50 Years of the Fabulous 500.
The Maestro wrote:
Today she (N488NS) spent the afternoon battling in training, but oh so easily .... against 40 knot winds. (Shobdon sits in the lea of the Welsh mountains - so lots of standing waves)
Today she (N488NS) spent the afternoon battling in training, but oh so easily .... against 40 knot winds. (Shobdon sits in the lea of the Welsh mountains - so lots of standing waves)
81 and still flying strong!! God love you Denissimo!!
I spotted this photo on Eric's Flickr collection.
All sizes | 2013-05-12 (409) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
It looks like G-BMJH was finished in the "Plumage III Ltd Edition" paint scheme. I wonder if it was delivered with the executive interior as well?
500 Fan.
All sizes | 2013-05-12 (409) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
It looks like G-BMJH was finished in the "Plumage III Ltd Edition" paint scheme. I wonder if it was delivered with the executive interior as well?
500 Fan.
There aren't too many OH-6As entering service in this day and age but here is one that started out with a proud new operator in 2012.
Sheriff's Office Unveils Air Wolf-1 | Pro 8 News.com - News, Weather, Sports - | Laredo, Texas | News
It looks to be in good nick for a 42 year old airframe.
500 Fan.
Sheriff's Office Unveils Air Wolf-1 | Pro 8 News.com - News, Weather, Sports - | Laredo, Texas | News
It looks to be in good nick for a 42 year old airframe.
500 Fan.
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I like this one :
Rare picture of a Great White attacking a swimer in the Yellow Sea
(Emergency landing in a corn field yesterday after a wire strike during power lines inspection)
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I like this one :
Rare picture of a Great White attacking a swimer in the Yellow Sea
(Emergency landing in a corn field yesterday after a wire strike during power lines inspection)
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Its a 500 world.
Does anyone have access to the old promotional film/tapes of " Its a 500 world" Think they must have been produced in hughes ownership time.
BMJH had a brown suede interior on delivery. Probably the whole ensemble interior and exterior was the tackiest I've ever seen applied to an aircraft. I seem to think that Mike Hughes got it cheap because nobody else wanted it.
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That one just crashed
Here is some recent 500 news;
A seagull rescue.
Photos | Helicopter rescues seagull in Virginia Beach | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com
The comments at the bottom of that article are, em, interesting. No shortage of people lining up to shoot the gull out of the wires!
More autonomous flight-testing at Boeing.
Robocopters to the Rescue - IEEE Spectrum
500 Fan.
A seagull rescue.
Photos | Helicopter rescues seagull in Virginia Beach | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com
The comments at the bottom of that article are, em, interesting. No shortage of people lining up to shoot the gull out of the wires!
More autonomous flight-testing at Boeing.
Robocopters to the Rescue - IEEE Spectrum
500 Fan.
500 Fan: I am sure you must have come across this external fuel tank for the 500 which, apparently, adds an additional 30mins endurance to the D model although, from its size one might hope that it offered a little more, perhaps it does?
Prism Helicopters Hughes 500D C-GLHQ in Alaska (Photo: Kyle Negri)
Prism Helicopters Hughes 500D C-GLHQ in Alaska (Photo: Kyle Negri)
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There can't be a thread about the angry egg without a mention of this guy.
Pure Gold - Helicopters Magazine
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Hi Sav. I always thought that pod under the Prism 500 might have been some kind of small cargo pod so thanks for setting me straight on that.
The Viking Pod is also an interesting design. Apparently it had some "interesting" flight characteristics in autorotation.
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The Viking Pod is also an interesting design. Apparently it had some "interesting" flight characteristics in autorotation.
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MD 500s.
This one is for Eric Ferrett ... so I guess I would have been the 'tacky' sales guy who supplied dear Mike Hughes of Hughes of Beconsfield, with his 'tackiest' MD 500. I'm guessing it would have been late 1970s-early 1980s as the firm I worked for ... Spooner Aviation as a Hughes dealer, had the E model 500 on its sales stand at Farnborough. Mike had placed his order for the first of the new 'E' models to come into the country.
However, the moment Mike Hughes inspected the MD (Hughes in those days) he announced he wouldn't accept it since many of the parts were suffixed 'D' indicating they were for the earlier round nose D model. With the days rushing by I'm not sure how we got round the problem if indeed we ever did! PS. I loved the terrific 'Plumage' 500 paint scheme.
However, the moment Mike Hughes inspected the MD (Hughes in those days) he announced he wouldn't accept it since many of the parts were suffixed 'D' indicating they were for the earlier round nose D model. With the days rushing by I'm not sure how we got round the problem if indeed we ever did! PS. I loved the terrific 'Plumage' 500 paint scheme.
Keep taking the medication Dennis, at the time time BMJH was imported Sloane Aviation was the UK distrbutor and I think Mikes Hughes may have been a director.When BMJH was built the 500E was still on the drawing board. Now if I was talking about OMJH which I wasn't that would be another matter.
As to you being a tacky salesman your words not mine!!!!!!
As to you being a tacky salesman your words not mine!!!!!!
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Here a Pic of the Viking pod, there was different versions of it, some were just cargo pods and some were a mixed of cargo and aux fuel tank.
500 Fan I don't remember having any problems with Autorotations and the pod installed. Just had to be careful landing in the bush, you could damage it easily on stumps etc.
Photo taken in LG2 Quebec, Canada 1979, Viking Heli, bran new D model.
JD
500 Fan I don't remember having any problems with Autorotations and the pod installed. Just had to be careful landing in the bush, you could damage it easily on stumps etc.
Photo taken in LG2 Quebec, Canada 1979, Viking Heli, bran new D model.
JD
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