Flying Spice: Geri Halliwell celebrates after taking her first helicopter lesson

[Cpt_Pugwash]

I don't normally follow celeb news, but this report (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1206457/Geri-Halliwell-celebrates-taking-helicopter-lesson.html) caught my attention.

" It seems that Ginger Spice may need a new moniker... Flying Spice!
Curly-haired Geri Halliwell had her first flying lesson yesterday, taking a front row seat as she was shown the basics of operating a helicopter at an airfield in Buckinghamshire"

[leader12uk]

it looks very much like the EC-120 based at Denham

[GoodGrief]

She`ll hopefully get those feet sorted out...

[Kelly Hopper]

She needs to sort her clothing out too. 'Looks like her flies are open. :eek:

[holybejaysus]

Ye Gods. I fly to keep away from these people....:)

[bluesafari]

Who is 'Geri Halliwell' ?

[chequePilot]

Sandy Helmet, were'nt you and Bazza also responsible for inspiring some in Antigua?:p

[MightyGem]

taking a front row seat
Well, she'd hardly be sat in the back row, would she? :ugh: :ugh:

[VfrpilotPB/2]

The pop star fella is Jay Kay, I hope he fly's Helis better than he drives Lambo's !!

PeterR-B
Vfr

[fluffy5]

I hope she does well, and for the instructor to watch out for that high C of G :}
fluffy

[fluffy5]

Just a little more from the photo.
Is that her boyfriend in the photo, and did he sit in the back seat for her first lesson ?
I wonder if he did ?
hopefully not training and all those silly regulations.
fluffy

[x933]

Possibly something to do with the fact that the current boyfriend owns a helicopter based at a helicopter airfield in Buckinghamshire...

[cyclic_fondler]

Looking at the picture and the way she is standing, she was either desperate to go to the toilet she's going to have to have corrective surgery to be able to use the pedals properly!

Wasn't Jordan thinking of buying a pink helicopter and learning to fly a few years ago? I pity the instructor that would have had to put up with her and her antics!!

[212man]

Cf, yes I couldn't help noticing some severe 'toe-in'! Maybe a trip to kwikfit would correct it!

[John R81]

One always hopes that a student stays faithful to the one training school, after all!

[TiPwEiGhT]

Did DennisK not do a trip with Jordan/Katie Price in a 480 a while back?

TiP:E

[Minty Fresh]

She's nearly attractive enough to win the Dennis Kenyon scholarship :E

[Rick in Dixie]

Cyclic Fondler took the words right out of mouth, actually I was thinking they would have to strap a 2x4 to her legs to keep her ankles straight, she'll have to get that fixed before she gets the controls.

[bellsux]

Check out one of the reader comments.. what a complete tosser, must have a real bad case of 'big watch - small d!ck' syndrome.


For the morons out there. One does not learn to fly in a five-seat executive type helicopter. One has to do the basics on something like a two front seater Robinson R-22, or Hughes 300, both piston engined, and then graduate to a turbine heli. I just wish that the seemingly ignorant people who write for the Daily Mail could get their stories with more facts and not sucking up to whomever desperate for media attention. And yes, I do know what I am talking about. I do fly helicopters besides having been a mega-yacht captain. Look up my name on Facebook or Google me.
- Capt. Colin Cameron-Tough, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, 14/8/2009 22:13

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[DBChopper]

something like a two front seater Robinson R-22

I'm eternally grateful to Frank Robinson that he put both seats in the front of the R22. I mean, as if it isn't cramped enough..! :ugh:

[chopjock]

Did DennisK not do a trip with Jordan/Katie Price in a 480 a while back?

TiPhttp://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/evil.gif

I think a lot of people did not do a trip with Jordan/Katie Price in a 480 a while back. I know I didn't.:)

Sorry I couldn't resist.:ouch:

[TiPwEiGhT]

Sorry, if I am right in thinking... DennisK did a trip with Katie Price sometime ago.

[birrddog]

I thought JTobias was the resident celebrity pilot, or is that only for "charitable causes" ? ;)

[JTobias]

Thanks Birdog

I am the resident celebrity pilot, it goes hand in hand with my suave sophistication, good looks, unique charm and my expert piloting skills. It also helps to have a very large, shiny chopper that sees plenty of action.

I'm also fortunate enough to own a helicopter! ;)

As for my choice of worthy causes it usually has less to do with charity (although I do consider myself to be very charitable) and more to do with their personal assets. And I'm not talking financial!!

