Rotorheads Around the World (incl 'Views from the Cockpit')
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Less than 100 hrs. since new!
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I have flown this one lately, it feels like a tractor . . .
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Flyby
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Visiting MMMX
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Big Chicken
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Our receptionist at the hangar . . .
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she lives right by the airport and claims to love cooking?!
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Need to excercise the budget . . . .
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I have flown this one lately, it feels like a tractor . . .
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Flyby
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Visiting MMMX
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Big Chicken
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Our receptionist at the hangar . . .
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she lives right by the airport and claims to love cooking?!
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Need to excercise the budget . . . .
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Hi Blender Pilot, a few questions...
Is that the paramedic symbol on the engine cowls of the two Police helicopters?
And what does the G.D.F stand for on the nose?
I see the Squirrel was lucky enough to the registration XC-GDF.
Some nice paint jobs over there!
Is that the paramedic symbol on the engine cowls of the two Police helicopters?
And what does the G.D.F stand for on the nose?
I see the Squirrel was lucky enough to the registration XC-GDF.
Some nice paint jobs over there!
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Hey Blender, My Wife and I happened to be Betty's instructors out in Fresno. It's mad that she's in the 135 and 412 already and I'm still in a Robbie! Ask her about her first solo x-country that turned into a night dual with me!! Funny stuff, although not so much at the time.
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ChopperFAN,
Well the 119 feels like a tractor because the rotor isn't really smooth except when you are in cruise, if you are manuvering around on in approach it will make your teeth rattle!!!
Zhishengji751,
G.D.F. stands for Gobierno Distrito Federal (Federal District Govt. = Mexico City Police) and yes that is the paramedic symbol on the helicopter, traffic is really though in Mexico City and in many cases a 5 mile trip by ground could take an hour or more so we do a lot of medical evacuation flights, we just pretty much land anywhere around the city where you can fit a helicopter and transport the patient to an available hospital around the city, most within a 10 mile radius, but we do it in under 5 or 10 minutes, instead of an hour by ground, the MC police does on average about 3 flights of the kind every day.
darrenphughes,
Spoke to Betty about two hours ago, she laughed when I asked her about her x-country She's doing really good fortunately, I keep on telling her she's doing great but she still demands perfection! She almost went from the R22 Fresno to the EC135 and she's doing really well. Last thursday we flew that black Koala you see in the photos for about 8 hours in one day, went from MC to Texas and back the same day for paperwork and it was fun for me, but Betty, being Betty, wanted to perfectly hover and fly the aircraft although she'd never flown it before! I would say she did better than most who fly it everyday, me and her have been up flying the 206L4 and the AS350B3 and she's always done great so I thing you guys are great instructors!
Well the 119 feels like a tractor because the rotor isn't really smooth except when you are in cruise, if you are manuvering around on in approach it will make your teeth rattle!!!
Zhishengji751,
G.D.F. stands for Gobierno Distrito Federal (Federal District Govt. = Mexico City Police) and yes that is the paramedic symbol on the helicopter, traffic is really though in Mexico City and in many cases a 5 mile trip by ground could take an hour or more so we do a lot of medical evacuation flights, we just pretty much land anywhere around the city where you can fit a helicopter and transport the patient to an available hospital around the city, most within a 10 mile radius, but we do it in under 5 or 10 minutes, instead of an hour by ground, the MC police does on average about 3 flights of the kind every day.
darrenphughes,
Spoke to Betty about two hours ago, she laughed when I asked her about her x-country She's doing really good fortunately, I keep on telling her she's doing great but she still demands perfection! She almost went from the R22 Fresno to the EC135 and she's doing really well. Last thursday we flew that black Koala you see in the photos for about 8 hours in one day, went from MC to Texas and back the same day for paperwork and it was fun for me, but Betty, being Betty, wanted to perfectly hover and fly the aircraft although she'd never flown it before! I would say she did better than most who fly it everyday, me and her have been up flying the 206L4 and the AS350B3 and she's always done great so I thing you guys are great instructors!
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Ta blender, thats interesting im glad i asked now as im interested in helicopter design and how different helis react
Keep up the good work...! This thread has all the best pics
Ill try to get some pics ive taken around Adelaide soon, and some from Melbourne grand prix in 08.
Simon
Keep up the good work...! This thread has all the best pics
Ill try to get some pics ive taken around Adelaide soon, and some from Melbourne grand prix in 08.
Simon
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Firefighting in Spain
So far, this year we had 75.000 hectare burned. It's one of the worst in many years.
Most os the pictures are in south of Spain, close to Gibraltar.
Most os the pictures are in south of Spain, close to Gibraltar.
Seeing as we are on page 234....Columbia's 234 showed up for a little work. Biggest lift was 21,000 lbs @ 5000' and 20 C
19,000 lb Bombardier BR 400 snowcat
A little imitation
900 lb basket of stuff
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Took a trip over to Mineral Wells, Texas today with the family. The majority of pilots trained there before being shipped off to Vietnam. We stopped off at the reproduction of the Camp Holloway Memorial Wall, so just a few shots from there.