Rotorheads Views From The Cockpit
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This topic is great!
I took all these pictures while on a recent trip in which I flew for MTV's shows Road Rules, The Real World and The Inferno, one of the jobs was to drop some fake money from low altitude all over a Golf Course and have the contestants collect some of it, over all it was al lot of fun, the location was the Grand Bay hotel in Barra de Navidad in the Pacific.
This is a small colonial city on the way there.
This small volcano is called Paricutin and is still active
After the eruption of the volcano in the previous picture the only thing left of the town was this stone church, and now its all surrounded by hardened lava.
Lots of warm beaches
Cruise Ship in Manzanillo
The hotel where all was taking place
This is a picture of the contest, you can see the contestants running for the money and the camera men chasing all over in the blazing heat
This is right before we took off
This is a small colonial city on the way there.
This small volcano is called Paricutin and is still active
After the eruption of the volcano in the previous picture the only thing left of the town was this stone church, and now its all surrounded by hardened lava.
Lots of warm beaches
Cruise Ship in Manzanillo
The hotel where all was taking place
This is a picture of the contest, you can see the contestants running for the money and the camera men chasing all over in the blazing heat
This is right before we took off
I'll get me coat......
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A few pics from a fire in north west Victoria, Australia last week. In the last pic note the ground speed on the GPS of 83.3kts and the indicated airspeed of 40kts!
And a few from further north.......
Took these shots from 10,000' of Ayers Rock (or Uluru depending on your cultural sensitivity.) Took these whilst flying a photographer who was shooting some still photos to superimpose UNDER a Qantas 747 for a new ad.
Cheers,
Hollywood
And a few from further north.......
Took these shots from 10,000' of Ayers Rock (or Uluru depending on your cultural sensitivity.) Took these whilst flying a photographer who was shooting some still photos to superimpose UNDER a Qantas 747 for a new ad.
Cheers,
Hollywood
Sorry for late reply!!
[email protected] you made my day with those nice pictures of my favourite beast!! My dad used to sit in the little room with the two tv's! And I used to dream about sitting up front!
Cheers again!
Winnie
[email protected] you made my day with those nice pictures of my favourite beast!! My dad used to sit in the little room with the two tv's! And I used to dream about sitting up front!
Cheers again!
Winnie
Hey Hollywood,
You mean Qantas get the ads at the Rock again? Maybe you should try for the group shot of your aircraft with it in the background, got a spare "donation" for the community at hand?
You mean Qantas get the ads at the Rock again? Maybe you should try for the group shot of your aircraft with it in the background, got a spare "donation" for the community at hand?
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Hi LafyarCocov
Picture One, The new Thames tide deflector
Picture Two the MI after Uncle toni's boys have had their way
Picture Three The M25 just before Autie Toni has had her way
Pic Four Downtown Kabul
Pic Five Even further downtown Kabul
Pic Six and rest Global Warming arrives at the Cheviot Hills
Am I close?
Vfr
What sort of Heli is that, Puma or Seaking?
Picture One, The new Thames tide deflector
Picture Two the MI after Uncle toni's boys have had their way
Picture Three The M25 just before Autie Toni has had her way
Pic Four Downtown Kabul
Pic Five Even further downtown Kabul
Pic Six and rest Global Warming arrives at the Cheviot Hills
Am I close?
Vfr
What sort of Heli is that, Puma or Seaking?
With thanks as always to John Eacott - who for reasons best known to himself was at work on Saturday! - here are some shots from the cockpit of Kuwait Police EC135s.
The first 3 are in the ILS pattern at Kuwait International:
The next 3 show that it does rain in desert countries, sometimes:
One of the local sights (biggest "dhow", or in this case mohalab, in the world):
and finally for now, back to the dashboard theme:
Pictures were uploaded to John using the new hotmail image attachment thingy which keeps file size down but limits width to 600 pixels - not always a good idea.
The first 3 are in the ILS pattern at Kuwait International:
The next 3 show that it does rain in desert countries, sometimes:
One of the local sights (biggest "dhow", or in this case mohalab, in the world):
and finally for now, back to the dashboard theme:
Pictures were uploaded to John using the new hotmail image attachment thingy which keeps file size down but limits width to 600 pixels - not always a good idea.
T and B; what's happened to the Auto pilot i.e. why the orange cross hatches on the PFD?
212Man,
We've not had serviceable autopilots since last August; the 50 deg C OAT limit sadly doesn't seem to apply to the autopilot system, which usually kicks off after about 10 mins with the temp above 40-45 deg C. I was going to include a description of the reason why we don't have the appropriate spares, but decided this isn't the appropriate forum to discuss such matters
You might also have noticed the lack of a "sand filter" indication in the bottom pic. Same reason as above.
We've not had serviceable autopilots since last August; the 50 deg C OAT limit sadly doesn't seem to apply to the autopilot system, which usually kicks off after about 10 mins with the temp above 40-45 deg C. I was going to include a description of the reason why we don't have the appropriate spares, but decided this isn't the appropriate forum to discuss such matters
You might also have noticed the lack of a "sand filter" indication in the bottom pic. Same reason as above.
T and B, Ah, I see! Do you have problems with the FCDMs as well then, as I assume they sit in the same rack? (AP is straddled by FCDMs in the 155.)
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My forced landing area!
My destination....salmon cages on the small Loch on the Isle of Jura Scotland
Distillery on Islay
My view of a full load of Salmon smolts at around 85 kts
Looking South as I head to the mainland.
My destination....salmon cages on the small Loch on the Isle of Jura Scotland
Distillery on Islay
My view of a full load of Salmon smolts at around 85 kts
Looking South as I head to the mainland.