Here's a few more I've dug out. :)

A 500D dropping soil samples (bags of dirt) by the dock for the twin otter to pick up.
http://photos.heremy.com/randyspics/322161387.jpg

Checking out. The AME and I are checking out of the motel, and loading the heli for the next job. I love working near small towns and villages !!!

http://photos.heremy.com/randyspics/322071387.jpg

Hauling salt to the drill. For anyone not familiar, when drilling in perma-frost, hot, salt water is pumped down the hole to prevent the rods from freezing up.

http://photos.heremy.com/randyspics/322001387.jpg

Cheers

Awesome! Keep 'em coming!


DJG

Rotorheads in action
 

Just some fun times i have been a part of. S-61, BO-105, EC-135 and a whole load of snow. Happy Viewing

BO105 at the working end

http://www.luftambulansen.no/foto/fo...suy614x750.jpg

From a rescuers point of view

http://www.luftambulansen.no/foto/fo...owr140x750.jpg

Twin city

http://www.luftambulansen.no/foto/fo...382903x750.jpg

Where is the parking meter

http://www.luftambulansen.no/foto/fo...9i1515x750.jpg

Ok Who Broke the GPS

http://www.luftambulansen.no/foto/fo...ra1407x750.jpg

One legged marshaller

http://www.luftambulansen.no/foto/fo...9r1095x750.jpg

MD :ok:

doa onto the deck, dent island, whitsundays.

http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com.au/pprune/k1.jpg

then shoot a few clays and down a few bundys.

:ok: :ok:

there go the clays,

http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com.../dentshoot.jpg .

and then the bundys,




it's a hard life.http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com.../dentdeck4.jpg

Imabell, OOOOOOOOOHHH, you have my lifestyle down pat.
If you ever need a coey, I have some very nice shotguns. and rum as well................. OMG!. ;) :D

Here is one from my training school in Masterton, NZ.

http://www.skidbiter.com/Gallery/HFS_CowCreek.jpg

This is where we end up doing our mountain training - Mitre peak, Tararua ranges.

http://www.skidbiter.com/Gallery/HMP_Mitre.jpg

...and finally, the RNZAF showing off their toys at a recent air show at our aerodrome.

http://www.skidbiter.com/Gallery/RNZAF_MSAirshow.jpg

Thought I would post some photos from a recent navigation flight with my student.

This one is of New Zealands Bay of Islands.

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...icture-011.jpg

Shutting down at the end of the day.

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...icture-016.jpg

The west coast of NZ's north Island.

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...icture-023.jpg

Thank's heaps to BlenderPilot for hosting the photos.:ok:

View from my 212
 

here is a view from a flight I did recently near Valdez Alaska, it is a 212 EMS bird out of Anchorage Alaska.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...aska212EMS.jpg

Recently, I was lucky enough to go for a day's heliskiing in Whistler, BC (unfortunately, only as a pax). One day, I want to be flying that bird...

(B212, Tasman Helicopters/Whistler Heliskiing, Whistler, BC, Canada)


http://www.oliversarmy.net/images/PPRuNe/whistler1.jpg

http://www.oliversarmy.net/images/PPRuNe/whistler2.JPG

http://www.oliversarmy.net/images/PPRuNe/whistler3.JPG

http://www.oliversarmy.net/images/PPRuNe/whistler4.JPG

http://www.oliversarmy.net/images/PPRuNe/whistler6.JPG

http://www.oliversarmy.net/images/PPRuNe/whistler7.JPG

http://www.oliversarmy.net/images/PPRuNe/whistler8.JPG


There are also a couple of short movie clips. Right Click on the links below and 'Save As...' (for some seriously bendy blades!)


www.oliversarmy.net/images/PPRuNe/whistlermov1.avi


www.oliversarmy.net/images/PPRuNe/whistlermov2.mov


I don't know if he reads these pages, but if he does, here's a big thank you to Dave, the pilot (and Daryl, the guide).

And thanks also to 407 Driver for the initial lead.



Safe flying,

B73



(And for the record, I'm nothing to do with BRAVO 99. I can speel for starters...!)

No worries Mate, glad that I could help you out. The Tasman Heli guys are all top-notch ! Hope you had a great time, the weather looks remarkably good for Whistler that day :p

OK ok fill me on the T/R on this bird??? Is this a new style or what the heck is up? Surely that is not a damaged T/R in flight and parked?? Never seen a set of blades on a 212 like that!!!

Thought maybe it was the lens but nothing else is ..... bent like that? Fill me in. :hmm:

Or was this taken with a highspeed camera and that is what is happening in flight? ...................shiver...............?

Thumper:

It is to do with the way the photos are taken - don't ask me exactly how it works, but it's not representative of the static world.

Re bending.

You're right - it's to do with the quality of the camera and the effective framerate and/or shutterspeed (ie low on both counts). The camera I used is quite literally the size (and shape) of a Zippo lighter. Not bad considering...

Notice that it's most exaggerated in the first clip yet there isn't any in the second clip (because it was taken with a much higher quality camera).

(FYI Thumper, the photo with the bendy TR was actually taken at the summit (rotors turning), whilst waiting for the skis to be unloaded!)


And to 407 Driver:

The wx was indeed incredible. I arrived in BC expecting a -20C Canadian winter but on that day (as you can see) there was unlimited viz and even calm winds! The snow was 3 days old but we still had fresh tracks all day. Divine.



Safe flying all,


B73

After looking at all these remarkable pictures, and before I continue yes the money is apparently !!!! but come on, regardless who else gets an office like this.

What an excellent thread!! My wife thought I was nuts when I spent who knows how many hours staring at the computer looking at 28 pages of picture. Good time!


Here are a few of mine flying around Southeast Alaska the past couple years.


http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...scoIMG0972.jpg


http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...scoDCP1525.jpg


http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...scoDCP1724.jpg

Bendy Rotors
 

OK, here's my best description of why the rotors look bendy.

Shutters on cameras actually consist of two moving curtains (at least all the ones I've seen).

When you press the button the first curtain moves down, and is then followed by the second curtain. The time before the second curtain follows the first is set by shutter speed (fast shutter speed = smaller time = smaller gap between curtains = less light to film). Thus to get same amount of light to the film you can have a small lens aperture (not much light gets through the hole) and a long shutter speed (to get more light onto film), or a large aperture (lots of light gets through) and fast shutter speed (limits light onto film). How this is set up depends on what you taking photos off, and how you want them to look.

As the curtains move with a gap between them, often the whole frame is not be exposed at once, only a 'band' across the frame, that moves down as the curtains fall. Thus when the exposed area is at the top of the frame, the blades are in one place, when the exposed area moves down, the blades have also moved. By the time the exposed area reaches the bottom of the frame, the blades are in a completely different place to when the exposed area was at the top. Thus the moving of the exposed area and the blades make them look bent. This also happens with the main rotors on some shots.

With my SLR if I set a slow shutter speed the rotor discs are just a blur, but if I set a high shutter speed I can get them perfectly straight and static. If I mucked around with a few different shutter speeds in between, I'm sure I could achieve the 'bendy blade' effect.

The above is all based on what I've picked up along the way using my SLR camera, if I'm wrong on any points please correct me.

I hope the above is fairly clear :confused: , you can probably see why I'm not a teacher, 'cos I'm crap at explaining stuff (oh yeah, and I hate kids)!

(edited for spolling miskates)

who can give me the model designator???



http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com.au/pprune/47k.jpg

KibbleRouser BDR-4?

the thing that i don't like about helicopters is that the work is just so bloody hard.



http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com.../helitits2.jpg


http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com.../helitits3.jpg

i always get the lousy jobs!!

At least now we know what whirlybird looks like !:D :D

hi flingwing207,

you got some of the letters right.

Must be some sort of 47 variant or similar. I can see the 47 extension housing holding the tail rotor I can see stab bars and I can see the 47 fuel tank vent tubes ???

Imabell,

20 year old copy of People: now why would you have kept hold of that, especially on the Sunshine Coast ;)

your right john,

20 years ago at the darling harbour heliport.

makes me feel younger again.

i wonder what she looks like now?? she was pretty nice then.

overpitched, the helicopter on the rooftop helipad is in chicago and is a 47 but what model?? there is a prize.

:ok:

No. Sorry. No idea. And I've spoken to your students. I'm not sure I want one of your prizes :oh: :oh: :oh:

Moving it back to the top...
 

Seems to have come unstuck. Moving it back up!

home base at sunshine coast airport.

http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com.au/pprune/ybmc.jpg

mooloolaba, sunshine coast.

http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com...mooloolaba.jpg

Some fantastic images, supplied by Squirrel one of our Canadian contributors. They were submitted for the desktop calendar. The only reason they couldn't be used is the resolution isn't suitable for expanding to full screen.


http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com.au/pprune/b206.jpg
Vancouver Island Helicopters Bell 206II on Mount Campagnola, northeast coast of British Columbia



http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com...rune/b2062.jpg
Dave Ferguson (training pilot) and Jeff Brown were on an annual mountain training course.


Photos by Grant Ferguson.

Is that G-OAMG on the top of the hills there ? Do tell . . .

BO-105 Fun
 

A little fun in the Cape a few years ago..

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...rune/BO105.jpg

Type Question
 

Is that a Bell 47 H-1?

another day in paradise,

noosa sound and laguna bay,

http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com.au/pprune/n1.jpg

coolum, looking north,

http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com...une/coolum.jpg

imabell

I'd say it's a Bell 47 H-1, circa 1955?

March Desktop Calendar
 

March 1st is here - Happy Saint David's Day to our Welsh contributors and readers!

Thanks to Voodoo2 who provided the photograph we've used this month.

Another superb production by BlenderPilot who, in between hosting photos for us and producing the monthly calendar, manages to find time to fly helicopters around Mexico for a living.


For those who haven't downloaded previous Rotorheads calendars:


Windows Users
To preview, left-click on the link.

To set as your desktop background:

Right-click on This Link

Select Save Target As .....
Save the file to your own computer - all Blender's files are virus-checked
Pull up the image (File name = PpruneMarch)
Right-click on the photograph
Select Set as Desktop Background/Wallpaper

You may need to adjust it to fit your screen, depending upon your settings.
If so:
Right-click on the photo.
Select Properties
Then Desktop
Then Stretch
Then OK
(For reasons computer experts will no doubt understand, but I don't, Stretch includes reducing in size to fit the screen as well as expanding.
The above is from memory, but it won't be far out.

AppleMac Users
I don't know but, if you have a problem, ask and someone will be able to help.


Please keep the photographs coming!

Heliport

hi flying lawyer and nucleus33.

i was told by the pasenger (a pilot) who gave me the photo that the aircraft was a bell 47k. about 1953.?
i am trying to ascertain this with bell.

i will let you know.

graeme

tail rotor strike when the crew forgot to lower the rear support when loading a bulldozer.

that's a tailrotor blade in the air over the top of the machine.

in png a few years back.

http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com.au/pprune/mil.jpg

they had to build a jig on the sister ship in india to repair it.

i don't know what happened to the crew??? (russian)

Junglie photos
 

Not sure how to do this but here goes:

VS (Not VG) 846 NAS at San Carlos in '82. A 'Wessy Flare' wrote off the tail rotor during a sortie. The airframe was chinooked back to the Eagle Base and rebuilt using 826 bits IIRC.

During test flights on the return journey the a/c crabbed due to a twisted fuse and thus went straight to Fleetlands.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...%2002%20BW.jpg


965

Regarding shot of the Mi-26, the same a/c (tail # 06029) was later contracted to provide logistical support to the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia. ("92/93)
As a radio operator/base manager, I flew 100-120 hrs a month on same a/c (callsign UN 251) to practically every corner of Cambodia.
It still amazes me as to the variety of work the machine was capable of doing. To name just a few of the items that were carried; 18t of 20L water bottles, 17t of mortars, 80 fully armed Dutch marines, 16t military forklift, 20t sections of an iron bridge slung on a 70 footer, 2 x snowcats (16 man) for Dutch marines..just driven straight in, 3 x Toyota Landcruisers, 20t of Jet A to resupply bladders used by millitary pumas, some weatherhaven camps with a coupla hundred bicycles thrown in for upcoming elections, shipping containers etc..etc..

Most of the flying was either at treetop or above 3000agl with a spiral descent to avoid small arms fire.
Suprisingly, in 12 months of flying the closest we came to becoming grounded in the field was due to a weak battery which was required to start the APU which in turn provided bleed air for main engine start. That was it!
From Cambodia, we took 7 days to ferry the a/c back to northern Russia.
Oh..and from a flying point of view..it likes to have at least 5 ton onboard..otherwise it gets a little figgety on the mains when landing. (must be a ground effect thing)

That's an awesome picture and another great desktop.

Thank you Voodoo2 and the Anglo-Mexican production team.
Appreciate it.

:ok: :ok: :ok:

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very nice.:ok: :ok: :ok: :ok: I might even keep that one all year. Except they get better and better.