Most logbook entries in one month?
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12 sorties, 16 hour day............total hours.........ONE!!
Had to round up to nearest 5 minutes to get that.
ferry Landrovers to LZ and wait for them to return by road, repeat til bored........
Had to round up to nearest 5 minutes to get that.
ferry Landrovers to LZ and wait for them to return by road, repeat til bored........
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Torn GR1, 42 trips, but there were 31 days in the month, and for an odd reason there was no shortage of spares. Only 15 mins actual ( I needed them for the rating ), but 21xILS to land (whether I needed them or not).
Slightly off topic but what about the shortest trip? I got Lossie RW 23 to Kinloss RW 26 in an MR2 in (according to the logbook) 0:05, it was actually 2 mins 37 seconds but we had to round up not down to the nearest 5 minutes! IIRC one crew achieved it in 2 mins 21 secs so all rounded down to the nearest 5 minutes ie 0:00!!
The longest, shortest trip?
Hildesheim airfield to the nearby training area, distance about 2.5 km. Should have taken but a moment.
However, a quick head-count revealed a shortage of complete Lynx crews, so my CO auth'ed me to do it solo - no groundspikes, no techs, just me, 2 weeks after converting onto type (CO was a trusting bloke!).
Did a couple of circuits of the training area before landing with a huge smile, and 0.2.
However, a quick head-count revealed a shortage of complete Lynx crews, so my CO auth'ed me to do it solo - no groundspikes, no techs, just me, 2 weeks after converting onto type (CO was a trusting bloke!).
Did a couple of circuits of the training area before landing with a huge smile, and 0.2.
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I guess the recod will be held by CXX crew5 during a SAR deployment to ASI. 60 hrs in the first 5 days, about 90ish in the fortnight and 110 in the month.
Captain got some sort of medal. Probably for inventing an ingenoius method for checking that there weren't any donkies on the runway just before landing.
Captain got some sort of medal. Probably for inventing an ingenoius method for checking that there weren't any donkies on the runway just before landing.
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Shortest?
Just after liftoff in a Hawk, birdstrike, big bang, engine quits, back on the ground with 4 large feet on the brakes to stop just short of the barrier. Got to 132 kts, approx 10ft (from ATC), airborne for about 7 secs, most of which was gliding.
Most Hours?
Heard a story many years ago. The Hastings was being introduced into service, inevitably one went u/s in a remote part of the Pacific on a route proving flight. There was a real faff trying to get a new engine out to the broken a/c and there was just one type rated air eng in the whole region, the story was that he was grounded after 24 days non-stop flying averaging 10hrs/day----240hrs no less!
Just after liftoff in a Hawk, birdstrike, big bang, engine quits, back on the ground with 4 large feet on the brakes to stop just short of the barrier. Got to 132 kts, approx 10ft (from ATC), airborne for about 7 secs, most of which was gliding.
Most Hours?
Heard a story many years ago. The Hastings was being introduced into service, inevitably one went u/s in a remote part of the Pacific on a route proving flight. There was a real faff trying to get a new engine out to the broken a/c and there was just one type rated air eng in the whole region, the story was that he was grounded after 24 days non-stop flying averaging 10hrs/day----240hrs no less!
Before flight / duty time limits one of my "wandering boys" did a ferry trip to the Canadian Arctic ( 7 or 8 Hrs a day ) then once there got some sleep and slung the entire camp and fuel cache from one side of a lake to the other. ( It had been flown in via DC-3 on skis during the winter and accidentally dropped off in a swamp.( not a difficult mistake to make )
Flight report and log book - one entry for the day- 23 1/2 hours. I forget the exact details but I seem to recall 12 to 15 landings for hot refueling so probably 21 or 22 hrs in the air - probably well over 200 sling loads. He was a tired puppy at day's end.
We used to do something called Inertial Nav Survey using a jazzed up Ferranti INS ( A la Harrier ) or a Litton systems INS (US Made ) in a Bell 206L or L-1. It entailed going as fast as you could but landing every 4 minutes Max. to stabilize the INS - Lots of fun - not unusual to log 10- 12 hours a day for 10 or 15 days. 1 start but lots of landings!
It was funny that the INS system modified for survey was worth a lot more than the helicopter.
Flight report and log book - one entry for the day- 23 1/2 hours. I forget the exact details but I seem to recall 12 to 15 landings for hot refueling so probably 21 or 22 hrs in the air - probably well over 200 sling loads. He was a tired puppy at day's end.
We used to do something called Inertial Nav Survey using a jazzed up Ferranti INS ( A la Harrier ) or a Litton systems INS (US Made ) in a Bell 206L or L-1. It entailed going as fast as you could but landing every 4 minutes Max. to stabilize the INS - Lots of fun - not unusual to log 10- 12 hours a day for 10 or 15 days. 1 start but lots of landings!
It was funny that the INS system modified for survey was worth a lot more than the helicopter.
Albatross,
The same chunk of INS gear occupied the back of 206BIII I spent two weeks flying around Tom Price, WA, in 38+C for 10-11 hours a day; as you said, landing <4 minutes, hot refuels with pump & drum, real tiger country with many landings on quite steep slopes. Nearly as bad as the Brent Field shuttles, many a fortnight logged (Bell 212's) with upwards of 250 rig landings, 65+ hours.
4 hour Sea King sorties were quite relaxed in comparison
The same chunk of INS gear occupied the back of 206BIII I spent two weeks flying around Tom Price, WA, in 38+C for 10-11 hours a day; as you said, landing <4 minutes, hot refuels with pump & drum, real tiger country with many landings on quite steep slopes. Nearly as bad as the Brent Field shuttles, many a fortnight logged (Bell 212's) with upwards of 250 rig landings, 65+ hours.
