Goodgrief:
Very jealous.

What are you doing in that second pic?

For a twin type rating you´re supposed to do a little external load training.
Tighten the line, power check.
Pick up load, power check.
Take off and fly a pattern, put the load onto a certain spot.

Same thing about three or four times...

The guy on the skids is the flight test engineer....
All in all VERY professional training.

Goodgrief

What is a flight test engineer doing on the skids??

I suppose they do external loads a bit differently in Germany.:uhoh:

He was the nice guy to help out in the training, giving the ground instruction.
On the flight portion he was telling when line is tight, when load is airborne.
And telling me when the load was on the spot and to be released.

This was for flight training purposes only! New type and what´s assiociated with it.They do thourough instruction and leave nothing to be desired.

Usually ext loads are flown by pilot only of course.

http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/867/chinook16cp.jpg


http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/751/chinook29it.jpg

Impressive! :ok:

1. Parking Brakes Locked.

2. As rear wheels touch down....cyclic two inches aft on the indicator.

3. Control yaw with pedals.

4. Control pitch attitude with Thrust Lever (Collective).

:ok:

5. Sit there and draw fire..............

That is what I call proper helicoptering.:ok:

@GoodGrief

External load training isn't part of the a twin type rating. Also not on ECD.
There are much TR courses on ECD and nobody have to fly external loads.
Also flight test engineers of the ECD test branch don't taking part on training courses because they are too expensive.

In case of external load operations using this double hook cargo system, it's necessary to have a "hook operator" because the pilot have only a mechanical emergency releasing system on the pitch.

I assume that you was on a flight checking out a problem with this a/c (btw not an ECD ship, it's a helicopter of the bavarian police squadron, one of the first EC 135).

Interesting is to see this a/c is equipped with a double cargo hook. Flying loads attached only on a single hook is only approved on the hook nr.1. But hook number 1 isn't the forward hook... they used the hook nr.2 :p :cool: :\ catched!

@tecpilot

Well, on my rating external load was part of the training, and the hook was operated by the flight test engineer who also gave the ground instruction on the hook system.

The initial training was done on a T2, the yellow helicopter you see in pic 1.
The police helicopter is a P2 which was used for the differences in training because in JAA land a type rating in your ticket says "EC135P/135T".

Both aircraft were chartered from the respective operators by ECD, and HBYG especially because of P2 AND double hook.

Type ratings are not given on ECD ships because ECD has no ships.
ratings are given on customer aircraft, so when you buy one you get training on your own helicopter.
But I didn´t buy one...

WaterFalls
 

What a long & interesting bit of string this thread is, all decorated with picture postcard snaps of people havin' a life in choppers.

Isn't it weird how, after you've learned to fly 'em, it takes a while to find something you really like to do. The commercials drift into sling loads, charter, fire fighting or whatever while us PPLs......well some of us developed a weakness for water falls.

I call this my spot-the-chopper pic!
http://www.ma1.net.au/images/Wallaman1min.jpg

http://media.militaryphotos.net/phot.../abj.sized.jpg

Can you identify the operator?

No signs. Rocket launcher. Desert. :confused:

Blackwater (Presidential Airways) has some 530F's in Iraq but I have not seen or heard of them using rocket pods. Other videos showed them with open doors and hand held Smoke Poles pointing out of the doors.

"I call this my spot-the-chopper pic!"

It's the little thing that looks like a chopper, I would guess!:)

It looks like a real helicopter, only smaller....:)

Natures Helicopter Wash
Allen

Yes, BW was also my first thought. But they have a different paintwork.
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1352/bw4yo.jpg
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1889/bw27jp.jpg

Looking at old photos and & found this. A Sea King 5 came to visit us at work, as we'd done part of the avionics refit.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...eaKingHAS5.jpg

This is the special version with the Extra-High-resolution radar mod.

If I'd been 20ft to my left, it would have had the Mast-Mounted water-tank mod.

or would that be the parachute pod mod ??:rolleyes: :)

please DO NOT touch THAT button while in powered flight !!

