Sure a lot of changes in the young lady's curves from the prototype to the production model too. The sponsons look like some one took a big saw to the end of them. Shame they could not have put a nicer end on them.

Robinsons...
 

My former R22. By photographer Adam Wright of my uncle Jack and I departing W24 (Falwell Aviation)
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...JackN8244S.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...N8339GRear.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...y/R44Astro.jpg
My R44 Astro at Dalton Brothers Cattle Farm, Sycamore, VA

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ikorsky-92.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...YC/s-92-01.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ingOseberg.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...YC/s-92-03.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...YC/s-92-02.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...YC/S92lift.jpg

First the horizontal stabs, now the verticals: what's this, a "spot the difference" competition? ;) :p

"spot the difference"
 

Great eyesight there John. Each one appears to be the prototype of the next.
What's happening?

Pilotless Bell prototype
 

Could be the cure for the pilot shortage in Nigeria....far less headaches for the company than manned aircraft.;)

That aircraft – the first full-scale TR918 TRUV – was written-off in an April 5th crash after only five hours total flight time, due to an errant RF signal from the ground which trigged its self-destruct mode. The TR918 will be offered for military, paramilitary and civil apps. The TR916 is the version being developed for the Coast Guard under the Deepwater program, though this effort has now been delayed by at least three years due to funding issues, meaning that EIS is pushed back to FY-11 (vs. an original FUE date of 2006). The Marine Corps were also planning to buy some aircraft from the Guard’s line, but this plan now seems to have been dropped in favor of a competitive selection of a Pioneer replacement in the 2008-10 timeline.

The Eagle Eye concept has been flying since 1993, when the 85% scale TR911 prototype first flew. This aircraft was itself preceded by the Bell-Boeing D-340 Pointer TRUV, flown in 1993.

I/C

Elite Aviation, Shannon Ireland
 

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/IMG_0526.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/8354315d.jpg



:cool:

"THE OLD GIRL STILL LOOKS BETTER"


"All pics copyrighted to me"

Some or these pics on here are staggering but here goes............. All at EGNX

http://mysite.orange.co.uk/aircraftphoto/AA.jpg


http://mysite.orange.co.uk/aircraftp...nd_Arrival.jpg


All pics copyrighted to me.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...img0171xi6.jpg
Huey in Mexico about to commence ops on a power line construction project

Hi Blender

Thanks for the advice.
Our real concern for not going too low in addition to wires is some nervous very protective farmers growing crops that look like tomatoe plants
Its very beautiful here, great flying and very nice people.
Might be going through Mexico City in a week or two if you have time for a bien muerto cerveza
Hope I said that right

adios amigo

ayaarr,

Those mountains seem like the place where people like to string SMALL home to home wires across valleys, no posts, they just purchase 2 or 3 hundred meters of wire and swing it themselves from one tree to the next, be careful.

People love doing that up there, and they do it where you will least expect it.

Be careful and have fun.

Yeah, she sure has come a long way since the earliest days...

http://turboshaft.com/db2/00189/turb...redecessor.JPG

(This'll sort the men from the boys :E )

I/C

i'm trying this for the first time so if this doesn't work i shall hang my head in shame.
here are some from a trip to Alaska:

a sample of the spectacular scenery there
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...e/100_0825.jpg

along side a CF SAR machine (Caribou?) in Whitehorse, YT.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...y/100_0799.jpg


more of the same recently in Wyoming with staging at 10000' and temps of 25+C which led some white knuckle moments:
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...e/DSC00216.jpg


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...e/DSC00217.jpg


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...e/DSC00221.jpg


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...SetinTrees.jpg


i have injoyed this thread immensely since it started and i hope you guys enjoy these pics.
keep them coming!

a couple more from alaska that wouldn't go in the last post. :ugh:

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...e/IMG_0385.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...e/IMG_0396.jpg

picking a bag in staging. this is what it (seismic) is all about but usually done in the bush:

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...e/100_0880.jpg

Ayaarr,
That spot brings back memories.
Be carefull up there. Many of those loads are way heavier than what they are labeled as.
This example happened Daily :
The steel plate and bags of bolts are the worst as they are not weighed.
hook up to load, pull 50%, wont budge. put hook on ground, take other load, come back hook up to first load again minus weight, still wont budge, go through this several times unitl you get a 1200kg load off the ground ( hmm I wonder what it weighed to begin with), at end of cycle listen to guy with clipboard and stop wacth say how you were much slower this cycle was.
pull hair out,
Crave cold beer after work

If you are where I think you are , there is one decent place to stay in the town. I hope you are there.

