We used to teach helicopters step up on formation leader. no??

Might have been alot easier for you to have been the formation leader and let pilot of the other aircraft (who can speak on intercom to cameraman) formate on you for best angle/picture etc.

topilot... or to pprune

D7 (Basic autos) in Dec 95 and D9 (EOLs) in Jan 96!

Strangely enough, they were my only trips in that cab, even though my course didn't finish 'til May 96.

Happy days!!:ok:

Just checked the old parchments and I did my D40 IF Test (didn't do an actual IRT on BFT course) with Mark Osman on 30 Jul 1984...and passed! Only did two other trips in that machine all course...but boy what a happy summer of love that was - happy days:O

This collection is getting better and better.

Thanks to everyone who posts pictures. :ok:

I also did D40 in this cab 10 years after fuel2noise and also passed. Lucky aircraft? Great days at 705, as was, and miss the Gaz-slick a lot!

Night solo circuits July 1981. Can't believe I used to fly an aircraft without a bog, galley or a bed.

Thanks to John Eacott for hosting these pictures, and to my valued customer MISTAYA LODGE for supplying me with the shots.....


212 AHC Departs the Lodge...

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Bell 407 ALM arriving ....


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212 AHC arrives on a bad Wx day.....

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Typical "snowball" on landing.....

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Spud. Not just a bog and galley. What about a lovely hostie bringing you a coffe with a smile :O That would have been something to distract you in the middle of a 360 auto to the autofield.....

Spud, It didnt have a bog, galley or bed; yet most cabs on 705 managed OK without the mods, including the occasional discerning hostie, one suspects.

Fuel2noise: XW895 Chelsea Barracks & rtn 3.55 DCO....via Chatham House SRZ......

ppfn

peterperfect: I did Chelsea Barracks for my landaway but that was in XW897 6&7 Sep 1984.... got my beefer laid in West Kensington so passed the trip ('Captaincy 1 & 2' if I remember it was billed); now those were the days.

The beauty of the helicopter at work;

The search.
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The rapid response.
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lime spreading.... my crew took this photo of me departing with a 3000 lbs bucket. the as350b3 is awesome!!

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My only trip in this wonderfull piece of engineering was on Jan 22 1980 with that wonder on the accordion Nige North. D16 Advanced PFLs on the menu that day.

...with all this top-grade notsalgia for the Gaz-piece I wonder if 'those who touched the hem of the 705 garment' could reach into our pockets and acquire one to re-kindle those fondest aviation moments? Base it in a cornish field somewhere and then have some fun. As an aside we could even re-create the extra-curricular activities so essential in forming the Fleet Air Arm heros of our generation. Any takers??

What's the going rate for one with reasonable hours left on the main components?

On top of the 55th level of the bldg.
 

My friend Huizar took this picture while we were waiting for our turn to land at this heliport which is on top of the 55 floor, the bldg. safety manager always sends a fireman in full uniform before any operations are conducted there, makes me nervous to see a fireman pointing a hose ready to go as I am getting close.

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And while we were waiting for the pilot to come up and start up Huizar took this other picture of our reflection
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First of a series of images from my recent photo shoot last week on the Great Barrier Reef.

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WOW! Auto, who actually operates these fine beasts?
Must have been a real hassle to have to take those shots.
Jealously looking on, :ok:
Hedski