Thanks everyone as a SLF I have only dreamed about vistas like this. Time to reassess my prioroties and maybe learn a new skill. (besides spelling)

February 2004 calendar is here! (short version)
 

You can download the February 2004 calendar by clicking HERE!

Sorry for the delay but I just got home after and UNEXPECTED 2,941 nautical mile trip! And if you have ever done this you know how it feels to sit in helicopter for this long.

(Those of your who downloaded the calendar first know what I mean by "short version", sorry bout that, too many hours in a helicopter!)

Good work BP,
Cheers

Nice one Blender!

Thanks - these have been popular with all who have seen them on my laptop!

Thanks Blender.

No doubt, like the Jan calendar, this will also receive good comments from work colleagues and visitors.

SS

Thanks Blender!:D

Thanks Blender:
If I may suggest for March, that sharpe looking model with the R22!

Thanks Blender,

Keep up the good work !!

Good Calender Work
 

Blender,

Cracking work dude.

Since you have criticised the work, WILL there will be a delay in the "proper" Feb Calender? :confused:

I am sure 2,491 Hrs is against any monthly log book entry :{

Well done Blender,

High regards (nearly 2000 amsl) :ok:

MD

Another terrific result. Thanks guys.

she's a beauty...good job Blender

ps..John..it's good to see you lookin after the Hydro Majestic...there's more to that place then just the architecture and history..it's been a favourite drink stop (as well as every other pub in the area) for years while driving out west for the annual pig shoot..not sure why but has always provided a nice change to our local..The Blood'n Guts (hotel)

Thanks BP.
Another excellent production. :ok:

Heliport

Could one of you computer whizzes please tell me how to make the background smaller. Dec & Jan fitted but Feb is too big.
Many thanks:8

After you've set the calendar as your desktop background .....
(and assuming you're using Windows)

Right-click on the screen
Select 'Properties'
Then 'Background'
Look for 'Display' which is a dropdown menu offering: Centre, Tile or 'Stretch'
Select 'Stretch' (which reduces as well as stretches) to fit the screen.

Awesome! Keep 'em coming!


DJG

March Desktop Calendar
 

March 1st is here - Happy Saint David's Day to our Welsh contributors and readers!

Thanks to Voodoo2 who provided the photograph we've used this month.

Another superb production by BlenderPilot who, in between hosting photos for us and producing the monthly calendar, manages to find time to fly helicopters around Mexico for a living.


For those who haven't downloaded previous Rotorheads calendars:


Windows Users
To preview, left-click on the link.

To set as your desktop background:

Right-click on This Link

Select Save Target As .....
Save the file to your own computer - all Blender's files are virus-checked
Pull up the image (File name = PpruneMarch)
Right-click on the photograph
Select Set as Desktop Background/Wallpaper

You may need to adjust it to fit your screen, depending upon your settings.
If so:
Right-click on the photo.
Select Properties
Then Desktop
Then Stretch
Then OK
(For reasons computer experts will no doubt understand, but I don't, Stretch includes reducing in size to fit the screen as well as expanding.
The above is from memory, but it won't be far out.

AppleMac Users
I don't know but, if you have a problem, ask and someone will be able to help.


Please keep the photographs coming!

Heliport

That's an awesome picture and another great desktop.

Thank you Voodoo2 and the Anglo-Mexican production team.
Appreciate it.

:ok: :ok: :ok:

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very nice.:ok: :ok: :ok: :ok: I might even keep that one all year. Except they get better and better.

Dear Heliport:

You said . . . .

Us "AppleMac Users" NEVER have a problem! Our computers are closer to perfection than anything else. ;)

I am far too useless to set up that calender, any chance of putting the photo on the thread!!?

Also while I am on the subject is there anyway of getting prints of any of the photos that are posted?

Sorry I am a bit of a dumb blonde.:confused:

Doh, I found the calender, maybe I am not that stuuupid after all.

Thanks to all of you. These pics have been very impressive. Much better than pics of half naked women. Opps I must be getting old:p

Regarding the photo March calender
 

Im happy to see that so many is enjoying the photo.

