloud with 125 knots at MDA wouldn't be able to stop with ground distance plus 3.781ft. of concrete.

There is a different feel at 120 compared with 80. I used to open my...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Mar 2016, 13:52
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Why an ILS at 80 knots. It's a hangover from the...

Why an ILS at 80 knots. It's a hangover from the days when a VNE of 90-95 knots was the norm. On every ILS there is at least 6,000 ft. of concrete at the other end so what is there to slow up for....
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Jan 2014, 11:16
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Sorry SASless. Doesn't exist any more. It's now...

Sorry SASless. Doesn't exist any more. It's now a Thai restuarant or something like that.
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Jan 2014, 18:48
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

What drilling industry?

What drilling industry?
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Nov 2013, 19:20
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Who taught them automation dependency?

Who taught them automation dependency?
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Nov 2013, 19:54
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

So right Sasless. In my decades of flying with...

So right Sasless. In my decades of flying with hundreds of pilots of different nationalities and enthnic origins I have found out that there are:--

Pilots who love flying and you cannot keep them...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Nov 2013, 08:46
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

It doesn't matter whether helicopters are being...

It doesn't matter whether helicopters are being flown by the military or civilians. They both make the same sort of noise if they hit something.
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Nov 2013, 13:13
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Why slow down from the initial approach speed st...

Why slow down from the initial approach speed st all? Any precision approach is going to have acres of concrete at the bottom which will give you plenty of space to slow down. Going slowly at DH...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Sep 2013, 10:50
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

No; it was signed for.

No; it was signed for.
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Sep 2013, 19:37
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Years ago I was sent off to a platform under...

Years ago I was sent off to a platform under construction to change over the evening shift. The wind was northerly and the accommodation barge was on the eastern side which made it a LHS landing. ...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Sep 2013, 20:37
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Even more interesting when your co-pilot does not...

Even more interesting when your co-pilot does not understand English and you have an interpreter in the jump seat. One of the principles of training is that when he is projecting you all to certain...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Sep 2013, 09:05
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

I know; we used to undertake you.

I know; we used to undertake you.
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Sep 2013, 18:10
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

We did the same with Pumas, everywhere, anytime.

We did the same with Pumas, everywhere, anytime.
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Sep 2013, 19:17
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Ideally we would have separate routes and...

Ideally we would have separate routes and separate approach patterns for helicopters. They then could use their attributes and their unique equipment. However at the moment we use fixed wing...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Sep 2013, 09:35
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Thousands of fixed wing pilots seem to manage...

Thousands of fixed wing pilots seem to manage this without coming to the hover, You may well be flying a helicopter but the approach is designed and certified for a fixed wing aircraft. Why make...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Sep 2013, 09:38
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

We had these autopilot/manual flying arguments...

We had these autopilot/manual flying arguments when I was monitoring coupled ILS approaches fifty years ago. One of the discussions in the BLEU at the time was the potential damage to the runway...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Sep 2013, 11:55
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Sorry; not all Australia. North and Central...

Sorry; not all Australia. North and Central America, Europe, North Africa, Persian Gulf, the Indian sub continent, Malaysia, China, Australia and the South Pacific.

Plus eighteen years in the...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Sep 2013, 09:07
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

I was told a story, fictitious, before anybody...

I was told a story, fictitious, before anybody starts jumping up and down, about some NS pilots made redundant during the collapse in the eighties.

They were offered a job building a wall around...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Sep 2013, 13:37
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

DOUBLE BOGIE Who is going to PAY for all...

DOUBLE BOGIE

Who is going to PAY for all that kit when they just want to send a couple of blokes up and down a river two or three times a day.
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Sep 2013, 09:06
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Outside the oil industry, gulliBell is probably...

Outside the oil industry, gulliBell is probably describing the life of half the world's helicopter pilots.
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Sep 2013, 19:14
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Company checklists are basically copies of the...

Company checklists are basically copies of the Flight Manual because when the company takes delivery of a new type that is all they have to work on. The manufacturer writes them to cover itself and...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Sep 2013, 20:03
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

At lunchtime today the BBC were promising a...

At lunchtime today the BBC were promising a statement from the Scottish Parliament about the Sumburgh incident. The day has passed, has anybody heard anything?
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Sep 2013, 18:37
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Last week I posted that in China the aircraft had...

Last week I posted that in China the aircraft had a facility to jettison the main door from the cockpit. When I flew the 332 in Aberdeen I do not remember a cabin door jettison being in the...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Sep 2013, 20:40
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

In 1978 Royal Air Force Puma HC1 XW 205 had a...

In 1978 Royal Air Force Puma HC1 XW 205 had a starboard main door detach in flight. The door flew into the main and tail rotor damaging the main blades and breaking three of the tail rotor blades. ...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Sep 2013, 20:33
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

The Chinese registered 332L1s I flew had their...

The Chinese registered 332L1s I flew had their respective main door jettison handles behind each pilot as well as the ones in the cabin. The SOP after ditching was to check that the rotor had...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Aug 2013, 12:43
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

jimf671 You've obviously never flown out...

jimf671


You've obviously never flown out of Karratha, or Broome, or Truscott; and 85kgs Asians are getting quite common now.
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Aug 2013, 07:48
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

Don't blame the aircraft for being stuffy and...

Don't blame the aircraft for being stuffy and claustrophobic in the back; blame the kit you have to wear. In countries were the sea is always above 25 degrees tee shirts and trainers are the rig and...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Aug 2013, 19:36
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

In my experience the position of needles on an...

In my experience the position of needles on an instrument doesn't really matter. I operated on a fleet that had a mixture of imperial and metric flight instrumentation. The instruments had...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Aug 2013, 09:10
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

They have to do something to counter their...

They have to do something to counter their falling circulations.
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Aug 2013, 15:50
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

airway45. One thing that intrigues me is how do...

airway45. One thing that intrigues me is how do the Norwegian operators ensure that replacement shafts where the oil pump extensions are going to fail are not fitted to Norwegian registered....
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Aug 2013, 20:10
Replies: 2,609
Views: 876,830
Posted By Fareastdriver

jimf671. The doors on all Pumas are the result of...

jimf671. The doors on all Pumas are the result of the original French Army requirement that the Puma would be low enough to go into a Transall and narrow enough to be transported on a French railway...
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