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Forum: Rotorheads
27th Jan 2015, 22:59
Replies: 2,607
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Posted By Geoffersincornwall

John Poland

As a young cadet at Dartmouth we visited RNAS Culdrose one day and I had my first ever flight in a helicopter and guess who was at the controls - yes JP.

I later met his cousin (?) Pat Poland who...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Dec 2013, 09:37
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Memorabilia

I wonder how many others received this telegram back in 1976. I should explain that back in the summer of '76 Helikopter Service of Norway was desperate for pilots and hearing about the discontent...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Nov 2013, 11:04
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

WW memories

In 1977 (possibly 78) AMH asked GS and I to attend the British Helicopter Championships with our B47G5A. The presenter of prizes was to be Prince Charles who had been delivered to the Epsom...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Aug 2013, 19:44
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Roger Daltry

In 1977 I was offered a job with a helicopter company based at Brands Hatch run by a very pleasant ex-Army chap who I believe went on to play a part in the European Helicopter outfit at Denham. The...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Apr 2013, 18:02
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

WW7 Memories

I can remember being winched out of the sea on completion of my WDD by Boss Spelling (CO of Brawdy SAR) off St Davids in Pembrokeshire. Such was the marginal performance of the WW7 that even though I...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Feb 2013, 20:12
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

G-AZTI

..... Griff ......... you mean this dear old friend.


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7064/6857384184_d8e4ec577a_b.jpg
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Jan 2013, 20:13
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

G-LONG

Airmail seems to suggest that the reg G-LONG belonged to two different helicopters. If I have it right then that is not possible as one is not allowed to move a reg from one aircraft to another. ...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Nov 2012, 11:03
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Bermudan reg at Bristow

The Bermudan CAA had a local office in the top right hand drawer of Alistair Gordon's desk. That's where my Bermudan validation came from I'm sure.

G. :E
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Nov 2012, 06:39
Replies: 2,607
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Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Plank

What a cracker! Looks gorgeous.You have obviously spent much time and money on it. I started a nut and bolt restoration on mine in 1991. Hope to finish it soon.... then it will be time to begin...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Nov 2012, 16:38
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Ah! The XJ Coupe......

..... surely a beauty. There was a drop head of the later model built by Jag as an experiment but it never made it beyond the exhibition stand.

I'm on the waiting list for the new 'F' Type.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Nov 2012, 14:39
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Nice piccy

That's either one very long or two normal white 'S' Type Jags in the back ground - Just like mine!!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8057/8188610766_6d0d53232b_b.jpg

G. :ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Nov 2012, 12:45
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

silly me!

thanks TRC! Yes I remember it well. These are the other 47s you may remember.

Bell 47
G-BBRG
G-BBRI
G-BHAR
G-BJAM
G-LIFT
G-AZYB
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Nov 2012, 11:45
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

idle nonsense

In an idle moment I looked through my log books at the JetRangers I have flown. Some registrations that I'm sure had interesting histories before and after my time.

G. :ok:

Bell 206 A/B...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Oct 2012, 10:11
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

GV

Gilles was one of the few allowed to use Walter's machine and during my flight from UK to Milan I stopped off for fuel at Genoa only to find a disappointed refuel-crew who were used to topping up...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Oct 2012, 08:37
Replies: 2,607
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Posted By Geoffersincornwall

A little snippet......

In September 1978 I was sitting on top of the Wolf Racing Pits/garage with a bunch of hangers-on. It was the Italian GP and this was Monza. Ronnie Petersen had that terrible crash during the start...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th May 2012, 11:25
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Bell Bells and AB Bells

One thing that Bell were quick to change was the clearance to fly in snow with the Particle Separator - they made it compulsory to use the Snow Deflectors which Agusta did not. The CAA missed this...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Apr 2012, 19:18
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Soggy

Would have been before that I'm pretty sure. I seem to remember the BCAL contract with the MET started in the autumn and I joined in time to do a couple of metpol flights straight after my TR on the...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Apr 2012, 08:45
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Was this the first ............

