What do you think of the customised colour scheme?
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What do you think of the customised colour scheme?
The first AW139 to South Africa has been delivered to a South African businessman after a 6388 nm flight from Milan to Cape Town.
The eight day ferry included stops in Crete, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The customised colour scheme was designed for the customer by a South African artist and applied to the aircraft by an airbrush artist, also from South Africa, at AgustaWestland's Vergiate factory.
The eight day ferry included stops in Crete, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The customised colour scheme was designed for the customer by a South African artist and applied to the aircraft by an airbrush artist, also from South Africa, at AgustaWestland's Vergiate factory.
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Don't forget the spare exhausts, how long are they lasting now, 12hrs? Oh and some spare screens, they're lasting a little longer before they crack! Some hyd px relief valves, before they leak, some batteries as those ones will just about power your wife's rabbit for 2 mins........
You could of course have taken all this with you, but oh no, after you've put your fag papers in that cavernous boot you'll have bust the weight limit! That's if you haven't already exceeded your rather dubious payload.
Now I'm sure it's going to be a great machine and I may be being a little naive here, but wouldn't you expect this sort of stuff to be sorted before AW started flogging 'em?!
You could of course have taken all this with you, but oh no, after you've put your fag papers in that cavernous boot you'll have bust the weight limit! That's if you haven't already exceeded your rather dubious payload.
Now I'm sure it's going to be a great machine and I may be being a little naive here, but wouldn't you expect this sort of stuff to be sorted before AW started flogging 'em?!
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ZS-EOS in Milan
http://www.dgualdo.it/zseos.htm
I have some images about ZS-EOS departure from Milan Malpensa ...
it looks great !!!
Regards from Italy
Damiano
I have some images about ZS-EOS departure from Milan Malpensa ...
it looks great !!!
Regards from Italy
Damiano
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You can't be serious!
I think its one of the worst paint schemes I have ever seen.
What a waste of what is probably a good looking helicopter (underneath).
Yuck! I'd rather fly a Robbie
OOW
What a waste of what is probably a good looking helicopter (underneath).
Yuck! I'd rather fly a Robbie
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Mistaken Identity
The helicopter bought by David Mostert is not the one in the picture. It actually is a AW 109 Grand registration ZS HMD.
As far as I know the one pictured was bought by a mining company in SA.
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Cyclic
As far as I know the one pictured was bought by a mining company in SA.
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Cyclic
Yes, I think you'll find it belongs to Harry Oppenheimer, of DeBeers. Onbviously wanted some more space and grunt than his 155 gave
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So much for my experience with "free love".
Alas, the only WoodStock I remember is this one.....
So much for my experience with "free love".
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Aw c'mon AlanM, that owner's got a lot of taste. it's just that it's bad!
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Well I quite like it. Mind you, I have been known to wear BEIGE shoes, so what do I know....... 
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Hey, if I could afford my own helicopter (or better yet, persuade someone else to buy me one), I wouldn't be worried about what people thought about my choice of colour scheme 
(I think I'll paint my R22 lumo pink...)
(I think I'll paint my R22 lumo pink...)
Don't forget the spare exhausts, how long are they lasting now, 12hrs? Oh and some spare screens, they're lasting a little longer before they crack! Some hyd px relief valves, before they leak, some batteries as those ones will just about power your wife's rabbit for 2 mins........
You could of course have taken all this with you, but oh no, after you've put your fag papers in that cavernous boot you'll have bust the weight limit! That's if you haven't already exceeded your rather dubious payload.
You could of course have taken all this with you, but oh no, after you've put your fag papers in that cavernous boot you'll have bust the weight limit! That's if you haven't already exceeded your rather dubious payload.
Exhausts on those machines have lasted a bit longer than 12 hours, and the new type of windscreen is lasting well elsewhere without cracking, so should be OK in Tbag land as well. Hyd Pressure switches (Not relief valves. Duhhh!!) were replaced on a Service Bulletin for affected aircraft, just as any responsible manufacturer would do. Batteries are just fine. You just need to get out of your 40 year old aircraft habits, and modify the way you do things. Old dog, new tricks. I know I know.
For an 'A' model, it is doing quite well. Anybody recall the 'A' model 76??
Oh yeah, how are the crack checks in your 76 pedals?? oh, and those PBA's and Yaw Actuators that keep flogging out. You'd have thought they'd have fixed those by now wouldn't you??
Perhaps before you slag off a new machine, that is still going through development at the factory (as all new machines do), you would be better spending your energy on sorting out the older, supposedly fully developed machines, that still have recurring problems with them.
Sounds like an acute case of Green Eyed Monsta!!