Regrettably on this occasion I didn't get the opportunity to do Geri Halliwell although I would be very happy too. In more ways than one!

Joel :ok:
Celebrity pilot extraordinaire to the stars.:ok:

P.S. If you check my blog in a few days you will be able to read about my encounter with Sting!!!! www.jetbox.wordpress.com (http://www.jetbox.wordpress.com)

[dan_egcb]

nice one Joel, i must admit youhave give me lots of free flying in your machine! Yes Very Charitable!

As for those assets? hmmm what are they?

And flying to the celebs another one of your fantastic flight .... Joel aka Tree Strimmer to the stars!

[McHover]

Psssttt...

I've been in the left hand seat whilst Geri's been driving her RRover... Fixed wing might be a better place to start.

:oh:

[Coconutty]

And yes, I do know what I am talking about. I do fly helicopters besides having been a mega-yacht captain. Look up my name on Facebook or Google me.
- Capt. Colin Cameron-Tough, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Was anyone else sad / bored enough like me ( :8 ) to actually Google this guy ?

If not - don't bother - it would be far more entertaining poking yourself in the eye with a blunt instrument -:ooh:

Basically it's to get you to read his fascinating ( not ) web site / advert - where he goes under the pseudonym of the "Nauti Chef" - who seems to have no friends to ride on his boat with him, so he tries to entice people to pay for the pleasure of a ride ( in the nautical sense ) while he cooks them one of his fine recipes :yuk: - All of which can be found in his very own cookery book which you can buy for just ..........:bored:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d129/coconut11/Coconutty.jpg

[Ned-Air2Air]

How about reading this crap from his website, what a dickweed.


So, who is creating all this? I.e. this web-site. Just me. No hordes of imbeciles who never learnt anything at school or college or university, or about the world. I create this on my own and faster than hordes of people supposedly knowing what they are doing. I’m referring to the daft media.


There are lots of over educated, but useless, imbeciles. I can name many but I will refrain from here. As that wonderful gentleman, Ray Kroc, the founder of MacDonalds, also stated similarly - “Wisdom - The Secret of Success” - Nothing in this world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not: unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and Determination alone are Omnipotent”.


But then. I’m smart. Well, I think so. I utilize the world’s best computer and its systems available - namely Apple Mac. (See the review of the 15” and 17” MacBook Pro laptops below).


I’ve used Mac since it evolved. I’ve used PC’s too. But I hate the ghastly Dirty Windows and Explorer. I prefer to go on Safari. I also hate glossy reflective screens. They’re naff.


If my grammar - at times - is incorrect, then, sorry - but I am not perfect.


I still got an A in GCE English O-Level and I managed to publish and edit the very first and respected magazine (world wide) in English, French and German languages on the subject of remote (radio) controlled and full-size helicopters for ten years. (See my Blog).

[s1lverback]

Good Grief! Obviously a special kind of self obsessed muppet!

I actually started my flight training in H500 (Redhill), cos the R22 didn't come in big enough size to strap around my waist :} , plus instructor would have to instruct via radio.

Only requirement Capt. CCT, (for JAA) is 35 hrs on the same type you are testing on (single engine turbine or piston). For FAA, training on all types counts to your TT time.

[Coconutty]

nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent

YEP ! - He certainly has a talent for making himself look a right nob :p

... the earlier bit I mentioned - about him having no friends to play with him on his boat is not strictly accurate though - according to his Facebook profile ( which he wants you to look at ) he HAS got some friends :eek:

7 of them in fact :rolleyes:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d129/coconut11/Coconutty.jpg

[kevin_mayes]

Hmm, I'm starting to like this guy...:E


In my neck of the woods we would call him "a bit of a wedge" i.e. the simplest tool known to man?

[DennisK]

Hi all ... Katie Price and ex husband Peter both took lessons in an Enstrom at Goodwood. Not a 480 tho' ... I used Enstrom 28A G-BBPO. (and no comments about the strapping in process- C of G etc! ...)

PS. Both quite nice guys!

Dennis K

[DOUBLE BOGEY]

My only celeb story is that a few years ago I flew Pat Jennings into Muswell Hill Golf course for a charity appearance (him not me).
He had the biggest hands I have ever seen, big bloke too. I was left with the lasting impression that he could have picked me up by the head.
No wonder he was a top-notch goalie. I always though it was just the "goalie gloves" that makes a goalies hands look big.
Have to say he was a really nice bloke and quite shy.