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Neat. I now have it as wallpaper. Many thanks for your efforts.
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Keep 'em coming!
Immediately became my background of choice. Also became the background for a classmate. Eagerly awaiting next month's!
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Greenland.
Took these while working in Greenland.
Air Alpha operates 6 Bell222 and a B206L. Most work is scheduled routes. There are no roads connecting the towns and villages. We also fly tourist, ambulance and geologist, mostly in the summertime. Landed on Gullfjell mountain range with french tourist. This is close to the edge of the world, the closest town is 1400 km away. http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...Bell%20222.jpg Two of Air Alphas B222 at Queqertarsuaq heliport in the Discobay. http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...20222%2002.jpg Enroute to Asiaat. Passing an iceberg. http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...20222%2003.jpg Landed to refuel south of Constable point, on a ferry trip from Angmassalik. Great weather that day, witch felt good since you wont pass a single building for 6 hours. http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...20222%2004.jpg Thanks Eacott for hosting! Regards, |
voodoo2
Your pictures evoked happy memories of an overnight stop at Narsarsuaq some years ago. Took the opportunity to do some aerial sight-seeing around the coastline, and up over the ice-cap, before setting off for Goose Bay on the next leg. Amazing scenery. :ok: It's remains the only place I've been where the landing clearance (s/e fixed-wing) included a warning that there was a large iceberg on the centre-line on the final stage of approach. :ooh: It was small enough for the airport to allow it to float away in its own time rather than towing it, but big enough to be given as a hazard warning to landing aircraft. Thanks Tudor Owen |
Arriving at Heathrow at the height of this years amazing summer…
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...une/G-EHMS.jpg Visiting the neighbours’ http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...uckpal%202.jpg Winter in Whitechapel.. http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...0in%20snow.jpg Merry Christmas to you all Thanks to John Eacott for hosting |
Here are a couple more that John Eacott has again graciously hosted. Many thanks:
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...%20airport.jpg This is the airport in Bata, Equatorial Guinea as approached from onshore. http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...%20airport.jpg This is Mongomo,Eq. Guinea, just on the eastern border with Gabon and south of the three way border with Cameroon. Incidentally, the president's (locally) home town, I'm told. |
Rotorheads Around the World
If anyone has any areas of interest let me know and will see if I have any images in my files.
http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...laciers4LR.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...iamidadeLR.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...ochrane2LR.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...acoruna2LR.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...acoruna1LR.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...amidade2LR.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/madrid1LR.jpg |
This picture was originally posted in one of the fire-fighting threads but I thought it should be included here.
It shows John Eacott - Helicopter Service Australia using an Erickson Sling Tank during the Hydro Majestic fire in the Blue Mountains last December. The white tank suspended in the cables holds the foam concentrate. http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...2_11452324.jpg Erickson use the picture as a promotional shot for their Sling Tank. |
Where I work
Not as glamourous as some, but I love it!
Aberdeen at sunrise! :ok: :ok: http://mysite.freeserve.com/picture_.../1-picture.jpg |
AN old favourite of mine, scanned from an old copy.
Type: Mil 26 (Russian) helicopter. Location: PNG Cause: Heavy equipment being loaded too far aft. 1. Four ground crew are running from the load ramp area and one is crouching behind the forklift at RH side of picture. 2. Piece of tail rotor blade going up (above main rotor) after contacting the ground. Apparently it was 3 months before the repairs were completed, and the main gearbox (driving the main rotor) had to be long lined in by Chinook, since there was no 8-9 tonne crane available to do the job http://members.optusnet.com.au/~thesme/mainpic.jpg |
A little off the 'Rotorheads' topic, so feel free to delete the post mods, but a nice shot I thought!
I took this last year when the aircraft pictured came through Ayers Rock, Central Australia. Note the pilot waving! In case you missed the wheels, just visible before retracting completely, he has just become airborne and I was standing on a sand dune next to the runway. Cheers, Hollywood :cool: http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....08d3cc8f38.jpg |
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...20Cup%2022.jpg
Helicopters lined up for the first of 10 days of Rugby world cup transfers from Sydney to the Hunter valley on Pub-Tours. We were transporting English rugby supporters all week in 7 Helo's and all us guys were giving the Poms Stick about how they would loose, I should have kept quiet!!......notice the trusty Ducati in the picture http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...%20Cup%208.jpg One of our landing sites on the Pub tours is a litttle place called St Albans which is the oldest country pub in Oz. the landing site is the dried up river bed in front of the Pub, As you can see it doesnt flow much!! http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...20Narrabri.jpg Our 206 doing ops for a Air Base Fire managers training day at Narrabri |
Two piccies from Salisbury Plain - for those in the know, just the Everleigh side of the Tidworth to Burbage road.
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...20roadside.jpg http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...%20warning.jpg The area is used a lot by local aircraft from Middle Wallop, the AAC training centre. Thanks to John Eacott for hosting the piccies. |
Nr: Why on earth would anyone want a sign that demonstrates helicopters overpitching for the next three miles?
