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Too pleasant not to post!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7444/8...dcd0b4a7_b.jpg EC725 F-ZWBY destined for the Marinha do Brasil (Brazilian Navy) on a pre-delivery test flight |
And onto the Catalunya track I wonder what the insurance cost was for that! EC-LGU AS350B3 Sky Helicópteros Mallorca? http://www.aviationcorner.net/public...c_00241190.jpg |
RV: Thanks for sorting-out the location.
Nice shot of "GU". EC-LGU AS350B3 Sky Helicópteros Mallorca? |
A JetRanger in China spraying pesticide .. is hijacked by 14 men !! :eek:
Helicopter drama over debt issue- China.org.cn |
BBC News - Jersey helicopter-loving swan has wings clipped
A swan in Jersey has had its wings clipped for a second time after falling in love with a helicopter. Whooper, who lives at a country club close to the island's airport, lost his partner two years ago. Last year he took a shine to a blue helicopter and flew towards its whirring blades each time it came into land at Jersey airport. Les Mielles staff are desperately searching for a female swan to curb his dangerous obsession. In 2012 Whooper took a liking to an incoming EC155 Eurocopter and became completely besotted with the machine. Fatal attraction He would chase it down the runway without fear of rejection or close encounters with the chopper's rotor blades. Whooper's owners are trying to find a new mate for him in the home of keeping him grounded Fearing a bird strike, the airport fire service ordered Whooper's owners to clip his wings. But when his feathers grew back, the potentially fatal attraction grew stronger, and Whooper had to be clipped again. Staff at Les Mielles Country Club are now searching for a female swan to keep their amorous bachelor company. Danielle Le Brun, from the club, said: "He has taken a liking to the helicopter. He would chase it and try to get as close to it as possible which is not safe for him or the helicopter. "I would love to find him a partner as it would help him out and stop him flying around the area. "I have never seen anything like this with other swans, it is just him." She said Whooper was very happy, despite his pining for a helicopter, but as swans tend to mate for life finding him a partner would help keep him safe. |
Royal MD500
Not sure if this is the right thread to use but hopefully.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have apparently been flown to Denham from North Wales in an MD500 by a friend of theirs. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/...68_638x418.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/...33_640x441.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/...34_638x437.jpg Duke and Duchess of Cambridge catch a ride back to London in their friend's helicopter | Mail Online |
Wow !!! really !!!!! Not the right thread .... Are we really going to turn into the Daily mirror:ugh:
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A supermoon is the coincidence of a full moon with the closest approach to Earth on its elliptical orbit resulting in the largest apparent size of the lunar disk. The technical name is the "Perigee-Syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system".
The most recent occurrence was on 23rd June 2013 and the next is anticipated on 10th August 2014. Supermoons occur approximately once every 14 full moon cycles. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7450/9...73cd8821_b.jpg A Bell 47 over East Rutherford in the state of New Jersey, North America as seen on 22nd June 2013 (Photo: Julio Cortez) |
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http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5530/9...cf341c0b_b.jpg Royal Navy Westland Sea King HC4 ZA295 as seen over Salisbury Plain Training Area on 10th July 2013 (Photo: Rick Ingham) A wee reminder: The Sea King is soon to be a thing of the past so .. appreciate her while you can! My especial thanks to Rick Ingam, who not only takes some fabulous photographs but who consistently and unhesitatingly gives his permission for his work to be posted on PPRuNe. Rick, our thanks! :ok: |
^^^^^^^^^^ Rotorheads calendar shots?
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B73: Have contacted 'Riccardo' (Rick Ingham) and he has given his permission (on condition that no commercial transactions are involved and which I have assured him is the case). As mentioned above .. Rick is a star!
It is therefore up to Brilliant Stuff whether he wishes to use the shot. |
The B47 shot above the Seaking is also a very worthy candidate. :ok:
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Will advise.
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Hmmm :cool: Forward to about 6:30 for a novel solution to lifting the donk in the field!
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Amazing :bored:
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Send them over chap. They look the cats whiskers.
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Those engineers are not paid enough!!
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I was trying to determine whether this was a Wessex or an S58 but, as you can see, the photo is ruined because somebody is standing directly in front of it.
