Aberdeen Scotland to Broome Australia
"Every day's a training day."But, wouldn't it be quicker to break it down and transport it on the back of 1000 camels?
(Although, of course, they might struggle to get off Malta...)
What is the coffin / surf board lump on G-ZZSO RHS under the logo?
Any bets it`ll still take 30 days in the Belslow?
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Just back from the G-ZZSO trip to Malta. I can confirm that its not planned to send it any further under its own steam, and already the blades, MGB and tailboom are off. I just hope it will fit into the Belfast!
We had a good trip but a slight problem going over the Alps - at 7000' QNH with jagged rocks just beneath, we got a GOV caption with loss of torque indication on eng #1. On Steve's suggestion we diverted to Marignane (30 mins away) to get them to fix it. Eurocopter are not used to having their customers dropping in for running repairs but to their credit, the paperwork issues were overcome and (after an EC lunch) we made it to Malta that night. IFR from Olbia (Sardinia) at FL100 at 150kts TAS, not bad!
We had to stay a day in Malta to move the aircraft off-airfield to the maintenance facility, 5 mins away, then a very pleasant afternoon aboard a yacht - thankyou Vince and Deborah. Its a hard life being a pilot...
Nick
We had a good trip but a slight problem going over the Alps - at 7000' QNH with jagged rocks just beneath, we got a GOV caption with loss of torque indication on eng #1. On Steve's suggestion we diverted to Marignane (30 mins away) to get them to fix it. Eurocopter are not used to having their customers dropping in for running repairs but to their credit, the paperwork issues were overcome and (after an EC lunch) we made it to Malta that night. IFR from Olbia (Sardinia) at FL100 at 150kts TAS, not bad!
We had to stay a day in Malta to move the aircraft off-airfield to the maintenance facility, 5 mins away, then a very pleasant afternoon aboard a yacht - thankyou Vince and Deborah. Its a hard life being a pilot...
Nick
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Great trips
Back in about 2002-ish, one of Scotias L2's (i think G-PUMO), was to be used by a Brazilian company for some work there. For reasons that i can't remember now, it had to be registered as a Canadian aircraft, so 3 extremely lucky guys got to meet it out in eastern Canada (after the L2 had been shipped from Liverpool to Canada), do some air testing in Canada, before flying it down the eastern side of the American continent to Brazil. I'm friends with the engineer who went with them, and he kept a video diary for his daughter to see when he got back. All i can say is i'm normally not the jealous type, but having seen his video...........if only it had been me going as one of the ferry pilots! If i remember correctly i think they seem to have had been carrying a couple of snags that had to get fixed along the way, and the Caribbean Islands seemed a good place to have a few days to make these "essential" repairs!
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Back in about 2002-ish, one of Scotias L2's (i think G-PUMO), was to be used by a Brazilian company for some work there
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Now I can only picture you as a bearded captain at the Bubba Gump Shrimping Company
The single piston thing brought a story to mind.
A guy I heard of some yrs ago here in Iceland had a broken down lawnmover. He called a company that fixes these kind of machines and the clerk asked our friend what kind of engine the mover had, is it a two-stroke or a four-stroke?... well, he said, it has a single piston so it must be a single stroke engine....
Now I can only picture you as a bearded captain at the Bubba Gump Shrimping Company
The single piston thing brought a story to mind.
A guy I heard of some yrs ago here in Iceland had a broken down lawnmover. He called a company that fixes these kind of machines and the clerk asked our friend what kind of engine the mover had, is it a two-stroke or a four-stroke?... well, he said, it has a single piston so it must be a single stroke engine....
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Hi wiz, well remembered. Is MM in Brazil permenently now? I seem to remember it was on as a contract aircraft originally, but now may have been sold. Shame there was never a ferry flight back for another group to enjoy. I'm still waiting with baited breath for a desperate need for more S76's to be ferried out to Thailand - then again i guess there will be a fairly long queue for that.
As for the bike........i've decided the safest way to avoid suicidal elderly drivers is to give up and buy an estate car (sad i know!)
Cheers, andy
As for the bike........i've decided the safest way to avoid suicidal elderly drivers is to give up and buy an estate car (sad i know!)
Cheers, andy
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Here she is.. pic on this thread
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/191379-ec225-9.html
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/191379-ec225-9.html
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Ec225 Vh-zfc
Hi All,
I trust you all had a good christmas! Spoke to an unusual callsign on Anglia radar this morning VH-ZFC, an EC225 routing from EGPD to EGSH. With the reg and the accent from one of the crew.... can i assume its heading down under???
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I trust you all had a good christmas! Spoke to an unusual callsign on Anglia radar this morning VH-ZFC, an EC225 routing from EGPD to EGSH. With the reg and the accent from one of the crew.... can i assume its heading down under???
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The next one is on its way VHZFC ex GZZSP left Aberdeen in the 27th Dec For Broome via Norwich and Tel Aviv, I believe, where the Belfast should reappear to transport it onward.
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Belfasts
I last heard that the Belfasts of Heavylift are registered in Philippines Registry.
Is that why they have to meet half-way, away from EU skies ?
And wouldn't an IL 76 be cheaper and easier to charter ? Is the volume of Belfast larger ?
Thanks.
PS: Sorry if this is considered a thread drift.
Is that why they have to meet half-way, away from EU skies ?
And wouldn't an IL 76 be cheaper and easier to charter ? Is the volume of Belfast larger ?
Thanks.
PS: Sorry if this is considered a thread drift.
