October 1996 - enroute from Banja Luka (Bosnia) to Split (Croatia).

Sorry for flying so high - but it was necessary so as not to get shot down!

This by the way is a Royal Navy Sea King Mk 4....NOT an MH53 (as we were mis-identified by a flight of US Army Apaches) NOR a Serbian Mil-8 Hip (as we were mis-identified by a pair of USAF F-16's!)



http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...snia%20SK4.jpg

Nice photo, jungly!

The color scheme there, is it designed to make the aircraft look less like a helicopter and more like a... ahem... a zebra?

I can see how this would confuse any adversary. Great trick, I say!

And I thought going under the bridge was crazy!:E :E :ok:
Would not want to be in the back of either Lynx in those pictures:ooh:

http://mysite.freeserve.com/Mil_Phot.../149_4926w.jpg
Someone has taken the P !!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../151_5183w.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../151_5187w.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../152_5203w.jpg

Coo... Some (most?) of these photos are brilliant. I am not [fixed wing] worthy. :)

Quite right.
But being the generous chaps we are, we don't mind fixed-wing types visiting.


http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com...rune/actsm.gif

B47 and exrotarybooty,

Piccie of XT132 was taken at RAF South Cerney, then home of CFS (H) and CFS Basic, who own the Provost T1 in background.

Wrong Hangars for Middle Wallop.

Anyone remember the RAF team "The Tomahawks" ?
Flew the Sioux HT3 for a short while around the end of the 60's. Piccie of them would be nice..............................

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ne/GRIFFIN.jpg
Bell 412 Griffin - DHFS Shropshire - UK

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...pprune/NTM.jpg
SA330J Puma HCI - RAF - NATO Tiger Meet 2003

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...pprune/JDF.jpg
Bell 412EP Jamaican Defence Force - Kingston - Jamaica

Seasonal extremes
 

Whilst Europe & Canada are suffering extreme bushfires, the Victorian Alps have had one of the best snowfalls in decades, not only a good depth, but genuine powder snow, almost unheard of in Oz. Temps down around -6C for a week, so we haven't done a lot of flying on our skier shuttle operation: here's our helipad at Falls Creek, it took two Kassie's an hour and a half to level it off for us to use when the snow eased off!

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...0snowbound.jpg

I was lucky enough to have a client want to go skiing, so the B206 was roped in to take him and I for a few hours on the slopes: this is our 6000ft AMSL roof top pad, complete with JetA1 refuel facility:


http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...%20helipad.JPG

Ah! I did wonder about "this is our 6000ft AMSL roof top pad" when only the top pic appeared! :D

Many thanks for your help resizing bigger pics for us John. :ok:

Dunno what the British CAA would say about this one ;)

http://www.mucahit.net/Komutanlar/helikopter.jpg

For the appropriate fee, I'm sure they'd say nothing !

..If they react the way the Greek Cypriot National Guard did in 1974, you won't see them for dust...

Antarctica
 

Couple of years ago (Antarctica)


http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ng%20SANAE.jpg

Cargo sling off (through) Naval support vessel.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ly%20by%20.jpg

Puma J Flyby

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...0White-out.jpg

Puma J's during white-out

The joys of flying a helicopter

Check Revs,

Great to see pictures of helis I've flown before!:} hja,hiz
Thanks for that!

Puma J's
 

DC,

What, where, when?

I believe one of them is no more. But it could be a rumour.

Regards

Nothing to do with helicopters, but I thought this NASA photograph of a sonic boom was interesting.

http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image...plane_navy.jpg

OOps

Winnie.....used to be a roll of toilet paper stuck on the rotor brake handle on S58T's.....helped keep the white shirts from turning pink on the left shoulder and arm.