well i never

its not owned by anyone in middlesbrough any more i bought it 2 months ago its now in yeovil being serviced and shortly it will join my raf gazelle and 600 in yorks thanks for the pics they are great any ifo on the history or pics would be greatfully accepted same goes for xx382

steve atherton

tudor
who was the left seat was it Ian K ex aac
steve

tc
do we agree about the gazelle then

One of the best light helos ever invented.
FL, you are a very lucky man.......












To have flown one of my demo models;)

Steve

No, my pax was an ex RN observer, not ex AAC.


Here's another pic taken over Leeds Castle, Kent. It's a pretty background but Blender chose the other shot because this one is too 'busy' for the desktop calendar picture. I agree with him but you may like it for your collection.

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/...Castle_COR.jpg


Tudor

BTW, the CAA G-INFO database still shows the aircraft registered to the previous owner.

RN Gazelle XW895
 

I flew my first solo in this aircraft in Feb 1977, and flew it a lot during the RNPC, and later on the IRI course, and later still as a Trapper.

they dont rush do they" it will change one day hopefully

Hey Dakotaman, Me too! First solo, all the way round NT Predannack, although a bit after you.

Ah, the EOLs. It was only on beefers course that I discovered you had to move the sticks - they always seemed to move on their own during training!:=

Passed my FHT on 705 NAS in XW895 in '77 to earn "Wings of Gold" lovingly stitched into dyed-in-the-wool dark blue barathea - a special day

Believe the unit is the post-IHC phase of a tri-Service light helicopter course now.

Mi - 24 "at work"
 

Mi-24 just after she discarded her load of 80 x 80 mm rockets. On a shooting range of course...

http://www.nel.co.za/Data/photo272.jpg


Here we have an unusual "fly past" as it was a low speed fly past with a high nose up. Yes it might look normal but normally we fly with 8 degrees nose down at 140 to 160 kts.

http://www.nel.co.za/Data/photo275.jpg

Here we are in the hover with wheels up. This was the last official picture of this helicopter. I wrote her off a week later in a double engine failure.

http://www.nel.co.za/Data/photo276.jpg

Here we approach from the Atlantic in to land.

http://www.nel.co.za/Data/photo277.jpg

Hope you enjoyed them.

More later ... :ok:

Once only

Back in the saddle after summer leave 1979.

5/9/79 2 hrs with 'The squeak from Gweek' Revision & Advanced Autos.

http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....7f4f33dc0e.jpg

http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....068b369a3e.jpg

http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....c508fa5478.jpg

here is an attempt to post HeliEngs picture

http://mysite.freeserve.com/picture_.../2-picture.jpg

sorry HeliEng, hope the Mods can do better,

its ok done it, there you go helieng

FL,

Your nav is not quite as accurate as your legal skills; Leeds Castle it aint....:p

Ooops! :uhoh:
I was working too hard keeping in close formation with the camera ship to ask at the time and have since been told, wrongly it seems, that it's Leeds Castle.

Any ideas? The photoshoot was over East Sussex and into Kent.

:confused:

Hmmm,

Nothing exciting- failed one sortie in XW895 (D16 whatever that was) and low level EOLs, ahhh those zoom climbs, you've got to love them!

Hever Castle :ok:

This was taken on Kauai and then edited in photoshop.

http://www.imagesofkauai.com/fw1044.jpg

North Sea bad hair day
 

Offshore shuttle interupted by FOD being ingested into the MGB area.
Shut down to inspect in 45kts of wind, attempted to restart just as a
gust came through. The result----->

http://www.hughmartin.btinternet.co.uk/GBHPA.jpg

Was subsequently presented with the remains of the rotor brake handle
(suitable mounted) which I was left holding after one of the rotor blades
sliced through it about one inch above my thumb.

http://www.hughmartin.btinternet.co.uk/rotorbrake.jpg

Sorry to those who have already seen these on another thread but
Heliport asked me to post them here.

Thanks Hugh.

I thought these pics were worth preserving for posterity!

Heliport

Here are a few pics from my flight school in NZ

H300 Sling training.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...lery/300_1.jpg

H500 Mountain training.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...lery/500_2.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...lery/500_3.jpg


Taupo AD refuelling.
http://www.skidbiter.com/Gallery/500_4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...FoxGalcier.jpg
Fox Glacier

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...iertakeoff.jpg
Taking off from Fox Glacier.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../TeAnauR44.jpg
Te Anau.

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

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...lingtonred.jpg
Wellington.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...lery/Taupo.jpg
Taupo


All shots from New Zealand.