Buena Suerte, your gonna need it:ok:

RB

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...y/trgb3co9.jpg
Result of tail rotor strike with a tree during long line ops last year
I was told on the same project.
Pilot ok
Canon IXUS800 IS


Rotorboy
We have hook load meters installed
The contractor has actually been very accurate with the weights so far and in six weeks I have had less than six that were approaching the limits and only two that I had to reject.
Tamazunchale is the town
regards and fly safe

Vyskov air museum
 

Some pics from today when I visited the Vyskov air museum just off the main highway between Brno and Olomouc, Czech Republic. It is a small private museum with an interesting collection of aircraft.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/...s/Mi-2-EMS.jpg
Early EMS/Police Mi-2

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/...-4-gunship.jpg
Mi-4 Gunship!

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/...hotos/Mi-8.jpg
Mi-8 with logging window for the Loadmaster! This helicopter was painted back in its original military colours.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/Micksphotos/Mis.jpg
Mi-1, Mi-2, Mi-4, and Mi-8

They look like they could be the military version of Thomas the tank engine ;)

More fun with Photoshop, I really should get out more!

Ch :cool:

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...s/Approach.jpg

Maybe you could help the boys knock some of the dents out of the team car:E

Pictures
 

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1...eh/TheView.jpg

As a student pilot ,I couldn`t resist the beauty of this scene and captured it forever in time and space. I will always remember you Mark and G-BEBZ

NB alias Sgt. Peppeh

how do all those helicopters land in that little area?

Hey Hollywood,

You over-arc'ed at the bottom!

Early EMS/Police Mi-2

Big Mike ... is that one of Alfa's original Mi-2's? ;)

http://www.heliport.de/heligal/bo105_5.jpg

Is this an aeroplane or a helicopter??

It's not only tarted-up Lynx that can reach 400 km/h. :E Stick a couple of wings on a 105, take an angle grinder to its skids and bob's your onkel.

I/C

G'day SASless,

It isn't actually a duplicated picture of the Squirrel in the image. I took 11 pictures of the Squirrel as it approached the pad and then using the wonders of Photoshop I overlapped all the images to produce the effect you see above. Each image of the Squirrel you see is the actual attitude and position that the aircraft was in at that stage of the approach.

I told you I should get out more. My machine is in for a 500hrly so I've got a week to kill!

CH :cool:

You should have joined your flat mate for a couple of days down here in the snow :p

Being a desert boy I've never actually been to the snow John, one of these days though! Had to cover for my flatmate anyway!

CH :cool:

I dont know about that. The snow I dropped you onto in the Squirrel at 6500ft in NZ was pretty real ;)

I don't count that as having 'been' to the snow BM. I have experienced snow for 10mins though and very grateful to your good self for the opportunity.

CH :cool:

Took several days going through this thread but it was worth it. Do not fly helo for a living but have 40-50 hours in them from time to time, so know just enough to be dangerous in the things. Saw the above post and photo with it and it reminded me of an old friend.

Was at an airshow recently, where I am a judge for some of the antique airplanes. I also hold a hot dog/hamburger lunch for anyone associated with this model of plane at the airport. Walking around the area was an older gent wearing a hat and just looking around at all of the planes. I recognized him, having known him for a while as well as his being a member of our QB group here in the area.

I called for him to come over and enjoy a free lunch with us. There were about 20 others around and it seemed that no one knew who he was. Turns out that he was looking to buy an antique plane to fly around in so we spent over an hour talking about the pros and cons of each one.

After all of this discussion one of my friends was sitting next to this gent and having a good time. I mentioned to Gareth, who has about 30 years in the Army flying everything they have, that he should talk to the new guy about helos. Gareth asked why and it was at this time that the newcomer introduced himself.

He was Sergi Sikorsky, the son of Igor Sikorsky and still involved with Sikorsky Helicopters. He is still flying at the age of 81 years old but semi retired out here in Arizona. Anyone wanting to meet him who comes to the area in either March or October, PM me and can help at the fly-in.

Here's one of a German ship sunk during WWII in Aruba. From a R44 on a quick trip around the island.

[IMG]c:/aviation/german ship aruba[/IMG]

Sorry the picture post didn't work. Any one have any ideas?

rick1128

You can't post pictures on the web direct from your hard disk.

Click this link for instructions: How to Post Pictures

It's very easy.

Her's my new MT-03 gyro
 

Here we go again.

While flying a R44 around Aruba, I took this picture of a German ship sunk in Aruba during WWII.
It is just a few feet under water during low tide.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...nshiparuba.jpg

Don't know but those ships look like they are floating on the water :}

Ther is always one. Try looking under the water. After all it is a sunk ship. Try this one.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...ture101038.jpg