Request for help with images
 

Hey guys, I'm really honoured to have been selected to give a TED talk in a fortnight from now, but I need some help.

The talk needs illustrations, but since it ends up on You Tube they need to be completely cleared for use. The talk is about how the brain works in times of crisis - specifically in my case in relation to suffering a total tail rotor failure.

I've listed the images I'm looking for below. If anybody has anything that might fit the bill I'd be hugely grateful if you could either post them on here or PM me. The important thing is that you fully own the IP/Copyright and don't mind me using them without restriction.

A Skycrane on the ground.
A Robinson (22 or 44) on the ground in all-over red, orange or pink livery.
Full frame on a tail rotor, preferably three or four blades.
Agusta 109 G-HELY, preferably in flight.
Any good shot that illustrates the large tail of an A109 Mk1
Ayrton Senna, both his face and one of his cars.
Any diagrams illustrating how tail rotors work.
An S76 air to air, preferably G reg.
Pilot's P.O.V. of an illuminated runway at dusk
A runway laid with foam.
The overhead throttles of an A109
Wide cockpit overview of an A109
A heavily damaged, but recognizable, A109, not upright.
Fire engines gathered on/near a runway
A full frame imaage of a cricketer
A person crossing a road.
Driver's P.O.V. on a motorway/freeway that could be in Germany
A cat doing something stupid
Stephen Hawking
Somebody just short of drowning.
Child in a Superman costume.

A free signed copy of my book "Rescue Pilot" to anybody whose image I can use. Thanks in advance for trying.

Final queston to A109 drivers ... do you still have to reach overhead to chop your throttes or can you now do it from the collective?

Cheers
JerryG

Jerry,

A couple of Aircrane shots that I took. Yes, the A109 engines can be turned off with the engine switches between the seats, don't need the overhead SSL.

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/7...ndon+1_001.jpg

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/7...behind_001.jpg

Full sizes available, follow the links [url=http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/7238-1/Skycrane+at+sunrise+with+BK117+behind_001.jpg] and [url=http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/7235-1/Aircrane+at+Essendon+1_001.jpg]

VH-VIS cockpit:

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/3...IS+cockpit.JPG

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/3...9E+cockpit.JPG

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/7...kpit+large.jpg

Large version here.

There is a Red R44 in this group of shots and there are many other pictures from lots of angles that you are welcome to use. Any that are Heliboy999 are my pictures and you can use.

There is also an S76 that you might be able to crop and look air to air at a push.

http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/378...09-2010-a.html

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/7...h+autobahn.jpg

Full size here



Take your pick :p

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/7...+Brazil+02.jpg


(for those not in the know, that's Grayson at Ipanema Beach :eek: )

Take your pick, Jerry:

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/7...eld+R44+01.JPG

Full size

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/7...+MacDonald.JPG

Full size

You could also try one (or several) of the many stock photo libraries: Corbis, Fotolia, Shutterstock, Getty Images, etc.

Ha! Fred Gumby does Rio. I tremble in the face of your archive John!

Thanks for the help guys, and to the many who have PM'd me.

As a side issue, I'm wondering whether the thin tail fin of the 109 Grand would be as much help in the event of a tail rotor failure as the big slab at the back of the Mk1 was to me.

Brain in Crisis
 

Jerry


Just recently read your book - very good read. As an A109 driver now I read about your T/R failure with some interest.


As for how the brain works, I regret I can report having landed a Bell-47 following total loss of T/R (having successfully chopped the T/R drive shaft with the main rotor during a wire strike). I had a classic case of temporal distortion - time seemed to slow down so much that I distinctly recall scanning instruments, noting readings (NR still good having entered needles-joined auto, MAP good, 70KIAS decaying) and yet don't recall the sensation of wind in my face (the canopy having been largely shattered). As I started slowly reapplying power it started to wind up so I immediately knew the problem, cracked the throttle and flew a 90 degree EOL into a paddock. Clearly training had a large part to play, but there is no doubt the brain can adapt to provide much-needed assistance in times of crisis.

Any chance we could get a link to your talk once available?

Thanks for asking Jolly Girl.
Yes, I'm told I could be as long as a month but I'll put the link up here.

Many thanks to all who sent photos. It was fun to do (and the flying overalls still fitted ... just!)

Bad Example
 

Not so impressed with the guy clowning around in the R44 though

I thought that was Jerry, in his still-fitting "flying overalls" arriving for his talk :oh:

How did the talk go, Jerry?

I went for a coffee in my favourite Lancefield coffee shop (The Mad Gallery, no comments from the stalls!) and picked up a "Rescue Pilot" bookmark which just doesn't seem to work on my iPad.

Looking forward to putting the bookmark into a print copy...... :p

It's in the post old mate, as it is to all the others who so kindly contributed. It was an enjoyable gig and I'll post the link here when it's available. Thanks to all. JerryG

Excellent book, Jerry: very good read :ok: Thanks for the copy although my aging memory kept saying "I don't remember it that way"!!

Now, how did the TED talk go?

Goodness: just as we get over Fred Gumby, too :p

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/7...Manor+Born.jpg



about six minutes in

Your archives defy belief John!

From the days when we thought it was OK to put the friction on and leave the rotors turning, horrifying really.

TED have "editing issues" but I'll post when they release it.