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It looks like negative pitch to me!:hmm:
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Looks like a Brantly to me... :uhoh:
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They could have put a decent picture of a helicopter on the sign up there!!!
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One year old
What an amazing collection we've built in just a year.
Thanks to everyone who's contributed. :ok: |
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Just got back from a trip to Dubai and Oman. Here are a few shots from the days spent with the DPA of the Royal Oman Police.
http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/dpa1.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/dpa2.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/dpa3.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/dpa5.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/dpa11.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/dpa12.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/dpa15.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/dpa20.jpg |
Wonderful pictures!!! specially the 214 shots , it's very hard to see one of those lovely big-helicopters.
Whos is the operator of EC-IIJ B3 ? |
Aser - It is Coyotair's newest B3 and was my camera ship when shooting the Madrid Fire Depts AS355N.
Here are some more from my travels. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/muster2.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/ableec120.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/firebk117.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...laairborne.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/rotexkmax.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...aaggiraffe.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...h2gsunset2.jpg |
Some great pics taken by Guido Lepore
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...y/coulson1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...allery/kno.jpg When not too busy with CHC International, Guido works part time teaching with Chinook Helicopters who still operate three beautiful Bell 47G2's. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...y/chopper4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...y/chopper5.jpg http://www.lepore.ca/chopper/ |
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Canadian Rotorhead,
Your pictures are great! Thanks for posting them! |
http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...76meatshop.jpg
Gospel of Steve Chapt 79 Verse 92: ....and the heavens opened and God's love did shine on 7792. With great mercy he guided them to a place of unsurpassed bounty and made abundant affordable ribeye steaks. And the pilots rejoiced...... |
Spent the day with the Yuma branch of the Border patrol. This person was a suspected “Coyote” who was looking for a back road track into the US while “bypassing” the border checkpoints.
http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...rderpatrol.jpg This SA365N2 is operated out of Vigo, Spain doing maritime fisheries patrol as well as SAR. This helo and crew was also the first helo on scene when the big oil tanker Prestige ran aground and all the crew had to be rescued. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/pesca102.jpg The AS350B3 is the latest addition to the Sth African Police Air Wing. Shot this over downtown Pretoria in the first air to air shoot of this new type. Camera ship was a BO-105. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/saps1.jpg The Huntington Beach PD ASU has been a strong support of the MD products and their helicopters are kept in immaculate condition. This was the end of a three ship fly by for the first anniversary of the 911 attacks. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...bthreeship.jpg This is Art Bradbury from Sth California Edison inspecting the damage caused by bark bettles near Lake Arrowhead. This photo shoot was done about one month prior to the major wildfires which basically got rid of everything you see here. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/scaledison.jpg Spent a week in the jungles of PNG with Columbia Helicopters doing a drill rig move. Camera ship was a Heli Niugini Bell 206L and also the place where I had picked up the worst stomach bug I have ever had. Not a place to go for a vacation. Took two and a half hours on a twin otter just to get there. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/chinook1.jpg Seaworld Aviation in Australia traded in their Bell 206Ls for AS350B2s so we did a photo shoot late one afternoon and their paint scheme is gorgeous as you can see here. Aircraft is being flown by John Menzies, Seaworld CEO. Camera ship was an EC120 they were using at the time til their second B2 arrived. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...eaworld102.jpg |
Here are a few pics of my recent commision to southern Mexico.
The story on this picture is were informed somebody had just called the airport and said a plane was sitting abandoned on the highway since early morning, we were asked to fly down there and look for it thinking it was an accident or something, when we got there we found this Cessna that had just flown more than 1200 NM from COLOMBIA! It had a temporary fuel system inside to extend the range, it was fully equipped, beautifully maintained (had been stolen from Nicaragua about a week before), and it had a awsome handheld GPS with color moving map taped to the dashboard, (which was later sent to our hotel as a present for helping locating the plane :/, just the GPS OK!), a very nice set of NVG's and . . . . . . . . and they had left a bag of pure cocaine inside, it is estimated that that the load was more than 300 kilograms of the stuff, which by now probably being consumed by some stockbroker in New York :( http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/PPruNeCH1.jpg They landed at dawn while it was still dark using the NVG's, the plane was later abandoned, none of the US radar planes, detected them in the Carribean on their way down here. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/PPruNeCH2.jpg Our temporary pad had a great view of the river, and the alligators in it. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/PPruNeCH3.jpg This Puma was here to take reporters around to cover the inaguration of a bridge. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/PPruNeCH4.jpg This is one of my favorite canyons to fly thru, its about 30 NM, and its walls are 1,000 feet high average, lots of Mayan ruins in the edges. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/PPruNeCH5.jpg No wires here (better not be any) http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/PPruNeCH6.jpg The new bridge, had to say chase some of the people happy to use it for the first time to say hello, you can barely see people waving! Tempting to fly underneath it you know . . . . http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/PPruNeCH7.jpg |