.......... UK use of airborne broadcast TV from a Police helicopter. Probably 1979 but will need to check the logbook. From memory the guy in the seat of the AMH 'mount' was Inspector Radcliffe?...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Apr 2012, 16:07
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

SOGGY

Can you tell me the dates that the Pilot Service was running. I was recruited by BCal(H) in late 79 and told I was destined for that project but having done my Bo105 TR with CP and a week or so on...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2012, 07:48
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Apologies to Geoff......

........Chandler that is, it must be my age. Speechless Two, Charles Pemberton and Chris Powell and Chris Hunt were of course reinforcements once we got our first contract and then I went over to...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Mar 2012, 18:10
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Blast from the past

Here you see Geoff Evans and Richard (Dicky) Vaux at the birth of British Caledonian Helicopters. The display of tools is to highlight the entire tool collection for our one Sikorsky S61 that had...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Mar 2012, 20:32
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Zishelix

I think we would have been arrested if we had shown too much interest although we spent the whole 6 week adventure in the same hangar as a wide assortment of Police helicopters. That was to prove a...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Mar 2012, 18:14
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Back to Long Rangers.........

.......... here G-LRII is parked during the Castle Air visit to the Sarajevo Winter Olympics in February 1984.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7240/7002962151_7eb90f1ff4_b.jpg
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Mar 2012, 18:06
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Penzance Heliport

More helicopters at PZ but this time an interloper. This photo to commemorate the first 25 years of the first HEMS operation in UK which began operations on 1st April 1987.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Mar 2012, 14:31
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

July 5th 1983 - North Devon

For a brief period in 1983 G-BHXU became the star in a movie in was based it the Caribbean and featured Billy Connolly and Michael Cain. It was called 'WATER' . If you have never heard of it then...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Mar 2012, 11:49
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

3-D

Yes - I am going to have a look in my RN Logbook when I get home next and see if that was an old 824, 706 or 737 machine or possibly one of those made in early 1970 that I ferried back to CU from...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Feb 2012, 18:51
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

A moment to reflect.....

..... XV663 arrives at the National Maritime Museum Falmouth.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6795699182_48eccf7985_b.jpg

The next photo shows the other (crab) side,
...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Feb 2012, 11:03
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Coming soon at NMM Cornwall

If you find yourself at a loose end when taking in the delights of Cornwall then pop down to Falmouth where the National Maritime Museum has a new exhibition entitled Maritime Rescue.

If you have...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Feb 2012, 15:52
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Slang

I thought 'cab' was a Fleet AIr Arm Slang and that the Brown Jobs used the slang 'frames'. Which is probably a corruption of 'Picture Frame'...... no..... really?? 'airframes' ?? I didn't...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Jan 2012, 20:05
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Check

Correct - I believe his full name was Jack Jaworski and I seem to remember he had a Venezuelan wife and lived in Florida.

G.
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2012, 09:11
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Sav - The Post Script

I called my last submission 'A Cautionary Tale for a reason. The practical jokers upon whom we had visited embarrassment and humiliation would not, of course, take it lying down.

A few weeks...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jan 2012, 12:05
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

A Cautionary Tale

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6700154601_d27c5bd1c2_b.jpg

Once upon a time, in a small Far Eastern country, where the oil is under the sea and not far from land, a group of contractors...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Jan 2012, 03:48
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

WW7

Whilst doing wet dinghy drill at RNAS Brawdy in 1968 I was winched out of the 'oggin by 'Boss' Spelling in a WW7. It is very depressing to see the winch operator winding in the winch with me (200lbs...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Dec 2011, 12:59
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

More Navy Nostalgia

Hiller of 705 NAS at CU 1968

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6554000731_bc69a8d03c_b.jpg

Sea Kings of 824 NAS fly past the last of the beautiful old 'open-bridge' Cavalier Class Destroyers...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Nov 2011, 12:23
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,845,375
Posted By Geoffersincornwall

Survival training 'GreenlandAir' style

Not quite sure about feeling nostalgic about this particular extravaganza conducted East of Godhaab (Nuuk) in March 1977. The water temp was close to zero and the air temp -15 deg C. We had to move...
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