RATW copy
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Copied from another thread which, after a promising start,
quickly degenerated into a discussion about the relative merits of the helicopters.
Blenderpilot
The perfect use for the R22,
and no, I don't mean mountain flying by top models!
Aesir
Anything Rob can do,
Hughes can do better.
Lu Zuckerman
Hiller beat Robinson and Hughes by many "moons"
quickly degenerated into a discussion about the relative merits of the helicopters.
Blenderpilot
The perfect use for the R22,
and no, I don't mean mountain flying by top models!
Aesir
Anything Rob can do,
Hughes can do better.
Lu Zuckerman
Hiller beat Robinson and Hughes by many "moons"
Purveyor of Egg Liqueur to Lucifer
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Aviation Qualifications: ATPL
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From: Alles über die platz
Mutual support
I get by with a little help from my friends!
or;
With new cutbacks, the RAF trial a revolutionary new defensive aids suite, replacing chaff and flare, which when needed can be lowered into position.
I'll get me coat......
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From: Gold Coast, Australia.
Following on from Heliport's last post.
Not sure if the Mods will let this one through but it's worth a try as it is topic related! These young ladies strolled up to the pilot and asked if there were any free flights, the pilot replied matter of factly that if you go naked you go free. Hence the pic!
1999 Central Australia.
Cheers,
Hollywood
It's a wonderful story and in context, so no complaints from me.
BTW, are you a PhotoShop wizz by any chance?
Just wondered if you could lose the brunette
- purely for aesthetic reasons, not decorum.
Heliport
Not sure if the Mods will let this one through but it's worth a try as it is topic related! These young ladies strolled up to the pilot and asked if there were any free flights, the pilot replied matter of factly that if you go naked you go free. Hence the pic!
1999 Central Australia.
Cheers,
Hollywood
It's a wonderful story and in context, so no complaints from me.
BTW, are you a PhotoShop wizz by any chance?
Just wondered if you could lose the brunette
- purely for aesthetic reasons, not decorum.
Heliport
I'll get me coat......
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Posts: 537
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From: Gold Coast, Australia.
A few more of my pics from Central Australia.
Atop Ayers Rock for a rescue.
Company Longranger south of Ayers Rock. 'The Olgas' formation can be seen in the background.
Parked at Chambers Pillar. South of Alice Springs.
Atop Ayers Rock for a rescue.
Company Longranger south of Ayers Rock. 'The Olgas' formation can be seen in the background.
Parked at Chambers Pillar. South of Alice Springs.
Purveyor of Egg Liqueur to Lucifer
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From: Alles über die platz
Falkland Pics
Westland Scout AH1 and Wasp at the Army Air Corps pad, Murray Heights, at the top of the hill, Port Stanley.
The Wasp, from what I can remember, was used for battle damage repair training by the engineers.
At one of the 'outpost' pads, probably a mail run. Shows how bleak the Falklands are in June! Will always remember how slippery the places were when wet.
You eventually got round to love those immersion suits, with the tight necks and aromas venting out at the end of the day!!
At one of the outlying islands on a 'community visit'.
Yes, the slope is a max of 12 deg nose up, just!!
Finals to land, with the reception commitee waiting for their mail. In the background you can see the queue forming for further drop offs!
Finally for now, the effect of trying to close down on a windy day. Bladesail strike to the tail. It wasn't me I hasten to add, and I think they kept at flt idle til the fuel ran out, waiting for the wind to die down; which it didn't!!
Thanks to John Eacott for hosting the pics.
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From: Gold Coast, Australia
With the fire season (what fire season 
) winding down, here, various aircraft are being stood down. One of the Aircranes is in the shed, and the other had its blades removed this afternoon:
) winding down, here, various aircraft are being stood down. One of the Aircranes is in the shed, and the other had its blades removed this afternoon:
I'll get me coat......
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From: Gold Coast, Australia.
And some more pics from Central Australia.
Apologies for the quality, cheap scanner!
R44 atop Mt Zeil (5022' amsl), west of Alice Springs, Central Australia. 1999.
H369 somewhere west of Ayers Rock. An early explorer, who died in the desert, reportedly left a diary that mentioned a massive gold reef. To this day no-one has ever found it. This bloke thought it may have been under this sand dune after consulting his divining rods, couldn't be bothered digging though!
Cheers,
Hollywood
Apologies for the quality, cheap scanner!
R44 atop Mt Zeil (5022' amsl), west of Alice Springs, Central Australia. 1999.
H369 somewhere west of Ayers Rock. An early explorer, who died in the desert, reportedly left a diary that mentioned a massive gold reef. To this day no-one has ever found it. This bloke thought it may have been under this sand dune after consulting his divining rods, couldn't be bothered digging though!
Cheers,
Hollywood
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From: New York City
Some pics given to me by a friend in the military.
They're not helos but I hope interesting enough to post here.
Always check your own fuel state!
US in action - Afghanistan
Thanks BlenderPilot for hosting them.
They're better now than when I sent them.
They're not helos but I hope interesting enough to post here.
Always check your own fuel state!
US in action - Afghanistan
Thanks BlenderPilot for hosting them.
They're better now than when I sent them.
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From: 13 Mad Street, Reasons Edge, Colonia
S-70A-9 Blackhawk Flight Manual Section 5- Limitations
'To prevent possible damage to windshield wiper motors, do not allow notable reduction of the wiper sweep speed'
EO
PS Hope the CPLT was OK.
'To prevent possible damage to windshield wiper motors, do not allow notable reduction of the wiper sweep speed'
EO
PS Hope the CPLT was OK.
For HELIPORT!
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From: queensland australia
1.12 80, pacific wing and rotor, long beach.
chief flying instructor tim tucker, my instructor
jackson shaw. i was the first australian on the type.
one of the first out of the factory.
i thought i would make it an even 500.
a very stable tomcat.
******, it posted in my previous post. so 499 it is.
chief flying instructor tim tucker, my instructor
jackson shaw. i was the first australian on the type.
one of the first out of the factory.
i thought i would make it an even 500.
a very stable tomcat.
******, it posted in my previous post. so 499 it is.
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From: N20,W99
Posted on behalf of J. Mitchell
This is of a Coast guard HH52A doing a tuck and recovery manuver in Mobile Bay, Ala sometime I think in the mid 70s. Proceedure was to water taxi at an excessive speed until the nose began to tuck under due to the drag of the water on the hull. Then collective was bottomed and cyclic neutralize to allow the aircraft to recoover. Done to train student to recognize a water tuck so that they did not taxi too fast while on the water (during a rescue) or against a current (as in a river landing). If the tuck was allowed to continue, eventually the blades would contact the water and engine would flame out from water ingestion.