Since Blender is uploading more - then will have to do the same :O
This is the OH-6 pilot checking the ID of the suspected “Coyote” that we found stuck in the desert. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...derpatrol2.jpg Brevard County Mosquito Control now have a B3 for spraying. The below two shots show it at work in the Everglades. About fifty feet from where they put me down to shoot the images a couple of nice big long alligators were sunbathing on the bank. Amazing how your peripheral vision kicks in when needed. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/mossie6.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/mossie2.jpg This is Ontario PD’s latest toy, a nicely equipped B2. They are also planning on getting another one as well. Paint scheme looks great in the sun. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...b2airtoair.jpg As you can see by this image the “Coyote” wasn’t going anywhere in a hurry. We looked for him for hours and the OH-6 found him. They reckon another four hours or so and he was a goner. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...derpatrol4.jpg This is Childflight’s AS365-N2 based in Sydney. We shot this thing all up and down the Sydney beaches and then back to Westmead. They have had a few problems with it but from what I understand its now in service. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...htoverhead.jpg This is a nice scenic shot of Omega Helicopters Vancouver based Jetranger. Got some awesome images of this aircraft along the beautiful BC coastline. http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/omega206.jpg |
Ned,
As a suggestion I think adding a little history of each photo would make your pictures much more interesting, and enjoyable. Your pictures are usually beautiful but knowing a little about the circumstances and type of work being performed is half the fun, and also what's made this thread so intersting IMHO. Other opinions requested please. |
Agreed. :ok:
It would make your pics even more enjoyable Ned. If you've got the time, perhaps you could edit your posts to add type and location at least, and a few words about the operation would be even better. Thanks Heliport |
For the collection
North Atlantic Sunrise
http://mysite.freeserve.com/talvin/i...1-picture1.gif BO105 Steep Turn http://mysite.freeserve.com/talvin/i...1-picture2.jpg Morning flight over clouds http://mysite.freeserve.com/talvin/i...1-picture3.jpg Thanks Heliport for your help. Talvin. |
Ok, I had to put my two bobs worth in.
these photos are not of me but clearly illistrates the work I do. Credit for the photos goes to Simon Grosset from the UK. http://www.grosset.co.uk/Travel%20Wr...oseground1.JPG http://www.grosset.co.uk/Travel%20Wr...%26cattle4.JPG http://www.grosset.co.uk/Travel%20Wr...%26cattle1.JPG http://www.grosset.co.uk/Travel%20Wr...%26cattle6.JPG http://www.grosset.co.uk/Travel%20Wr...st-%26sun1.JPG Good little yarn that goes with these pictures. If anyone wants the addy Msg me and I will forward it to you. Looks like I can't put them all up so I will supply links to the piccy's. Got them working eventually. :D Some of the above photos appeared in a cattle mustering thread. Click here to link to the thread. Interesting reading. Heliport |
:ok: Fantastic Pictures fellas'. Really neat to see so much diversification. Blender having some troubles loading images. Any thoughts? Cheers in advance BD6.
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Blender,
Great pics, I had no idea Mexico was so picturesque. Must put it on the "to visit" list ;) While we're in the holiday mode, here's a few shots from way back when, trip down memory lane: A Gannet ASW ready to launch from Ark Royal's bow cat, with the SAR flight Wessex 1 in planeguard: http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...rk%20Royal.jpg We would get tasked with odd jobs when not flying: painting the flight deck on Eagle on a sunny day http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ck%20paint.jpg Not the best shot, but a combined flypast taken from a Sea King: Wessex HAS1, HAS3 and a Wasp http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...%26%20Wasp.jpg I had a compressor failed (only 230 hrs TT) on short finals, and had to get a lift home: http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ing%20fees.jpg Many years ago, the NSCA had a huge fleet of Bells: some of them here at an Emergency Services show: http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...der%20Park.jpg The tie downs needed to hold a Sea King on a flight deck: http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ght%20deck.jpg This Sea Sprite visited Ark in 1973: probably one of the airframes that the RAN have just bought :rolleyes: http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...Royal%2002.jpg |
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More of the same
Steve 76,
Like the parable, but wasn't that Verse 76 ;) We (the VicPol Air Wing) spent a week or so looking for some escapees around the Victorian countryside in 1981: after a few days, helicopter delivery of lunches seemed a good idea: by the way, all the characters in the photo are coppers !!! http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...auphin%201.jpg http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...auphin%202.jpg 819NAS were tasked from Prestwick to sanitise vast areas for the Polaris boats to leave for patrol: we'd refuel from RFA's: http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...en%20Rover.jpg Much of the Vertrep'ing was done by either ourselves (Sea Kings) or ships flight's Wessex V's: http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...m%20Lyness.jpg I was lucky enough to score most of the jolly's in my time on 826NAS: this was our last flight from Eagle into Kai Tak: http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...0Kai%20Tak.jpg Water landings in the S61N are always good, so much hull area to absorb the touch down. Dave Whyte in the LH seat, now boss of Alpine Helicopters, Kelowna BC http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...1N%20water.jpg We had a spell in Eire, for some reason we finished up one day at Shannon (Peter Manktelow in the other seat, IIRC) http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...%20S61%202.jpg Kerry Packer set up a nice little area for his S76's, this is looking down from the pilot's house to the hangar :cool: http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...0Ellerston.jpg |
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