4 hour Sea King sorties were quite relaxed in comparison
Geez it was fun wasn't it? The good old daze!
We had a target on the ski beside the pilot's door that we tried to place on the survey mark and a tape on the ski marked in CM for the offset if needed . Not to mention a tape measure in the cockpit so I could reach out and measure the vertical offset if any. We later also had a theodolite and laser rangfinder mounted on top of the INS so we could put reflectors on survey points we could not land on. Land on the offset spot - operator out the door - pilot does an update - operator takes a shot - pilot inputs the shot - operator jumps back into the front - another update if necessary and off you would go. It is amazing how many fire towers and microwave repeaters are built on top of Survey points.
I liked the Longranger on high skids and skis with a range extender as it climbed outa the holes and accelerated so much faster than a Jetranger. It was surprising how much more ground you could cover with the L vs the the B.
Once the customer saw how much faster we could be with the L he never asked for a B again. Extra speed and fuel made up for the more expensive hourly on the L.
I found the funniest thing about inertial was how you used to scare the customer when you went back to normal flying -
"Can you land us there?"
"Sure" Steep bank into curving approach , pole down, flare , pull , level, thud!"
High recon? Low recon? What's that? We sure got good at confined area landings! LOL
I must have done 6 ot 7 hundred hours of inertial and enjoyed every minute of it. Not to mention cutting pads and setting out targets and fuel caches beforehand. Sometimes in dense bush we had to cut an enroute pad between targets.
Usually great crews to work with and it was never boring.
GPS put an end to it all but it was fun while it lasted.
We had a target on the ski beside the pilot's door that we tried to place on the survey mark and a tape on the ski marked in CM for the offset if needed . Not to mention a tape measure in the cockpit so I could reach out and measure the vertical offset if any. We later also had a theodolite and laser rangfinder mounted on top of the INS so we could put reflectors on survey points we could not land on. Land on the offset spot - operator out the door - pilot does an update - operator takes a shot - pilot inputs the shot - operator jumps back into the front - another update if necessary and off you would go. It is amazing how many fire towers and microwave repeaters are built on top of Survey points.
I liked the Longranger on high skids and skis with a range extender as it climbed outa the holes and accelerated so much faster than a Jetranger. It was surprising how much more ground you could cover with the L vs the the B.
Once the customer saw how much faster we could be with the L he never asked for a B again. Extra speed and fuel made up for the more expensive hourly on the L.
I found the funniest thing about inertial was how you used to scare the customer when you went back to normal flying -
"Can you land us there?"
"Sure" Steep bank into curving approach , pole down, flare , pull , level, thud!"
High recon? Low recon? What's that? We sure got good at confined area landings! LOL
I must have done 6 ot 7 hundred hours of inertial and enjoyed every minute of it. Not to mention cutting pads and setting out targets and fuel caches beforehand. Sometimes in dense bush we had to cut an enroute pad between targets.
Usually great crews to work with and it was never boring.
GPS put an end to it all but it was fun while it lasted.
Military Log book entries being the topic of this particular pissing contest - and not hours flown or number of sorties - rotary boys will always come low down the order as one entry would typically cover a day & night task.
Fellow pilots this is meant to be a Pissing Contest.
KennyR - get back on your bunk.
Bulldog/Grob pilots - Summer Camp - hard work but daytime right?
AAR pilots - mmmmmm!
Didn't have the time for logbook writing and probably couldn't - any spare time was for eating and sleeping.
Not enough time to debate which colour bic to use....
If you consider that the average NI sortie duration was approx 3 minutes (Farnborough's figures not FOLAs) then you can do the maths!!
Before you ask, AAC worked just as hard but were far uglier - and they knew it but didn't like admitting it................
Bare in mind that we were not on a special op (according to the 'normalisation' fraternity) ad there were no TV cameras there to cover the bags of grain squashing the locals, or a video camera to film the sick spanish trawler man who happened to have been well enough to make the 400m journey to our waters.......
Yep, the pilot not wearing a growbag but a staggering collection of survival gear, asleep in their beer in the corner of the Mess (or tied up, naked, on the railings singing a song or three) would be the SH pilot...........
Consider yourself pissed upon you fixed-wg, shandy drinkers..................
Like I said, SH pilots can't win this particulary-worded pissing contest but we'll go down fighting anyway!
(logged 4 entries in Nov, but that will serve me right for flying a civilian french aircraft that's yet to come out of its inspection)
Fellow pilots this is meant to be a Pissing Contest.
KennyR - get back on your bunk.
Bulldog/Grob pilots - Summer Camp - hard work but daytime right?
AAR pilots - mmmmmm!
Didn't have the time for logbook writing and probably couldn't - any spare time was for eating and sleeping.
Not enough time to debate which colour bic to use....
If you consider that the average NI sortie duration was approx 3 minutes (Farnborough's figures not FOLAs) then you can do the maths!!
Before you ask, AAC worked just as hard but were far uglier - and they knew it but didn't like admitting it................
Bare in mind that we were not on a special op (according to the 'normalisation' fraternity) ad there were no TV cameras there to cover the bags of grain squashing the locals, or a video camera to film the sick spanish trawler man who happened to have been well enough to make the 400m journey to our waters.......
Yep, the pilot not wearing a growbag but a staggering collection of survival gear, asleep in their beer in the corner of the Mess (or tied up, naked, on the railings singing a song or three) would be the SH pilot...........
Consider yourself pissed upon you fixed-wg, shandy drinkers..................
Like I said, SH pilots can't win this particulary-worded pissing contest but we'll go down fighting anyway!
(logged 4 entries in Nov, but that will serve me right for flying a civilian french aircraft that's yet to come out of its inspection)
Last edited by EESDL; 5th Dec 2005 at 08:46.
