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Forum: Rotorheads

31st Mar 2014, 12:56

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Where does the UK/JAR "twin only" mentality come from?

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Posted By Art of flight

Nail on the head... "Cannot you (plural...

Nail on the head...

"Cannot you (plural usage) just admit that you folks see things differently for different reasons? We are all creatures of our environment and we on this side of the Atlantic...

Forum: Rotorheads

27th Mar 2014, 13:09

Replies: 269

Where does the UK/JAR "twin only" mentality come from?

Views: 53,724

Posted By Art of flight

Sometimes there's plenty of everything, 2...

Sometimes there's plenty of everything, 2 engines, 2 pilots, and still we revisit these pages every few months, attracted by the latest tragic puzzle.
We hope to learn from the unfolding situation,...

Forum: Rotorheads

27th Mar 2014, 11:43

Replies: 269

Where does the UK/JAR "twin only" mentality come from?

Views: 53,724

Posted By Art of flight

yeh, 3 engines in a helicopter? some sort of...

yeh, 3 engines in a helicopter? some sort of magic? The RAF ones were so expensive to operate, that they had to 'hire' in part time soldiers in gazelles to fly the crew round their night recces! Doh!...

Forum: Rotorheads

25th Mar 2014, 18:16

Replies: 269

Where does the UK/JAR "twin only" mentality come from?

Views: 53,724

Posted By Art of flight

Got a couple of hours on '917 just trying to sort...

Got a couple of hours on '917 just trying to sort out an intermittent vibe, think it turned out to be the (badly fitted) LH armoured seat touching the centre console! gave the engineers plenty of...

Forum: Rotorheads

25th Mar 2014, 11:38

Replies: 269

Where does the UK/JAR "twin only" mentality come from?

Views: 53,724

Posted By Art of flight

Just to further highlight the extremes, when our...

Just to further highlight the extremes, when our Sqn was re-equipped with Mk9 Lynx from 7s we attended a differences course at Middle Wallop (skids to wheels being the main difference!) which...

Forum: Rotorheads

25th Mar 2014, 09:42

Replies: 269

Where does the UK/JAR "twin only" mentality come from?

Views: 53,724

Posted By Art of flight

Some good points in the last few posts. My path...

Some good points in the last few posts. My path from the military (after 3000+ Lynx 1/5/7/9) was a 6 1/2 hour R22 type rating for licence issue. Quite a sobering but rewarding experience after the...

Forum: Rotorheads

22nd Mar 2014, 10:37

Replies: 269

Where does the UK/JAR "twin only" mentality come from?

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Posted By Art of flight

Without looking at the data, I'd say very few of...

Without looking at the data, I'd say very few of either were lost due to engine problems. They were both operated in very demanding roles which would up the ratio of CFIT to a level that made...

Forum: Rotorheads

19th Mar 2014, 13:29

Replies: 269

Where does the UK/JAR "twin only" mentality come from?

Views: 53,724

Posted By Art of flight

Looks like a document written by a paid Bell...

Looks like a document written by a paid Bell employee to tell the industry how much safer they'd be flying in a (Bell)206 than anything else. Does have some pertinent bits though. The Tree incident...

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