I really find this so annoying! https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0...e+question.png |
Land of the Rising Sun: II
More than one million Japanese take part in a national disaster drill as country assesses its emergency readiness
http://sin.stb.s-msn.com/i/D9/5E47B9..._cgbFPBetA.jpg Rescue workers rappel from a fire department SA365 Dauphin during a joint disaster prevention drill in Chiba on September 1, 2013 This year's drill saw the government simulate its response to a powerful earthquake in central to western Japan, a major natural disaster that researchers say may occur within 30 years or so. In central Shizuoka Prefecture, people participated in a drill based on a scenario that Mount Fuji, an active volcano, erupts following a massive quake, Jiji Press said. On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude quake struck seismically-active Japan, triggering a massive tsunami that left over 18,000 dead or missing and sending reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant into meltdown. |
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AW101 Mk641 ZR339 landing at Ramenskoye Airport (aka Zhukovsky Airport) located approx. 40 km southeast of Moscow on 28th August 2013 in attendance of the 'Mezhdunarodnyj Aviatsionno-Kosmicheskij Salon' (International Aviation and Space Show) aka MAKS (Photo: Vala) |
Who needs a winch?
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...21547893_n.jpg A BK117-B2, D-HNWL, from the North Rhine-Westphalia Police Helicopter Unit practicing water-rescue training on the Rhine-River. Seen here participating in "Kufenrettung" which involves lowing the craft into the water in order to recover the 'rescuee'. |
And do we think that manouver is a "good idea"?
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This evolution was the calendar subject in July 2010:
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@JohnR81
One thing is beeing there and seeing someone drown - and may be trying a rescue without knowing what you doing or do a training and define doīs and donīts of the manouvere. The picture was surely taken with a very long lens and looks more dramatic, as it actually is - even so - itīs still a challenge. The squadron evaluated its way how to do this over the last ten years, starting of on a lake and by now practicing it ones a year on the river rhine with every pilot. Due to the training a couple of people could be rescued by now. Oct 2010, Apr 2009, Feb 2009 (Spektakuläre Rettung: Hubschrauber zieht Frau aus Fluten des Rheins - SPIEGEL ONLINE) Greetings Flying Bull |
Ice recovery ops
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Photo by: Nacka Fire Dept./Seth Olofsson, Nordic Rotors This method is performed by the HEMS unit in Stockholm, Sweden, as well. Above is an image from a training sortie in the late-90s. To this date, the manoeuvre is used for critical life-saving rescues, where no SAR helos or other adequate ground units are nearby. The method is mainly used to pick up people that have broken through thin ice, and its not that common. There are some more images available at this link. |
Flying Bull - please tell me that D-HNWL wasn't really partially immersed at such an obscure angle....and that it was some weird camera nagle we are looking at????????
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Hi Thomas Coupling,
first it isnīt the L it is the P ;-) As I wrote, this is due to waves from bypassing ships and the zoom-lens used. If you look close, you see the whole belly - except where there is a littlte wave in front. One thing which might "helped" the photo, is that you create even waves with the downwash Helionline.de That picture looks less dramatic. |
Hi-Jet's Rasta chopper lands firmly in Suriname. http://dwtonline.com/media/3292574/d...Detailfoto.jpg Hi-Jet helicopter breekt staart bij noodlanding - DWTonline.com |
Flying Bull - please tell me that D-HNWL wasn't really partially immersed at such an obscure angle....and that it was some weird camera nagle we are looking at???????? Foto Germany - Police Eurocopter BK-117 C1 D-HNWP skadi |
Hi skadi,
if you zoom in you still see, that the belly isnīt in the water, just splashes from the skidstruts moving through the water. So the approachspeed, immersing the skids into the water, was just a little higher than perfect. What you can see is the great clearance of the tail rotor. |
Were all the drain holes and pipes taped up to prevent pollution of the water?
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Hi skadi, if you zoom in you still see, that the belly isnīt in the water, just splashes from the skidstruts moving through the water. So the approachspeed, immersing the skids into the water, was just a little higher than perfect. What you can see is the great clearance of the tail rotor. skadi |
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Fifty-two years ago, two giants of the engineering world were born: the Jaguar E-type and the Sea King helicopter. Has the Telegraph overtaken the Grauniad for proof reading errors? |
Hugh Barklem
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if you zoom in you still see, that the belly isnīt in the water, just splashes from the skidstruts moving through the water. Helionline.de In this case it could be possible to ingest water into the fueltank through the ventholes skadi |
Unfortunately photographers like to post pictures, where the helicopter is momentarily a little bit lower than planed - problem with training - and with serial shots of cameras....
Doing this kind of training for a decade, hadnīt had problems so far and a technican is checking every bird afterwards. More concern is to the electronic departement - but even there - no water. Procedure is beeing finetuned from year to year to reduce risks involved - and due to this training a couple of people were rescued and are still alive! |
Anyway, the Rhine has a long tradition of helicopters which like swimming!
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Lynx HMA.8 DAS test off Cyprus; HMS Dragon in the background.
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfuture/960...d/p01jmdkf.jpg I/C |
Nice, really nice.
Jacques |
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