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Old 17th May 2006 | 22:48
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No doubts, I'm enjoying flying it, even with the new "attitude"





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Old 17th May 2006 | 23:12
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That thing is smoking too much isn't it??

What to you mean by a "new attitude"?
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Old 17th May 2006 | 23:35
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I think he's refering to the attitude control system and stability augmentation system that's fitted to the 139...
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Old 18th May 2006 | 00:49
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Originally Posted by BlenderPilot
What to you mean by a "new attitude"?
I was actually referring to the aircraft's rearwards CG, which gives it a flat attitude in cruise (weird after years flying nose down), but cptjim's answer was equally valid.

I/C
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Old 18th May 2006 | 07:31
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Blender,I'm sorry, I just had to clean the camera
The new attitude is 7,5º nose up minimum in hover, or more with a full load.

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Old 18th May 2006 | 08:06
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Arrow

Originally Posted by BlenderPilot
Wannabe,

That is not a Photograph, its a painting.

Still a pretty cool one though.
Haha, are you sure? I didn't notice. It looks so real, if you are right, the guy is a bloody good painter!!
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Old 20th May 2006 | 05:40
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Terrace, BC

In my opinion, I'd rather look at every angle of that AW139, I am not lucky enough to drive that beast yet.

Here are a few shots from my previous job. One of the best co-workers a guy can ask for was called up to fix a crippled squirrel.

Look close at the second shot to find the Astar..















Photo credits to Captain Tony Walker. One fine mountain pilot.
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Old 22nd May 2006 | 15:28
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What do we have here?
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Old 22nd May 2006 | 15:38
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Resulted from Nick Lappos being told the only way he could stay ahead of the aircraft was if he was sitting on the pitot tube.
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Old 22nd May 2006 | 18:22
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hotzenplotz,

SAS has got the right answer but the other version of the story is that, if I'm not mistaken, it's a testbed for the Commanche. It's an S-76 with a FBW Commanche cockpit grafted on to the front of it. One TP sits up front to test the system.

HTH,

B73



Edited to add: Just seen another re-run of the 'CyberCopter' doco on Discovery Wings: Mr Lappos was explaining in detail exactly what the 'Shadow' aircraft was intended for. He can certainly give you further details if you require...!
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Old 24th May 2006 | 04:54
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powerline survey



inbound to Sydney via the harbour bridge...was one of those days!!



On location for a story during the drought!...ironically it was the first day it had rained for months!!

SORRY MODERATORS BUT I JUST HAD TO POST THIS, WAS A PHOTO SHOOT AT THE HELIPORT!





Dont mean to offend the female viewers either
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Old 24th May 2006 | 05:48
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That's a nice rock that she's wearing! Lucky bloke.

You can see how the red paint work on the helicopter brings out the orange trim on her bikini...

Some pilot's have all the fun.
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Old 24th May 2006 | 11:16
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You can see how the red paint work on the helicopter brings out the orange trim on her bikini...
What helicopter? Where?!?!

Oooooooooh yeah...
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Old 24th May 2006 | 17:19
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Hotzenplotz,

Do you know where they build those little separate compartments, I would like to adapt one of those to my car for when the lady starts nagging . . . .
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Old 24th May 2006 | 19:28
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Blender:

They're built in to the lady at birth.
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Old 28th May 2006 | 08:21
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Wow belly tank im coming to visit you in a bit so make sure she's still there

cheers
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Old 28th May 2006 | 14:04
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Helimed 2006 Czech Republic

Some pics from yesterdays HEMS airshow at Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic









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Old 29th May 2006 | 16:32
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good catch, what were you using as bait? donuts??
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Old 29th May 2006 | 16:35
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From: Just three steps from the sunrise
I did my helicoptertraining in Cape Town

And here is some pics.


early morning at FACT. Tower in background. Lise flying with Francois in ZS-RYA.


Next moment its IMC. ZS-RMM in the forground and Rovos Air in the back at Signatur hangars.


Did see this on the wall in the Filling Station at Signatur Hangars. Is this the highest a helicopter has flown??
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Old 31st May 2006 | 02:07
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From: Gold Coast, Australia
Cool June 2006 calendar

Another couple of offerings from around the world this month. The R22 image comes from vaqueroaero, and was taken near San Diego. Click on the thumbnail image, and the full size photo will open to be available as your desktop image (the widescreen images are fairly large files, so expect a slow download if you're on a dialup connection):




Belly Tank provided the S64 image from firefighting at Gosford, NSW, earlier this year. The Rural Fire Service contracted this Skycrane:





We are still looking for good hi res photos to be used as calendar backgrounds, please contact me via e mail [email protected] if you have something to be used. I need at least 1280 x 800 for widescreen, and 1024 x 768 for standard.

Thanks
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