Oh my god!! I can't believe not one of you has said it is the First of November for Chrissakes!!!

Christmas allready? Try and enjoy bonfire night at least first:ugh:

But actually if you really want a tip try LASORS???

Red Hot,

OK so maybe I shouldn't have tried to dress it up with a bit of humour, or worse still been a bit childish,

"Flying helicopters is a serious business. There are peoples lives on the line for god sake and this forum should be kept clear to sort out issues as they arise. If I want to have a laugh I will buy a joke book" Red hot

But read the first post, I also asked for advice about better understanding of POF, reading that will help improve airmanship and safety, I violently agree with you red hot, but maybe my posting title pi**ed people off.

Perhaps it should have been, Suggestions for expanding my extensive aviation library to check there aren't a couple of key titles I have missed. Just though I'd bring in a bit of good read for Xmas too.

Fo info my previous life was v serious, involved life and death and professionalism, we often used humour to get through some of the tougher moments while remaining professional.

I am still seeking ways to improve my skills which will include posting here, asking, listening to those with more experience than myself and just about any other damn thing I can think of.

steve 76 (aka toenails)

To bastardise a memorable line from "Good Morning Vietnam"

"I've met folks from all over the world and never have I met a person so badly in need of a b@&# j#b"

jemax

I suggest you route around on the web and find a book entitled "KAMAN Our Early Years" Its a fascinating autobiography by Charles Kaman. Real 'derring do' and 'cut and see' rotary aviation pioneering

R1tamer

I suspect that that is what Mrs. Steve76 has been trying to tell him! :E :ok: :D :p

Cheers

Whirls

PS - jemax, you don't need to justify yourself!

Sorry to interrupt this serious discussion, but I was just lurking with my eight year-old daughter (Emily) reading over my shoulder. "Dad, how do they put the smiley faces on the computer?"

"here, watch this".....:sad: < - - this was her favorite

p.s. Whirls Sr, you may have just under 1,000 hours but surely your 3,566 posts put you positively in the professional pilot category. So I would think you shouldn't have to worry about getting in the Rotorheads Sr forum when they split this into two forums (jr. and sr.)

Lordy lordy - give steve76 a break - I've been following his posts for years and its obvious this is not one of his typical posts - he's on a downer at the moment and yes - some posts appear trivial in the face of perhaps more pressing or urgent matters - but that is not what I think this forum is about.

We are all here for a mutual love of helicopter aviation, whether the topic involves watches, torches or the latest accident or rotor blade development.

I'm not an old aviator, nor a new aviator, but I still want to learn, and pass on what I know.

We're all in this together.

P.S. Whirls...I've got to meet you someday. I'll organise a trip to the motherland especially!

PPS Gordy - Was hoping to see you the other day - had dropped in for some gas but you had just left. Next time!!

Did you drop into KTIX? You know I am no longer there, moved on again---Currently KRDD doing "other" stuff. Feel free to come up here though.

Yes KTIX, was on ferry to Barbados - I heard you were moving on. Nice choice though - love that part of the globe!! Hi to Kat.

Segation and Christmas
 

Whilst I don't neccesarily agree with the segregation suggested earlier,
Is there no way the software that runs the forums can be configured to allow an 'unsubscribe from thread' then once anything considered drivel is spotted it can be binned as far as that user is concerned.
I know what Steve means about using PPrune as a lifeline, I find quite bit of industry stuff on here, which would take me months to stumble upon otherwise.
I don't think you can qualify a number of hours to gain access to the xhrs+ rotorheads forum, and some of us there would still be ar$ehole$.
It would be nice to be able to mask out some threads though.
Apologies for going off thread but I can't even remember how I stumbled upon this one.
Jemax, what dd you get for christmas ?
This year I got nothing heli related, but last year was Proutys 'Helicopter Aerodynamics' to add to the collection,
Cheers
V.