John,
The hairy engineer in your photo of BALZ is Ray Farnes who finally retired from Bristow in Nigeria 2 years ago. He looks just the same now, except that his hair and long whiskers are rather greyer. He, like BALZ is in fine fettle.
;)

Now this is history
 

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/Bell47.jpg

I crewed and maintained this HO3-S in the Coast Guard. It was resurrected from the boneyard and completely overhauled to flight condition. It will be placed in the Smithsonian Aircraft Museum later this year. Prior to entering Coast Guard service the Sikorsky was operated along with five others by the Greyhound bus company which employed them as a taxi service in the Boston area.

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/H3.jpg

I also crewed and maintained this HTL-1 picking it up in Miami and flying in it to Floyd bennett Field in Brooklyn, NY where we installed floats. We later flew both the HTL-1 and the HO3-S to Boston and placed them aboard the CGC Eastwind for her cruise to Greenland in 1952. The HTL-1 crashed after the cruise killing the pilot and the flight mechanic.

:ok:

Sorry, the pictures got switched

RN oldies
 

An old shot from the cockpit of a Sea King on the deck of RFA Tidepool. I had forgotten how close the clearances were; to think the blades are out there somewhere, day & night ;)

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...0from%20SK.jpg


We (826NAS) operated from Albion for a while, to help remove Brit expats from Bangladesh when they had a squabble with India. Trogging across the Indian Ocean we painted Union Flags all around, to avoid being mistaken for Vikrant or other similar vessels. Midshipmen "surplus to requirements" were taken by Wessex V to Arethusa, here...

http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...20Arethusa.jpg

Yosemite National Park
 

A few shots my Flight Nurse took while we were inbound to the Ahwahnee Meadow LZ to pick up a patient that had fallen while climbing.
Our BK is down for Maintenance so we're in our backup B3.

Dropping into the valley
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...tar%20001a.jpg


Bridal Veil Falls
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...tar%20002a.jpg


Holding over El capitan Meadow, @ or below 500' due to the Peregrin Falcons roosting above.
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...tar%20003a.jpg


Ahwahnee Meadows LZ
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...tar%20004a.jpg


California Highway Patrol did the hoist/rescue with Yosemite SAR
http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...tar%20005a.jpg

Fantastic shots RotorCaptain,
Bridal Veil Falls just look magnificent....very envious!

Here are a few at random:

S-92 in Alaska, USCG pilot at the controls:
http://s-92heliport.com/images/S-92%20AK.jpg

My AH-1G Cobra on the ramp at Chu Lai, Vietnam 1970:
http://s-92heliport.com/images/mighty%20mouse.jpg

Flying Comanche Prototype #1 over Florida, 1998:
http://s-92heliport.com/images/Nick%...0in%20RAH2.jpg

this is my latest girlfriend ive put her in the harem with the md 600 and the hiller 12c http://www.caa.co.uk/srg/aircraft_re.../g-bzyb001.jpg

Rotorheads Around the World
 

More superb pictures. :ok:

Norwegian pilot winched to safety
 

A pilot and his young son were winched to safety after their seaplane somersaulted and crashed on take-off. The aircraft wound up floating on its back after hitting a rock on Lessjavri Lake in the north of Norway.

http://images.thesun.co.uk/picture/0,,2003300585,00.jpg

Pilot Julius Eriksen and his six-year-old son escaped and clung to one of the plane’s floats.
Watchers on the shore raised the alarm and a Royal Norwegian Air Force rescue helicopter raced to the scene from the nearby Banak air base.

http://images.thesun.co.uk/picture/0,,2003300584,00.jpg

A winchman was lowered and the lucky pair were hauled aboard unhurt. The plane sank shortly after their escape.

Amazing pictures
 

Keep them coming.

For those of you who think that West africa is all just jungle and mangrove swamps, here are a few shots of our 365N3 (which I think is the first in Africa) which is operating in Cameroun in support of moperations on the Tchad-Cameroun pipeline project. Most of our flying in Cameroun is in the mountains, which are really beautiful.

At Limbe, on the coast at the foot of Mount Cameroun:
http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...mbeWaiting.jpg

The landing site is at 9500 feet, but the N3 is a very good hot/high machine. The temperature was around 12 centigrade on the day.
http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...amerounHLS.jpg

The summit was making one of its rare appearances. At 13435 feet, it's West Africa's highest:
http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...CameSummit.jpg

Rotorheads regulars .....


Flying Lawyer (Tudor Owen) and Nick Lappos at Sikorsky http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ture042600.jpg



And in the great man's office,
preserved as it was on his last day. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...office_cst.jpg




No, not Nick - the other great man!

I thought the 4077th flew the 47 D.
Great looking aircraft .

Lovely shots Soggyb! Also wouldn't mind knowing what are min. experience requirements for F/O's on Schreiner 365's etc. in Africa? I need hours from somewhere!!!!!

IHL: Yep, thats true. Still seems to be a popular paint scheme for 47's in general though. ;)

jobs around the world
 

http://www.tv.is/besto/hover.jpg
Here is pilot JK.Bjornson coming in for refueling. Thougt this picture were nice because of the powerline there about meter above his rotordisc. :mad:

http://www.tv.is/besto/refueling.jpg
and here he landed.:ok:

I'll try to find another picture of him doing some stunt.

Fly safe!!!:}

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


Six Scouts, a Wasp and a Gazelle at Lake Vyrnwy, North Wales for two days of intensive mountain flying guidance from ex-army men who used to fly them when they were but boys.

A fabulous couple of days away from the daily grind for all who participated.

The Scout

Blenderpilot

What is the meaning of the number 2 on your tailnumber (XC-SCT)? Is that a heli of the secretaria de comunicaciones y transportes? Not to long ago, I ferried on of their King Airs from MEX to MFE (also XC registered) ...

MD 600 - XX382 - I'm sure I've bounced that one around Ternhill a few times doing EOLs with student QHIs. I hate you for owning your own Gazelle (lucky bast**d) almost as much as I hate Rotor Captain for getting to fly around Yosemite!!!