Rotorheads Around the World (incl 'Views from the Cockpit')
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I must say that this would have to be my favourite thread, an opportunity to visit many parts of the world, just by clicking to the next frame, also the diversity and skill of the rotary proponents worldwide is revealed for all to see.
I have thought at times who does it best? Hmmm.
Amongst hundreds of excellent material;
Big Mike is way up there, travels widely with a clear lens, gets the personal touch quite well,
Ned of course is the supremo, a professional, roving the world with a clearness umparalelled, often has the machine expressing its own maliscious intent with exciting unpredictabilaty, and can capture movement in animals which is bloody hard to do, and BTW thanks for the latest calender Ned its excellent.
But blender, now he is a special case, a good clear lens, an eye for detail, his photos remind me of one of our old adages oft heard around the traps, which goes like this, 'if something bad hasn't happened then it may be-----etc.
This undpredicability should be a long suit in any capable display pilot and is found in his lens.
as below;
If something bad hasn't .........??????
The only caution for blender is, if you're having T/R problems with this model, then don't be too quick to chop the throttle.
I have thought at times who does it best? Hmmm.
Amongst hundreds of excellent material;
Big Mike is way up there, travels widely with a clear lens, gets the personal touch quite well,
Ned of course is the supremo, a professional, roving the world with a clearness umparalelled, often has the machine expressing its own maliscious intent with exciting unpredictabilaty, and can capture movement in animals which is bloody hard to do, and BTW thanks for the latest calender Ned its excellent.
But blender, now he is a special case, a good clear lens, an eye for detail, his photos remind me of one of our old adages oft heard around the traps, which goes like this, 'if something bad hasn't happened then it may be-----etc.
This undpredicability should be a long suit in any capable display pilot and is found in his lens.
as below;
If something bad hasn't .........??????
The only caution for blender is, if you're having T/R problems with this model, then don't be too quick to chop the throttle.
Times are a'changing folks.....last night showing off my sail boat to a new visitor....a fair young thing she was too.
As I got to the engine room compartment I made my usual joke...."....and this is the ladies' favorite part of the boat...".
Bless my trousers...she dropped to her knees...crawled halfway into the engine room...pulled the floatation cushion off the top of the engine and said..."Ah...a Perkins 4154....I have worked on lots of these!"
"Oh?" Says I.
"Yes" she said...."I had these in my lifeboats and as power plants for the generators on my ship."
"Ship?" I smartly replled.
She said "Yes, ship....I am a Licensed Mariine Engineer and spent a couple of years at sea altogether."
I proposed marriage on the spot.
Blender has not got a monopoly on leggy engineers.
As I got to the engine room compartment I made my usual joke...."....and this is the ladies' favorite part of the boat...".
Bless my trousers...she dropped to her knees...crawled halfway into the engine room...pulled the floatation cushion off the top of the engine and said..."Ah...a Perkins 4154....I have worked on lots of these!"
"Oh?" Says I.
"Yes" she said...."I had these in my lifeboats and as power plants for the generators on my ship."
"Ship?" I smartly replled.
She said "Yes, ship....I am a Licensed Mariine Engineer and spent a couple of years at sea altogether."
I proposed marriage on the spot.
Blender has not got a monopoly on leggy engineers.
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SAS, a good engineer is hard to come by (as well as a few other combination's of the phrase, no doubt!)
Time to put up some Birrddog photo's I guess... still looking for my cd from the Zambia trip in the 407, but will update when I find where Mrs Birrddog stowed them in a "safe place".
Please advise if photo's annoyingly large.... lazy with cigar and drink in hand.
En-route wine shopping in Cape Town
Having acquired first box of wine en route to next way point
Mrs Birrddog at a refuel stop at FASX en-route FAPE
Birrddog taking mum for a trip down the Garden Route between Plettenberg Bay and Port Elizabeth
A nice shot of the Garden Route coast line
Time to put up some Birrddog photo's I guess... still looking for my cd from the Zambia trip in the 407, but will update when I find where Mrs Birrddog stowed them in a "safe place".
Please advise if photo's annoyingly large.... lazy with cigar and drink in hand.
En-route wine shopping in Cape Town
Having acquired first box of wine en route to next way point
Mrs Birrddog at a refuel stop at FASX en-route FAPE
Birrddog taking mum for a trip down the Garden Route between Plettenberg Bay and Port Elizabeth
A nice shot of the Garden Route coast line
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Nigeria
Operating out of Abuja for the next few months and last week was in Port Harcourt. A good bunch of CHC guys there.
A 365 5N-BIY
On the flight from the compound to the airport
A 365 5N-BIY
On the flight from the compound to the airport
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View from the cockpit!
If you've flown the sim at Flight Safety, you may be aware that the programmer is a) a Trekkie and b) has a sense of humour 
(Excuse the camera shake, but it's hard to get a decent 2 second shutter speed in a shakey Bell!)
Then you have to dock on the Enterprise, with about 2ft tip clearance
Well done, Jason
(Excuse the camera shake, but it's hard to get a decent 2 second shutter speed in a shakey Bell!)
Then you have to dock on the Enterprise, with about 2ft tip clearance
Well done, Jason
Night Autorotations To The Aircraft Carrier
While teaching in the 212/412 Sim I used to end some training sessions by having students do autorotations to the aircraft carrier while it steamed in pitch blackness...no horizon, no stars, no Moon. After quelling the riot and getting the guys to try it....very few made it down the first time. After a reminder that a return to the very basics of a "fixed spot" on the windscreen....as learned in the very first few flight lessons one had....the success rate was impressive.
The teaching point was to remind folks of the need to remember the basics even though flying a complex aircraft.....not to teach them to autorotate to a moving deck in the pitch dark.
It was good fun actually!
The teaching point was to remind folks of the need to remember the basics even though flying a complex aircraft.....not to teach them to autorotate to a moving deck in the pitch dark.
It was good fun actually!
The landing on the carrier was a hoot at FS in Ft Worth - sliding off the deck over the bow during an Auto with no RPM was "interesting!" My partner in crime actualy screamed - a manly scream but a scream all the same - I was too fasinated ( amazed and dazed ) to say a thing. The evil cackle from the back only added to the Fun!
