And my favourite helicopter is...
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Hard Choice between Gazelle, Uh1 Huey, and AH7 Lynx!!!!! Huey for the obvious reasons (Thud Thud Thud) Gazelle for speed and manouverability and Lynx AH7 for the same oh and because it will go upside down.
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Gotta be several...
I tend like it every time I get some hours in an H300... It is true flying.
500 for the sheer sexy fun of it!
I used to say all sorts of sh*t about Bell 206 (like "Jet Danger", "i'ts made to fly straight and level, nothing else" etc), but after getting a rating and some 150 hours on type I must say it's a nice and smooth darling that never fails.
I only have a few hours of Bell 204, 412 and UH-1H, but that was really fantastic and testosteronic flying. Dirty teeshirt, four days unshaven, sweaty and a faded cigar in the corner of the mouth - whop-whop-whop...
The EC-120? Nah... Have it, don't quite like it (yet)
500 for the sheer sexy fun of it!
I used to say all sorts of sh*t about Bell 206 (like "Jet Danger", "i'ts made to fly straight and level, nothing else" etc), but after getting a rating and some 150 hours on type I must say it's a nice and smooth darling that never fails.
I only have a few hours of Bell 204, 412 and UH-1H, but that was really fantastic and testosteronic flying. Dirty teeshirt, four days unshaven, sweaty and a faded cigar in the corner of the mouth - whop-whop-whop...
The EC-120? Nah... Have it, don't quite like it (yet)
Red On, Green On
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Any aircraft that someone else pays for is pretty good, but you never forget your first time, even if she was ugly. In my case she was gorgeous 
And that's the very one, XW861.
And that's the very one, XW861.
Yep, Does it show?
Were you with 230SQN in Northern Ireland or 33 at Benson?
Just being nosey as i seen the puma HC1 every day round here, loved watching it..
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AH 64D..... a bus but lots of toys... but you soon get fed up of the random gremlins and the werid microsoft solution... pull the plug..wait..plug back in!
The other extreme: Gazelle no toys...but sooooo much fun! Engine offs the sport of kings..death before overshoot
It gets my vote
The other extreme: Gazelle no toys...but sooooo much fun! Engine offs the sport of kings..death before overshoot
It gets my vote
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I´m not a pilot, probably that´s why I love the Bell222.I was during 7 years medevac doctor, and I remember several times the lack of power in certain situations (heat...), but we had some great pilots who knew the 222 like the palm of their hands. And it´s beautifull.
When I look back over the last 26 years of flying heli's, there is only one chopper that makes my lips curl upward... BO 105, when you've absolutely, positively, gotta kill every mother F***er else........................................
Avoid imitations
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It should look OK when it's finished..... 
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If Harley Davidson built a helicopter.....
It would be a 212......It's a seat of your pants, hairy chested flying F-250 pick-up with true WHOOMP.....
And nothing....absolutly nothing can match it's versatility.
And nothing....absolutly nothing can match it's versatility.
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Anything with a Puma airframe
SA330-EC225 absolutly beautiful looking machines
best looking helicopters in the world
AS332L the best looking of the range and the workhorse of the offshore industry
SA330-EC225 absolutly beautiful looking machines
best looking helicopters in the world
AS332L the best looking of the range and the workhorse of the offshore industry
Originally Posted by rumline
If Harley Davidson built a helicopter.....
It would be a 212......It's a seat of your pants, hairy chested flying F-250 pick-up with true WHOOMP.....
And nothing....absolutly nothing can match it's versatility.
It would be a 212......It's a seat of your pants, hairy chested flying F-250 pick-up with true WHOOMP.....
And nothing....absolutly nothing can match it's versatility.
real bikers don't ride Harleys.......... not if they've got half a brain
My favourite? Split between the S76 and the BK117
I'm no pilot, but I've worked on loads of helis...
Best looking - Dauphin
Best reliability - Huey (-1H)
Best memories - Whirlwind HAR 10 - Queen mother of proper Helicopters.
Best capability - Chinook
Best newcomer with a good future - EC145 (Who on earth called it Lacota?)
... Best Pallet fetcher - Puma
Best looking - Dauphin
Best reliability - Huey (-1H)
Best memories - Whirlwind HAR 10 - Queen mother of proper Helicopters.
Best capability - Chinook
Best newcomer with a good future - EC145 (Who on earth called it Lacota?)
... Best Pallet fetcher - Puma