RATW copy
Joined: May 2001
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From: Escrick York england
well i never
its not owned by anyone in middlesbrough any more i bought it 2 months ago its now in yeovil being serviced and shortly it will join my raf gazelle and 600 in yorks thanks for the pics they are great any ifo on the history or pics would be greatfully accepted same goes for xx382
steve atherton
tudor
who was the left seat was it Ian K ex aac
steve
tc
do we agree about the gazelle then
its not owned by anyone in middlesbrough any more i bought it 2 months ago its now in yeovil being serviced and shortly it will join my raf gazelle and 600 in yorks thanks for the pics they are great any ifo on the history or pics would be greatfully accepted same goes for xx382
steve atherton
tudor
who was the left seat was it Ian K ex aac
steve
tc
do we agree about the gazelle then
Joined: Jul 2000
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From: London
Steve
No, my pax was an ex RN observer, not ex AAC.
Here's another pic taken over Leeds Castle, Kent. It's a pretty background but Blender chose the other shot because this one is too 'busy' for the desktop calendar picture. I agree with him but you may like it for your collection.
Tudor
BTW, the CAA G-INFO database still shows the aircraft registered to the previous owner.
No, my pax was an ex RN observer, not ex AAC.
Here's another pic taken over Leeds Castle, Kent. It's a pretty background but Blender chose the other shot because this one is too 'busy' for the desktop calendar picture. I agree with him but you may like it for your collection.
Tudor
BTW, the CAA G-INFO database still shows the aircraft registered to the previous owner.
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: Kernow
Hey Dakotaman, Me too! First solo, all the way round NT Predannack, although a bit after you.
Ah, the EOLs. It was only on beefers course that I discovered you had to move the sticks - they always seemed to move on their own during training!
Ah, the EOLs. It was only on beefers course that I discovered you had to move the sticks - they always seemed to move on their own during training!
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 650
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From: God's Country
Passed my FHT on 705 NAS in XW895 in '77 to earn "Wings of Gold" lovingly stitched into dyed-in-the-wool dark blue barathea - a special day
Believe the unit is the post-IHC phase of a tri-Service light helicopter course now.
Believe the unit is the post-IHC phase of a tri-Service light helicopter course now.
GunsssR4ever
Joined: Sep 1999
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From: Out there somewhere ...
Mi - 24 "at work"
Mi-24 just after she discarded her load of 80 x 80 mm rockets. On a shooting range of course...
Here we have an unusual "fly past" as it was a low speed fly past with a high nose up. Yes it might look normal but normally we fly with 8 degrees nose down at 140 to 160 kts.
Here we are in the hover with wheels up. This was the last official picture of this helicopter. I wrote her off a week later in a double engine failure.
Here we approach from the Atlantic in to land.
Hope you enjoyed them.
More later ...
Here we have an unusual "fly past" as it was a low speed fly past with a high nose up. Yes it might look normal but normally we fly with 8 degrees nose down at 140 to 160 kts.
Here we are in the hover with wheels up. This was the last official picture of this helicopter. I wrote her off a week later in a double engine failure.
Here we approach from the Atlantic in to land.
Hope you enjoyed them.
More later ...
Joined: Jul 2000
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From: London
Ooops! 
I was working too hard keeping in close formation with the camera ship to ask at the time and have since been told, wrongly it seems, that it's Leeds Castle.
Any ideas? The photoshoot was over East Sussex and into Kent.
I was working too hard keeping in close formation with the camera ship to ask at the time and have since been told, wrongly it seems, that it's Leeds Castle.
Any ideas? The photoshoot was over East Sussex and into Kent.
Howcanwebeexpectedtoflylikeeagles
whensurroundedbyturkeys
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Scotland
North Sea bad hair day
Offshore shuttle interupted by FOD being ingested into the MGB area.
Shut down to inspect in 45kts of wind, attempted to restart just as a
gust came through. The result----->
Was subsequently presented with the remains of the rotor brake handle
(suitable mounted) which I was left holding after one of the rotor blades
sliced through it about one inch above my thumb.
Sorry to those who have already seen these on another thread but
Heliport asked me to post them here.
Shut down to inspect in 45kts of wind, attempted to restart just as a
gust came through. The result----->
Was subsequently presented with the remains of the rotor brake handle
(suitable mounted) which I was left holding after one of the rotor blades
sliced through it about one inch above my thumb.
Sorry to those who have already seen these on another thread but
Heliport asked me to post them here.
