RATW copy

[rotorspin]

Hot and heavy over Dubai, 206 III

[Hughesy]

From Cananda

Coming into Summer time but the lakes are still frozen!!


On my way to a job, it all looks the same up here.


Underneath the tail of the MI-26


Hughesy

[Minty Fresh]

Hughesy - just how far away are you !!!!!

Or is that tail rotor just f***in huge

Great shots guys

[Pandalet]

No, it really is that big...

[Hughesy]

Hey Minty Fresh.
It is huge!! I am directly underneath it, and no trick shots!!
Hughesy

[22clipper]

Hey rotorspin you ever landed on that helipad stickin' out the side of that flash sail shaped hotel? If so what sort of experience is that?

[CYHeli]

Hey Rotorspin, it really is the life styles of the rich and shameless!

What are the conditions like there?

[rotorspin]

to be cleared to land on the helipad on Burj al-Arab you need a twin and preferably be visiting with a VIP

never done it




**spelling mistake updated to keep pruners happy** !!!!!

[ToTall]

AMS at FACT

The AMS have their own base at FACT.

You can see CHC's Bell 212 in the background just retuned from The Artic.

[Heliharm]

Birdstrike

Birdstrike with a stork



EMS helicopter from Salamanca base, Spain. You can see the remains on the left of the helicopter. It just struck the top of the head of the pilot. Blood went all the way to the back of the helicopter. The helicopter dove rapidly and the medical crew in the back could not see if the blood was from the pilot or the bird. Nobody was seriously injured and the helicopter landed safely.


Heliharm

[discobeast]

ToTall,

That world record heli went down in Morocco later that year. All escaped with their lives but the machine went up in flames. The locals in the area then took whatever was left of it...

[ToTall]

Tell me more

Originally Posted by discobeast

ToTall,

That world record heli went down in Morocco later that year. All escaped with their lives but the machine went up in flames. The locals in the area then took whatever was left of it...

What happend??

I just did see this in Cape Town and thought that it was down here.

[skadi]

Heliskiing

It started as a joke among some Navypilots after a couple of beers during a Squadron Party, followed by some trials and hard training and ended up as a highlight on an Airshow of the German Naval Airwing 5 in the 1980s.
BTW, one of the Pilots in the Helicopter was from the British Royal Navy.

[discobeast]

Engine-failure while in the mountains

Here is a photo of the machine on the day:

[ShyTorque]

Originally Posted by vorticey

good catch, what were you using as bait? donuts??

They ARE the bait - they are shark fishing. (Really used to upset the winchman when I told him that).

[Bronx]

Birdstrike

[munchkins]

Originally Posted by 22clipper

Hey rotorspin you ever landed on that helipad stickin' out the side of that flash sail shaped hotel? If so what sort of experience is that?

I've landed a couple of times on the Burj Al Arab helipad. Best get yourself into wind on final and be prepared for some turbulance if the wind is from the northwest, which puts you on the lee side of the "sail". The landing fees are Dhs 4K which is US$ 1086.95 per time. Not that that's a big deal, the customer pays any way. Departing is interesting, coming off the pad puts you at approximately 700' asl.
Munch Munch

[whoateallthepies]

Sussex last summer.


Big Ba****d Buzzard through chin window of Explorer

[discobeast]

Snow landing

Photos of my first snow-landing today! (06/06/06)
Sorry for the bad quality. Took it with my mobile phone.

[Flingwing207]

Erm...

Is there anybody minding the sticks?