Sky Cops BBC1 Wednesday 13th 8pm
 

Not sure if this has been posted already.

8:00 pm
Sky Cops
Bang to Rights: Jamie Theakston narrates a series about helicopter police in South Yorkshire. Car thieves are making life hell for the police so the team of 11 sky cops are brought in to help. [S]

Big heli, then?

RC

Not that Pox* jamie Theaky tweekt again :eek:

( "What's on TV" - Review Page 26 )
( or "Acting" Inspector if you read the listing on P.62 :rolleyes: )
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Should make an interesting comparison - South Yorkshire's MD902 and the Met's Squirrel(s) ;)

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Will they be discussing serviceability?

Well it was worth watching just to see Helen Scothern's Nail varnish :ok:

Why did they feel the need to dub audio tracks from what sounded like Microsoft's Flight Sim Jet Ranger ( and others ) ?

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and what bits of the display were fuzzed out....and why?

"It's pitch black out there" - cut to shot of full moon! :ugh: Fabulous narrative :rolleyes:

But why does an observer using a laptop sized keyboard wear gloves? It looked most cack-handed!

Cheers

Whirls

A great advert for the 902's reliability.....:hmm:

Good to watch but I found myself getting really :mad: off at the :mad: dubbed heli sound, I heard Jetranger, Bell 47, and something that sounded like a cross between a Huey and a CH47 Chinook! :ugh:

What is wrong with these people? :*

Whirls :

Don't know when it was filmed but even in the Summer at 1000 - 1500 ft or so I would imagine it gets pretty nippy with the side door open may be one answer .... or maybe its just the feel of the leather on the skin :rolleyes:

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Coconutty, it must be the feel of leather :ok: They're rufty-tufty Northerners ferchris'sakes! If a nesh Southerner like me can cope, so can they!

Cheers

Whirls

Maybe they have all got "Tiger Nails" and the gloves are for protection :p

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I was pleased to see an occasional contributor to this forum being interviewed (who also taught me to fly). I believe this was filmed a couple of months ago.

my wife (who has a fear of flying and has never stepped foot in my heli) saw the look on the engineers face when he was changing the fuel valve and said "he doesn't seem to know what he's doing!! Are the engineers you use like that?"

I say "cough, cough, no, no dear..er....of course not......":cool:

rotorspin
The engineer didn't give me that much confidence either. "If I can replace this fuel valve without taking the floor up it will be much quicker......." and eventually having to give in and take the floor up in order to get the job done.
Anybody have any idea what it says in the maintenance manual for this machine?

I bet PAS are really chuffed with the BBC. We all know that aircraft go tech but a large portion of joe public won't see it that way.

To fill a large part of the program with engineers working on the aircraft that the public have just been told cost them £4 million whilst offenders are seen to be getting away, probably didn't show Police ASU's in the best light (902 reliability debates aside). Especially when coupled with a narrative explaining that the aircrew didn't know where they were and couldn't effectively direct ground resources. We all become 'unsure of position' at times. Balanced reporting? I dunno'.

I suppose we take a risk that the editing will be kind to us when we get involved with TV and I think that most producers are responsible but there's always the chance of a bloody nose. I'm sure HEMS feel the same following 'Golden Hour'.

Did that turn into a rant? Sorry!

Engineer
 

rotorspin

I know of that engineer and from what i've heard he does know what he's doing :)

teefor gauge

Maybe you should have watched the program more closely I think eventually he said he managed to change the valve without removing the floor :)

Come on guys leave engineering to the engineers and stick to flying, as an engineer myself one thing I definitely dislike is a pilot telling me how to do my job, I wouldn't tell you guys how to fly!!!!!!!!!

I do agree, but you must be able to forgive pilots a little edginess. An engineer's work could have a direct effect on a pilots longevity. That doesn't usually apply the other way round. :}

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TV editing! DE is a good engineer.
I would think he was refering to removing the whole Explorer floor to get at that valve, as it was, it looked like he got it through the small access panel in the corner. The panel that was removed looked like an avionics bay...TV editing again.