Did you fly Bell 412 Serial Number 33-001?
 

Looking for information from ERA guys (or others) who might have flown the number one Bell 412. Drop me a reply here or PM me.

:ok:Ivan

Never flew it but I worked on it quite a bit years ago.

Max

33004
 

Does s/n 33004 any good ?

cheers.

isn't that now on the Australian Helicopters EMS contract on Horn Island?

Spot on LHS. Its been there since Jan 08, operated by Aust Heli for EMQ. Rego VH-EMZ.

Did Arrow Aviation overhaul that one before it went to Oz?

I have a couple of pics of VH-EMZ in action. PM me if your interested.

Ascend Charlie is flying it now and is for want of a better term unimpressed! It is the Horn Island based Torres EMS machine.

Perhaps Ascend Charlie should make his own comments!

From what I understand it is a well fitted out and refurbished machine. You can't expect too much from an old classic, I hope you are comparing apples with apples and not classics with EPs! :confused:

Are you looking for info on what it is now, or what it was before?

Hey, Twotbags, (what was wrong with IHD, anyway?) when I said I was unimpressed, it was compared to my previous chariot, of which you have some experience!:8

ERA thru & thru
 

This bus was owned by ERA from new until they sold/leased it to AH in late 2007. It spent its whole life in the Gulf.

Sounds like it is in pretty good shape for an old bus, AH did a lot of work bringing it up to spec I believe.

The ERA ex-chief pilot came out of hibernation to ferry it from the gulf for transport to OZ. I think he had a lot of history with the machine so it was fitting that he flew it on its final run in the states.

Maybe some ERA chaps could jump on and shed some light on its history prior to its reinvention on Horn. :cool:

:rolleyes:

Perhaps he could
Perhaps he has
Perhaps he's correct
Perhaps his previous chariot was brilliant:E

:}

Did you fly Bell 412 Serial Number 33-001?
 

No I didn't, wasn't me! Why?

Because it had a little whoopsie the other day.

It wasn't me.
Nobody saw me.
You can't prove a thing.

Ummmm a bit more than a woopsey me thinks.http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps75f6398f.jpg

Yeah, looks pretty much like the last time I flew it - lots of gaffer tape, but a bit more of a 4:1 today.

Bugger, it's looking a bit sorry for itself....

Yeah, they don't chop trees as good as the 212 does :O Looks like the TR departed the scene as well, laying on the ground there with a few other bits and pieces. It'll take a bit more than a roll of gaffer tape to stick that back on :ok: