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Forum: Rotorheads
25th Apr 2017, 09:14
Replies: 2,047
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Posted By Al-bert

Seconded :ok:

Seconded :ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Apr 2017, 07:31
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

Careful DB, you're beginning to sound like me...

Careful DB, you're beginning to sound like me :=:ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Apr 2017, 21:23
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

:ok: me too punto! I saw the mess a CH53...

:ok: me too punto!

I saw the mess a CH53 could make losing a drag damper at around 3500ft, it lost one blade and was descending ok until it lost the second around 1500' :eek:
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Apr 2017, 21:06
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

I'm staying out of this one! :oh:

I'm staying out of this one! :oh:
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Apr 2017, 20:32
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

Have you operated an RAF Sea King with full NVG...

Have you operated an RAF Sea King with full NVG fit Louis? There didn't seem to be much SA for this poor crew. You are right, I have never operated an S92 nor do I wish to but in 22 years of SAR I...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Apr 2017, 19:58
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

I don't know what photos Senor but I believe the...

I don't know what photos Senor but I believe the front enders were ex S61 - totally different beast to the Sea King which had a Search Radar as well as several other more advanced features including...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Apr 2017, 19:18
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

Exactly Llamaman - the 'kit' has become vastly...

Exactly Llamaman - the 'kit' has become vastly more complex yet training hours are reduced and, the task remains the same. Has there ever been a job that this new kit has made possible compared to...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Apr 2017, 06:36
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

Hi SAS, I'm waiting for a reply to this one too!...

Hi SAS, I'm waiting for a reply to this one too! :hmm:
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Apr 2017, 17:28
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

Sorry SAS - I don't understand your post - yes...

Sorry SAS - I don't understand your post - yes times change, in this unfortunate crew's case for the worse. Over complication of navaids in an overworked cockpit, a procedure mistakenly flown because...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Apr 2017, 11:23
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

Sorry John, I should have said RAF Sea King. All...

Sorry John, I should have said RAF Sea King. All our procedures were post 1978 - lessons clearly had been learned.
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Apr 2017, 10:39
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

Sorry to all you current guys who love the...

Sorry to all you current guys who love the complexity of all the Gucci modes, bells and whistles that the S-92 enjoys, and you guys well versed in procedures and plates for everything. All those...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Apr 2017, 23:24
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

I'm sorry Llamaman, that wasn't clear to me. I...

I'm sorry Llamaman, that wasn't clear to me. I assumed the second sentence was linked to the first - for a long time the status quo etc! My bad, as magenta kids no doubt say :ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Apr 2017, 22:49
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

Lamaman WRONG! Back in the not so distant...

Lamaman

WRONG! Back in the not so distant past UK RCC Controllers were all aviators, of one brevet or another and sometimes with RAF MRT experience too.
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Apr 2017, 17:16
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

GKaplan what's wrong with 'CHECK HEIGHT'...

GKaplan

what's wrong with 'CHECK HEIGHT' 'CHECK HEIGHT' for radalt bug? Always grabbed my attention!
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2017, 22:41
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

And being raw radar on the Mk 3 it had Admiralty...

And being raw radar on the Mk 3 it had Admiralty Charts (including lighthouse characters and elevation) or OS maps overlaid as required.
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2017, 22:30
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

The blind arc was 14 deg either side of dead...

The blind arc was 14 deg either side of dead ahead. It was SOP to regularly 'clear the blind arc' by a brief turn left or right (depending on drift) under the direction of the radar operator. This...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2017, 22:03
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

Exactly Crab!

Exactly Crab!
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2017, 20:12
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

and 'children of the magenta' deride the Sea King...

and 'children of the magenta' deride the Sea King blind arc! :=
Maybe a 'clear blind arc left' might have helped in this case? :(
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2017, 15:07
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

Bayerische He was commandant of the Air...

Bayerische
He was commandant of the Air Corps SAR when I knew him 87-99 ish
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2017, 14:44
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

:ok: Thank you Coyote and Skadi!

:ok: Thank you Coyote and Skadi!
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2017, 12:28
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

Automation designed to ease the workload of...

Automation designed to ease the workload of procedural flying has very little place in SAR, AA or Police work, which is predominantly VFR with IMC outside of controlled airspace. What are 'children...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Apr 2017, 21:51
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

Simply and utterly horrendous! RIP guys.

Simply and utterly horrendous! RIP guys.
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Apr 2017, 19:36
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

Unless things have changed in the last 18 years...

Unless things have changed in the last 18 years since I was there in a Seaking there are no plates or IFR procedures to remote sites such as Blacksod. We would, if IMC, have carried out a radar...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Apr 2017, 16:09
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

:ok: which reminds me of a search in Cardigan bay...

:ok: which reminds me of a search in Cardigan bay for an overdue 12' speed boat with three teenagers who'd run out of petrol and drifted 20 odd miles downwind of Borth. The CG computer had a Nimrod...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Mar 2017, 18:56
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

What Shackman said, (X 22 yrs):ok::ok::ok: ...

What Shackman said, (X 22 yrs):ok::ok::ok:

S&R I would recommend a Seaking search radar and a competent RADOP...but, nostalgia isn't what it used to be!
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Mar 2017, 08:05
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

CNCPC early marks of NVG would 'flare out' with...

CNCPC early marks of NVG would 'flare out' with bright lights, later models cope. By the time one was close enough to a light house for it to become a problem one would be 'off' goggles and using...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Mar 2017, 07:45
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

SAS Offset cncpc No

SAS Offset

cncpc No
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Mar 2017, 00:25
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

Helicrazi with the SK3 (raw picture) we...

Helicrazi

with the SK3 (raw picture) we practiced to 150yds - moving and fixed targets.
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Mar 2017, 22:18
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

No idea SAS, never flew the 92 or L2. A lot...

No idea SAS, never flew the 92 or L2. A lot depended on the RADOP as to how capable it really was.

Tip Cap - a lot of crap was talked about the SK 28deg blind arc dead ahead (some of it by me...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Mar 2017, 22:12
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

:= Same again HeliComp's chaps were...

:= Same again



HeliComp's chaps were merely ''tooling around at 200ft'' whereas you (and I) might wazz around :ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Mar 2017, 21:57
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

NVG (ANVIS and Nightbird) was one of the biggest...

NVG (ANVIS and Nightbird) was one of the biggest changes to night capability and safety that I witnessed and enjoyed during my SH and SAR time. Do you know if the front enders would have been so...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Mar 2017, 21:25
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

UNA - please do not for one minute think that I'm...

UNA - please do not for one minute think that I'm dis respecting the crew of 116. We just don't know, yet, what caused them to crash. My thoughts - I operated for eight years from Brawdy, our 'bread...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Mar 2017, 21:17
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

I'll drink to that SAS! I always tried hard not...

I'll drink to that SAS! I always tried hard not to...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Mar 2017, 20:37
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

I don't doubt that, nor their competence Mr...

I don't doubt that, nor their competence Mr 500fan - my remark wasn't aimed at them - but I doubt they had the luxury of 4hrs training per shift nor in depth NVG practice as did the military.

...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Mar 2017, 17:32
Replies: 2,047
Views: 1,307,955
Posted By Al-bert

HC That is precisely why SAR was a...

HC

That is precisely why SAR was a professional specialism in my time in the RAF (1970-99). We practiced for it every shift. It was not an 'add on' to 'conventional public transport IFR flying'....
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