Took the picture in 2002 while I was working for Air Alphas A/S Greenland. As there are no roads connecting any of the towns and villages, most transports are done by helicopters.
Jacobshavn is our main base and its located in the discobay on the westcoast. The photo was taken by me as 2 of our Bell222 were enroute from Jacobshavn to Queqertarsuaq. Pilot Eiliv Bjorna is flying the B222 passing by one of the many icebergs shed by Jacobshavn glacier (worlds most active, sheds same amount of water in 1 hour as New York uses in a day).
Some of the iceberg get above 300 feet high so you got to keep that in mind while flying in foggy conditions. All our aircrafts have radar wich is helpful. During the weekdays we fly about 4 hours in average on the scheduled routes. On weekends there are usualy some ambulance and search and rescue missions.
In the summer we also do a bit of charter mainly geologists and tours.
Air Alpha operates 5 B222 and a B206. We also fly mail with 2 Cessna Caravans.

Desktop Calendar Archive
 

Download the April CALENDAR HERE

I hope you like it, I'm sorry if its a little late.

I have a Mac and icons on Mac default to the right, as I understand icons on PC's default to the left so it should work fine for most people, but please let me know if the calendar doesn't display properly for someone, I'll try to improve in the future

Thanks to Capt. Hollywood for the excellent picture!

Thanks Blender! Top work:ok:

Thanks Blender and Capt Hollywood ! I've heard that it's bad luck to display calenders early ! It'll go on my wallpaper first thing tomorrow.

Ayer's 2 U, Blender! Great Pic!:ok: :ok:

Another superb job by Blenderpilot.

Many thanks to Capt Hollywood from Professional Helicopter Services at Ayers Rock for providing this month's stunning picture which shows one his company's former pilots, Johanna Adams, posing for a brochure picture. Capt H says the bubble windows fitted to their scenic aircraft are an excellent, although expensive, conversion.

Thanks guys. :ok:

Thanks for the kind words fellas. Just to be geographically correct, as pilots like to be, our base is at Ayers Rock which is actually 500km from Alice Springs. Alice is about three hours drive thanks to the lack of speed limits out here!!! :ok:

Cheers,

Hollywood :cool:

Excellent stuff, Blender and Hollywood. This could become a saleable product for 2005. Think about it...

Thanks for the correction Capt H - I've edited my post.

Moosp
Good idea, worth considering.
I don't know anything about the costs/practicalities, but we've built up an amazing collection of photos thanks to our members all around the world so it's worth exploring the idea.

H.

Great picture !!

It has a great perspective - almost as seen from outside the helicopter.

Blenderpilot - One question;
Is the camera held out of the door or was the shot taken through another bubble window..?

We'll need to wait for Capt Hollywood to answer.

The photographs are provided by different Rotorheads each month. BlenderPilot very kindly agreed to create the desktop calendars, and has done a wonderful job every month.
That said, he's not only a busy professional pilot but also a very talented photographer himself - we'll be using one of his photographs from Mexico shortly.

Heliport

Capt Hollywood : Great pic but what on earth made you fly so darn high? :)

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :ok: :ok: :ok:

.... anyone got her phonenumber? :O :cool:


Great Pic Capt Hollywood and thanks Blenderpilot for the effort!

Well done guys!!!!


:ok:

Jo was actually a model on the Gold Coast before she started flying with Scottie Menzies. She then got a break out at the Rock and the rest they say is history.

Gorg girl and awesome bod. Had a memorable night with Jo on the coast where we polished off a few of Scotties fine bottles of liquor while he was down on the fires in Sydney, man was he annoyed that night. Me, staying at his house, drinking his booze, with his girlfriend, aint life grand :ok: :ok:

Unfortunately she recently got married and lives near Cairns somewhere I think. Sad loss for the guys at the Rock :{ :{

Autorotate.

Thanks again for the comments,

I took the pic about 18 months ago. I had the door off and was leaning out of the aircraft a little. If my memory serves me correctly, which it often doesn't, I used a 20mm lens. Note the slight curvature of the horizon. You may well be able to get that photo through the window but reflection off the window may be a problem.

Sprocket : I realise your query was tongue in cheek but that's about the altitude we do our scenic flights at, although we are usually a little closer to the Rock. Our flights are conducted within the National Park and the park has guidelines pertaining to where and how high, or more accurately how low, we can fly.

As for the 'model', she married one of our other pilots and they moved the Cairns to live happily ever after! Sorry fellas!!

Cheers,

Hollywood :cool: