Ricko:

Heliport's right. some of us swing both ways.

Me, I think fixed wing is unnatural.

The Australian Army's solution to improving the accuracy of their door gunners!!

Cheers,

Hollywood :cool:


http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....91f47b137e.jpg

I remember posting that piccy about two years ago. suprised to see its still kicking about. great piccy though.

Copied from another thread which, after a promising start,
quickly degenerated into a discussion about the relative merits of the helicopters.


Blenderpilot
The perfect use for the R22,
and no, I don't mean mountain flying by top models!

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/R22atWork.jpg


Aesir
Anything Rob can do,
Hughes can do better. http://www.helicopter.is/anna_thora.jpg


Lu Zuckerman
Hiller beat Robinson and Hughes by many "moons"

http://209.196.171.35/images/jod5.jpg

Mutual support
 

http://www.chinook-helicopter.com/sl...ook_Linx_a.jpg

I get by with a little help from my friends!

or;

With new cutbacks, the RAF trial a revolutionary new defensive aids suite, replacing chaff and flare, which when needed can be lowered into position.

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



http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com...rune/scram.jpg

Bell's first new helicopter in nearly six years.

http://www.bellhelicopter.com/images...ue_580wide.jpg

The Bell 210 introduced at Heli-Expo 2004, Las Vegas.

Following on from Heliport's last post.

Not sure if the Mods will let this one through but it's worth a try as it is topic related! These young ladies strolled up to the pilot and asked if there were any free flights, the pilot replied matter of factly that if you go naked you go free. Hence the pic!

1999 Central Australia.

Cheers,

Hollywood :cool:

http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....a3e27a696d.jpg





It's a wonderful story and in context, so no complaints from me. :D

BTW, are you a PhotoShop wizz by any chance?
Just wondered if you could lose the brunette
- purely for aesthetic reasons, not decorum. ;)

Heliport

A few more of my pics from Central Australia.

Atop Ayers Rock for a rescue.
http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....111bc45cf8.jpg

Company Longranger south of Ayers Rock. 'The Olgas' formation can be seen in the background.
http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....c7a44280f7.jpg

Parked at Chambers Pillar. South of Alice Springs.
http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....3294bc37d8.jpg

AWESOME photos guys!!!! Keep them coming.
:D :ok:

Falkland Pics
 

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...rray%20hts.jpg
Westland Scout AH1 and Wasp at the Army Air Corps pad, Murray Heights, at the top of the hill, Port Stanley.
The Wasp, from what I can remember, was used for battle damage repair training by the engineers.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...rune/bleak.jpg
At one of the 'outpost' pads, probably a mail run. Shows how bleak the Falklands are in June! Will always remember how slippery the places were when wet.
You eventually got round to love those immersion suits, with the tight necks and aromas venting out at the end of the day!!

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...slandslope.jpg
At one of the outlying islands on a 'community visit'.
Yes, the slope is a max of 12 deg nose up, just!!

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...20stations.jpg
Finals to land, with the reception commitee waiting for their mail. In the background you can see the queue forming for further drop offs!

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...indy%20day.jpg
Finally for now, the effect of trying to close down on a windy day. Bladesail strike to the tail. It wasn't me I hasten to add, and I think they kept at flt idle til the fuel ran out, waiting for the wind to die down; which it didn't!!


Thanks to John Eacott for hosting the pics.

With the fire season (what fire season :rolleyes: ) winding down, here, various aircraft are being stood down. One of the Aircranes is in the shed, and the other had its blades removed this afternoon:

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...0dismantle.jpg

And some more pics from Central Australia.

Apologies for the quality, cheap scanner!

R44 atop Mt Zeil (5022' amsl), west of Alice Springs, Central Australia. 1999.
http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....b40af4e051.jpg


H369 somewhere west of Ayers Rock. An early explorer, who died in the desert, reportedly left a diary that mentioned a massive gold reef. To this day no-one has ever found it. This bloke thought it may have been under this sand dune after consulting his divining rods, couldn't be bothered digging though!
http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....e42ec0ada9.jpg

Cheers,

Hollywood :cool:

Some pics given to me by a friend in the military.
They're not helos but I hope interesting enough to post here.

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...iertakeoff.jpg
Always check your own fuel state! ;)

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...ckseatview.jpg
US in action - Afghanistan


Thanks BlenderPilot for hosting them.
They're better now than when I sent them. :ok:

this photograph is posted on behalf of the crew of the new_Wellington based Westpac__helicopter comissoned
_20 Dec 03 owned and operated by Lifeflight Trust.

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

:ok:

http://www.bell47helicopterassociati...%20chinook.jpg


http://www.bell47helicopterassociati...strike%202.jpg

S-70A-9 Blackhawk Flight Manual Section 5- Limitations

'To prevent possible damage to windshield wiper motors, do not allow notable reduction of the wiper sweep speed' :D

EO

PS Hope the CPLT was OK.

For HELIPORT!
 

Just because you asked...

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...20take%202.jpg

...but is it better than the reality was? (And isn't Photoshop the bomb?)


Thanks. :ok:
Better? I think so.
Depends on your taste in women I suppose. ;)

1.12 80, pacific wing and rotor, long beach.

chief flying instructor tim tucker, my instructor
jackson shaw. i was the first australian on the type.


http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com.au/pprune/1.jpg

one of the first out of the factory.

i thought i would make it an even 500.

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

a very stable tomcat.

******, it posted in my previous post. so 499 it is.

Posted on behalf of J. Mitchell
 

Hi all.
Sorry for the delay,only just got back from over the pond.
Here goes a couple then.
Ricko

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/SPEC%20INST/GC+2.JPG

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/SPEC%20INST/GC+3.JPG

That worked ok.
So here is a FJ picci also.
Ricko

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/SPEC%20INST/Nellis+5.JPG

America's Huey - 091's Final Flight
Washington, DC

http://www.americashuey.com./huey/im...0/$file/30.jpg

http://www.americashuey.com./huey/im...0/$file/23.jpg

http://www.americashuey.com./huey/im...0/$file/28.jpg

http://www.americashuey.com./huey/im...0/$file/21.jpg

http://www.americashuey.com./huey/im...0/$file/19.jpg

Hong Kong '88
 

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...e/downtown.jpg
Flying down the northern side of HK Island.
The old HQ building, HMS Tamar can be seen on the left hand side of the picture.
The LS was on the jetty sticking out into the harbour. Possibly the most glamourous site around, then.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...e/skyqueen.jpg
Queen of the skies at Sek Kong.
With a Rolls Royce engine and leather seats, how can it get much better?
Nitesun fitted for illegal immigrant searches on the border with China.
The bulges in the doors were to allow the stretcher/extended seat to fit in. We did have the capability for external stretcher pods, (as seen on M*A*S*H), but casevac was fairly rare. I can assure you that to be in an external pod is not a pleasant experience!
Out of interest, those with keen eyesight may see a white line down the port side of the cockpit area.
This pic was taken after landing from an encounter with a kite. (not the bird)

Heliport.

That big black bird must have been a crow was it. Faaaaaaaaark

http://www.immigrantsforamerica.com/...e.missiles.jpg
Loaded!

Firefighting Astar
 

Here's some photos for all you AS350B2 fans out there...:-) It's a nicely equipped and maintained Astar owned by Rogers Helicopters (Fresno, California). The first two photos show it lifting 120 gals. of water out of a 10,000' MSL lake in the San Juan National Forest of Colorado in mid-July.
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...n Flight-2.jpg
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...cket Swirl.jpg
This photo is the same helicopter in Glacier National Park in Montana later in the year on the Morningstar Fire. We were at 9,000 ft. lifting full 144 gal. buckets.
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ith Flames.jpg
Kudos to Bill Pool of Boeing in Phoenix for the photos. He does wildland firefighting for a hobby! He takes a couple weeks off from his regular job every year so he can eat smoke and shoot pictures.
:ok:

I took this picture yesterday and . . . .
 

I'll just say getting it was fun, had to duck to get it w/out being knocked on my head!

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/VERSP1.jpg

Mike ferg;

a mate of mine was on that fire in kontana he worked for Mustang helicopters , great pics though the B2

mike ferg;

a maye of mine was on that fire in montana he worked for mustang helicopters. awesome pics the B2 Is truly a stump puller hey!!

Blender......what a picture!!! awesome!

ILL TRY AGAIN!!

Mike Ferg,

a mate of mine was on that fire in montana he worked for mustang helicopters, the B2 is truely a stump puller hey!!

Blender....What a pic!! that is a great shot well done!!

Brunei
 

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...une/abseil.jpg

One of the better ways of getting troops into the jungle.
Brunei was one of the few places where you could abseil/rappel from 200 ft. (as that was about the height of the canopy!)

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/.../finalshls.jpg
However there were clearings in which to land normally.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...esupplyhls.jpg

One of the main tasks was re-supply for exercising troops.
Because of the DA/weight, only enough fuel was carried for 1 or 2 supply runs at a time.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...0Blackhawk.jpg

The other way to fly rotary in Brunei!
The Sultan of Brunei flew on internal visits in his luxurious Blackhawk.
The inside was/is trimmed in gold.


Thank again to John.

Sid,

If you tried that approach (3rd pic) into 121 these days you'd hit one of the few overhead powerlines that goes off into the ulu (towards Buau/LP 108...)

Must find my 2001 shots of the same S70 showing the kid-leather seats, the gold buckles and the industrial-strength air-conditioner some time...

AAAh, leather seats.
It seems only the side bits get leather these days!

As for the air conditioner, we could certainly have done with that on board after a long day in the ulu! :O
Perhaps thats why we flew around with the doors off..mmmm:ugh:

Power lines? You'll be telling me that the 'Tiger' plant doesn't really grow wild next. :{

The end to a good days hunting. Nice stag shot in the hills near Hamner Springs.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...nedeadstag.jpg

California based Huntington Beach PD's MD520N from overhead as its flying down the beach.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...arOverhead.jpg

Dont you love a great days fishing. Lifes a bitch when you do it the Kiwi way.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...fectdayout.jpg

Aaaah, the joys of the Queensland tropics.
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...on/reefKH4.jpg

Logging in Switzerland with Rotrex's Kmax.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ogoverhead.jpg

Ned, did they bleed them out on the long line trip home?

That one was shot on a slip. The shooter gutted it right there on the side of the hill and left the guts for the wild pigs.

Then just stuck the rope around its neck and away to the land of venison steaks :D :D

Autorotate.

The dog looks very interested in his lunch delivery :ok: :cool:

& to think I was never interested in flying Bell 47's :rolleyes:

John Eacotts Bell 206B in slightly cool conditions, with men with hairdryers trying to melt the ice.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...ngmthotham.jpg

Hovering between the trees while trying to recover a shot deer.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...enthetrees.jpg

LA County's Firehawk working on the Oasis fire in Soldead Canyon.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...hawksunset.jpg

Unique view of Southern California Edison's AS350B2 inspecting powerlines near Lake Arrowhead just before the wildfires last year.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/.../insidesce.jpg

As dawn breaks one of Heli Musters R-22s prepares to head off for a days mustering.

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...dawnmuster.jpg

Few shots taken one morning when we went out for a hunt near Rotorua, New Zealand. Good morning, few hinds and a decent sized stag.



http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...wson/tara1.jpg

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...wson/tara2.jpg

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...wson/tara3.jpg

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...wson/tara4.jpg

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...wson/tara5.jpg

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...wson/tara7.jpg

The following few pics are of Nelson Helicopters 500D and 500E working near the top of the South Island of New Zealand.


http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...on/nelson1.jpg

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...on/nelson2.jpg

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...on/nelson3.jpg

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...on/nelson4.jpg

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...on/nelson5.jpg

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...on/nelson7.jpg

3rd picture from the top, standing both outside the helo with the blades turning?! Hmmmmm....

Autorotate: Why is there a need to shoot out of a helicopter when deer hunting. I'm not asking from an animal rights perspective or anything just seems a little Macho or OTT maybe! Is it part of a deer cull? Fantastic pictures By the way really enjoying them.