Rotorheads Around the World (incl 'Views from the Cockpit')
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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We used to teach helicopters step up on formation leader. no??
Might have been alot easier for you to have been the formation leader and let pilot of the other aircraft (who can speak on intercom to cameraman) formate on you for best angle/picture etc.
topilot... or to pprune
Might have been alot easier for you to have been the formation leader and let pilot of the other aircraft (who can speak on intercom to cameraman) formate on you for best angle/picture etc.
topilot... or to pprune
Just checked the old parchments and I did my D40 IF Test (didn't do an actual IRT on BFT course) with Mark Osman on 30 Jul 1984...and passed! Only did two other trips in that machine all course...but boy what a happy summer of love that was - happy days
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Chilliwack, BC Canada
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Thanks to John Eacott for hosting these pictures, and to my valued customer MISTAYA LODGE for supplying me with the shots.....
212 AHC Departs the Lodge...
Bell 407 ALM arriving ....
212 AHC arrives on a bad Wx day.....
Typical "snowball" on landing.....
212 AHC Departs the Lodge...
Bell 407 ALM arriving ....
212 AHC arrives on a bad Wx day.....
Typical "snowball" on landing.....
Spud. Not just a bog and galley. What about a lovely hostie bringing you a coffe with a smile That would have been something to distract you in the middle of a 360 auto to the autofield.....
That would have been something to distract you in the middle of a 360 auto to the autofield.....
Spud, It didnt have a bog, galley or bed; yet most cabs on 705 managed OK without the mods, including the occasional discerning hostie, one suspects.
Fuel2noise: XW895 Chelsea Barracks & rtn 3.55 DCO....via Chatham House SRZ......
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Fuel2noise: XW895 Chelsea Barracks & rtn 3.55 DCO....via Chatham House SRZ......
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peterperfect: I did Chelsea Barracks for my landaway but that was in XW897 6&7 Sep 1984.... got my beefer laid in West Kensington so passed the trip ('Captaincy 1 & 2' if I remember it was billed); now those were the days.
Purveyor of Egg Liqueur to Lucifer
The beauty of the helicopter at work;
The search.
The rapid response.
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The search.
The rapid response.
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Red On, Green On
Join Date: May 2004
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My only trip in this wonderfull piece of engineering was on Jan 22 1980 with that wonder on the accordion Nige North. D16 Advanced PFLs on the menu that day.
...with all this top-grade notsalgia for the Gaz-piece I wonder if 'those who touched the hem of the 705 garment' could reach into our pockets and acquire one to re-kindle those fondest aviation moments? Base it in a cornish field somewhere and then have some fun. As an aside we could even re-create the extra-curricular activities so essential in forming the Fleet Air Arm heros of our generation. Any takers??
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On top of the 55th level of the bldg.
My friend Huizar took this picture while we were waiting for our turn to land at this heliport which is on top of the 55 floor, the bldg. safety manager always sends a fireman in full uniform before any operations are conducted there, makes me nervous to see a fireman pointing a hose ready to go as I am getting close.
And while we were waiting for the pilot to come up and start up Huizar took this other picture of our reflection
And while we were waiting for the pilot to come up and start up Huizar took this other picture of our reflection