That does not look like a 530 but a 500. It does not look like it has the engine door fairings as the C30 sticks out the bottom and it does not look like it has the tail boom extension. Looks like a regular 500 with one of those little C20's.

someone sent me some photos a while back and i loaded them up but have never seen them.
maybe there was a problem. here is one of them. if they are yours please let me know.
http://www.bluetonguehelicopters.com.au/pprune/spr7.jpg

Graham,

That was the calendar shot last December ;)

thanks john, i missed that one obviously. glad it made the calendar.

graeme.:} :}

It looks like the photography work of WhopWhop me thinks.
Hughesy:D

Bristow 212's
 

The Bristow 212s in Trinidad are closing on 40,000 hrs and they're still going.
:cool:

Some of the Bristow Nigeria 212's had about 37,000 hours in 2001....wonder how they are doing today, those that are left anyway? Some were beginning to really show their age...some had as many ADD's in their tech log as some Street Gang members have entries on their Rap sheets.

The Meanest looking "Chook" you have ever seen..
 

Awsome Picture BigMike!

Im Sure it will have SaSLess foaming at the mouth! :ok:

It's easy to see why the FARE aircraft are called Fat Cows...! :E

I/C

These not only look "mean"...they are Mean!
 

http://www.chinook-helicopter.com/ch...s/64_13149.jpg

Four ACH-47A's were produced....named "Easy Money, Stump Jumper, Birth Control, and Cost of Living". Easy Money is the sole survivor...the other three were lost in combat operations in Vietnam.

Armament consisted of five .50 Caliber Browning M-2's MG's, two 20mm cannon, 2.75 inch Rockets, and a 40mm Grenade Launcher.

Couldn't agree more...First picture is awsome!
MADY

Chinook with Cobra Armament
 

Meanist looking Chook you ever seen
 

Hi Big Mike

This has to be the coolest Chook I have ever seen.

And I'm a big Chook fanatic!!!!::

:)

On my travels
 

Norwegian Air Ambulance EC135 taking off in Bergen, Norway
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/raija1971/NLA1.jpg

EC135 from infront
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/raija1971/NLA4.jpg

EC135 from behind..close up
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/raija1971/NLA5.jpg

EC135 from behind with the classice Bergen View
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/raija1971/NLA8.jpg

Cockpit Views
 

Recent trip to Melbourne, Australia
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9...0Melbourne.jpg

EC120 Colibri on the helipad in the River Yarra opposite the Crown Hotel
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9...bournenose.jpg

Same EC120 operated by Microflite
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9...neonthepad.jpg

Down river view of the EC120 Colibri
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9...nefromrear.jpg



EC120 Colibri in Melbourne. Flown by Capt Allardes Hoiting
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/raija1971/120j.jpg

The wife was impressed too. Nice aereals of Melbourne and surrounds
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/raija1971/120g.jpg

Colibri dash in action
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/raija1971/120i.jpg

Heading up the estuary mouth
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i9/raija1971/120h.jpg

Thanks to the guys @ Microlite for a terrific flight

Hope you enjoy these as much as i did taking them. Just got a new camera and it is proving harder to get my teeth into. It is a Fuji 9500 Digital SLR. These pictures were taken at 9 Megapixel, but resized for this thread.



MD :ok:

Here the 'Papa HELI' (PH-ELI) just landing after a flight with 2 real Scottish people with a beautiful snow landscape in the background :).

http://www.helicopterfoto.nl.nu/DSC_4338.JPG


http://www.helicopterfoto.nl.nu/DSC_4439.JPG

http://www.helicopterfoto.nl.nu/DSC_4440.JPG

Apart from the first, all the rest are shot here in Kiwiland.


River not far from Squamish, BC
http://www.helitorque.com/albums/helifishing/abe.jpg


Trout fishing in the rivers behind Nelson in the top of the South Island NZ
http://www.helitorque.com/albums/helifishing/abc.jpg

Same area, different river
http://www.helitorque.com/albums/helifishing/aav.jpg


Top end of Great Barrier Island
http://www.helitorque.com/albums/helifishing/aam.jpg

Bottom tip facing the Coromandel Peninsula
http://www.helitorque.com/albums/helifishing/aal.jpg

Eastern side of Cormandel
http://www.helitorque.com/albums/helifishing/aaf.jpg


Last edited by Ned-Air2Air : 30th March 2006 at 10:02

First 139 in Spain, ferry flight Milan-Cannes-Gerona-Alicante.
Aser in the left seat :cool:
http://asermartinez.iespana.es/DSC_00041.jpg
Regards.