great pictures......it's difficult to decide which one to use :ok:

I like the one with the ugly yellow helicopter on the road.

Congratulations BP! Those are all great shots but although I'm a patriotic Aussie, that 427 is going to look great on my desktop for the remainder of September.

Superb! Wish I had widescreen.

STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!

I can't stand the stress of trying to decide which fantastic photo to use!



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October 2005 calendar
 

Here are this month's offerings: I'm rapidly running out of high res images to use for the calendar, so any budding contributors out there, please send your offerings ;) :ok:

Click on the thumbnail image to link to the full size calendar :)

One of the Stornoway Coastguard S61, standard and widescreen:

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...61%20thumb.jpg http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...de%20thumb.jpg

and a Canadian 206, in the Mackenzie Mountains, standard screen only

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...06%20thumb.jpg

(edited to correct geographical misplacement: thanks, mustfly1 ! )

"Coastguard Rescue MU" is based in Stornoway

John, sorry if im being a pest. Is there any chance you could send me a hi res image of the original? Mike Uniform is a familiar sight to us round here and a picture as good as that deserves to be seen. (If only in the office)
Thanks.

Erchie,

Not my original to pass on, but if you send a PM to NRDK, I'm sure that he can let you have a copy :ok:

Where's this month's wallpaper?
 

Morning everyone. Can someone please point me to the October wallpaper photo?

Cheers

TT

You can find the choices here...

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...hreadid=192161

Thanks Cobra!! :ok:

TT

November Calendar
 

As always I got a great response to my request for pictures, lots of excellent pictures which if I didn't use on this calendar, will use on the next for sure.

You can see the other pictures at the pictures thread and on future calendars,

Thank you and I hope you like the calendar, this month the calendars are all in 1024x768 resolution, please tell me the most popular resolutions so that I can make more versions, also please let me know how many of you are Mac users so that I can start making versions with the calendar on the other side.

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/Fox5Nov.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/IvoryCoast.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/PumaNov.jpg

BP,

Nice shots as always, any chance of 1280 x 800 for us widescreen users?

TIA :ok:

BP,

I'm tempted to suggest something similar on the "Private Flying" forum covering light aircraft. Before suggesting such a thing however, I'd better be prepared to volunteer!

Given that, is there any chance of Emailing me the PPrune and monthly graphics that you use in those? genghis @ engineer.flyer.co. uk (spaces deliberately inserted to avoid web trolls, just re-type) will get me.

G

Great pictures!!!

Pekka

Christmas calendar photo needed....
 

I'm looking for a (Northern Hemisphere) White Christmas photo for the December Rotorheads calendar. If anyone has a suitable hi res image that can be used, would you e mail it to me (my e mail is in my profile) with a description and author details?

TIA :ok:

John

You'll need to change the e-mail setting in your profile.
At the moment, it's set not to receive e-mails.

Heliport

Heliport,

Hmmmmm.... profile as I've set it, allows e mails, but PPRuNe doesn't. Any clues to correcting the setting?

Anyone with a photo, send it to ****info@##helicopterservice.com.au , but remove the **** and the ##. My only guard against the address getting picked up by spambots ;)

December calendar
 

'tis the season to be jolly, bah humbug, etc etc ;)

This month's offerings include both standard and widescreen format: I am still putting the standard at 1024 x 768, maybe a straw poll to let me know if this is still a high enough resolution for everyone? The widescreen is 1680 x 1040, which should suit most users.

The snow scene is courtesy of Ron Kellenaers, who took the AS532UL Cougar as the opening display of the 2005 Axalp fire power demo. The LtSt6 Swiss Air Force Cougar fired off 128 flares in the one pass: more photos are at Ron's site, www.sgniederrhein.net.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ma%20thumb.jpg http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...de%20thumb.jpg


The Antipodean offering comes from Whangaruru, Northland, New Zealand; the photo is by Neil Wellwood of one of his R44's spraying gorse, and the pilot was Steve Pascoe, co owner of TwinCoast Helicopters.


http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...44%20thumb.jpg http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...de%20thumb.jpg

To download the required image, click on the thumbnail, and the full size image will be displayed. Right click on the full size calendar, and Set as Background to put it as wallpaper on your monitor :ok:

Wow this photo of the Cougar is just beyond........ :ok: :ok: :ok:

December Calendar
 

John,
As always, the pictures are superb and I enjoy having a monthly calendar on my desktop.
Just one minor point this month - December seems to have been shortened this year? :\

:\ :\ :\

Oops: I'll fix it later, in the middle of a film job ATM ;)

Personally, I blame the proof readers......... :rolleyes:

All fixed: my sister's excuse was "tell them it's a December leap Year". Is that good enough?

:rolleyes: ;) :p

:ok:

What excellent and speedy service!!

Actually, I thought it was another of those sneaky "stealth taxes" creeping in. By shortening each month the government could squeeze an extra month into the year and make some more out of us......??

Just wanted to say thank you.

I really look forward to the new calendar.

Brian

Fantastic! Anyone offer a similar service for us mere FW types? (though I now have the Swiss one as my wallpaper!)

The missus just saw the wallpaper and said
"oh its one of those boat plane waterfall things isnt it?"

Just had to laugh

X X X X

Im afraid I am only getting Red crosses.........and page unavailable..........I know Im leaving it a little late in December, but have only just got back home from offshore.

Any Ideas??

Regards, SD..

GREAT PICS!!

Thanks to whoever fixed it!!

Regards, SD..

January's Desktop Calendars
 

I am looking to see if the calendar fits the different resolutions in your screen, especially if the widescreen users think it looks OK in their computers. If everything goes OK I will work on more calendars with the other pictures I have recieved.

I will try to add a couple more before the end of December

Please tell me if you like the new way of setting up the days in the calendar of you prefer the old way.

And Sasless & BigMike, I promise that as soon as I get a chance I will make a calendar with the hangar staff! :)

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/1535.jpg

DOWNLOAD HERE 1280 x 1024 Version

DOWNLOAD HERE 1024 x 768 Version

DOWNLOAD HERE 1680 x 1050 Version

DOWNLOAD HERE 1152 x 864 Version


This is another version in 1024 x 768 and 1680 x 1050 only so far

DOWNLOAD HERE 1024 x 768 Version

DOWNLOAD HERE 1650 x 1050 Version



http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/1536.jpg

BP,

The 1680 x 1050 works fine for me, cheers. Not too sure about the change of calendar layout, but it should work as long as it doesn't interfere with a cluttered desktop.

Thanks for your efforts, I look forward to the final offering :ok:

Blender,

Now if you need help moving the "birds" (British Usage here)around for that other calendar.....please feel free to call for assistance!

Have a good New Year BP!:ok:

January Calender
 

Been away over Christmas and New year and had no access to a PC.

Was there a January Calender posted?

Also really like the new look. Adds a splash of fresh paint to the site!:ok:

Re: January Calender
 

It was around the top of page 3 this morning!

Cheers

Whirls

Re: January Calender
 

Love page 3 me.


Thanks for that Whirls. :ok:

Re: January Calender
 

Whirls,

Why on Heaven's Earth would you be looking at page 3? You gone to modeling now and are looking for you piccies?

Re: January Calender
 

I love you guys - I can feed you the lines and you never fail to disappoint! :ok:
Now, where are my other Kings of Smut!? :p

As for modelling? Well, modesty forbids but I did succeed in putting together a rather nice model of a Chinook! :8

Cheers

Whirls