Few more pics to enjoy from RAAF Hornets in OZ to Faram Helicopters B3 spraying, also Heli Sikas AS350 out doing some ag work and last but not least the Hurricane peeling away.


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

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

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...elisika350.jpg

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

CH 47D in Action In Australia
 

Here are a couple of photo's of my life prior to being temporarily desk bound :(.


http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...7%20Mirage.JPG



http://www.helicopterservice.com.au/...7%20Sunset.JPG


I would like to thank John Eacott for hosting these photo's for me.

Nipper

Some of my pictures!

Crashed killing 8 souls, tailboom separated due illegal parts used... :*
http://idd02np2.eresmas.net/sabadell...patin-alto.JPG

My taxi just arrived!
http://idd02np2.eresmas.net/lell-15-...0/PC150029.JPG

What a wonderful flight! (I will remember it forever)
http://idd02np2.eresmas.net/lell-15-...0/PC150075.JPG

A view of technicians being hoisted at an off-shore wind turbine farm...

http://www.uni-fly.dk/pp/1.JPG


The turbines are equipped with a special platform for the task.

http://www.uni-fly.dk/pp/2.JPG


The size of the turbines can really dwarfen a EC135...

http://www.uni-fly.dk/pp/3.jpg


RD

Helicopters, Ned, helicopters......:rolleyes:

RotorDompt

:cool: We're being foisted with wind generators here in Australia's Mexico, maybe we should get the helipads designed in for a bit of work ;)

Logging with the H-43
 

Idaho job this last summer. Just coming in on first day.
http://home.earthlink.net/~helidrvr/N5197W.jpg

Logging near Glacier Park in Montana. This was prior to the big fires but we were there during them as well.
http://home.earthlink.net/~helidrvr/mountains.jpg

Just about to butt a turn down on the landing.
http://home.earthlink.net/~helidrvr/logs.jpg

Heli Pro's Bell 205 on the Canberra Fires.

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

Couple of shots of Ericksons Cranes working near Canberra.

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/crane4.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PPRuNe/crane2.jpg

These shots are of the Kmax working near Canberra and one more of the Crane.

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...xcanberra4.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...xcanberra3.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...xcanberra1.jpg

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

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

Super Puma on a VIP flight, taking off from a soccer field we use a lot as a heliport near downtown Mexico City, I took this yesterday as I was waiting for some passengers myself.

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

Rotorheads Desktop Calendars (Archive Dec 03 - Dec 05)
 

A Christmas gift from Rotorheads .....

Here's our first effort at producing a desktop calendar for your PC. Many thanks to Blenderpilot for agreeing to create the calendar - and for not backing out when he discovered my request involved much more work than he (or I) expected. :ok:


http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PP...ecember212.jpgHeli-skiing in Canada
B212HP on Caribou Peak in the Purcell Mountains west of Golden, BC.
Mount Sir Donald (10,600') is in the background.
[i]Photograph by 407 driver



To set as desktop wallpaper:
Right click on the photograph and select 'Set as Background.'

If members like the idea, we'll keep it going and change the photograph each month.
Please let us know what you think.


Heliport

Blenderpilot

Think you have done a great job - well done!

Look forward to the other 12 for 2004.

All I can say is WOW! That really makes my computer much nicer. Thanks for all the hard work!

Brilliant idea Heliport, and outstanding result Blenderpilot. What a fabulous Christmas gift!!

Great Initiative!!:ok:

It has my vote of appreciation.

An oldie but goodie.


Boeing Vertol 107 towing a 220 ton barge over ice, snow and water in Alaska.

http://www.colheli.com/images/photos/ex76.jpg

In June 1982, Columbia Helicopters was hired by Sohio to participate in a test on Alaska's North Slope. The purpose of this test was to evaluate the ability of a helicopter - the Boeing Vertol 107-II - to tow a fully-loaded hover barge over water, snow and ice.
The test began in Prudhoe Bay on June 17. The Vertol's 600-foot long line was connected to hover barge ACT-100, jointly owned by Global Marine Development and VECO. Air blowers on the 170-ton barge forced a cushion of air under the barge, which was kept in place by rubberized skirt material. This first test was run around Prudhoe Bay with an empty barge, and was successful. During this and subsequent tests, the aircraft often flew with a nose-down angle approaching 25 degrees.
Next, ACT-100 was loaded with 40 tons of cargo for another close-in test run. Once more, the helicopter showed it could move the barge despite the additional weight.
The final aspect of the test was to tow the hover barge over a 50-mile course to a drill site named Alaska Island where Sohio had just completed an oil well.
During the tow to the island, headwinds over 30 knots were encountered, and snow and ice buildup were also factors. Regardless, the Vertol was able to bring the empty barge to the island successfully.
On the return trip to Prudhoe Bay, when this photo was taken, the barge carried 50 tons of cargo, bringing the total weight to 220 tons. As with the previous tests, this task was accomplished successfully.
This photograph is one of longtime Columbia Helicopters' photographer Ted Veal's most famous photographs. The use of a powerful telephoto lens makes it appear as though the helicopter is closer to the ice than is actually the case.

Extra detail provided by Blenderpilot :ok:

It's resplendent upon my laptop screen as I type. Wouldn't 407 have appreciated some credit on-screen for his work? Very magnanimous of him if not.

Ripper!
Installed ASAP,

Well done and another reason to get some good photos to you guys.

Thud_and_Blunder
We tried to include a 'Type, Location and Photographer' line but ran out of time and decided to run with this alpha version now to see whether there's enough demand to justify the work involved in producing it monthly.


So far, the feedback is all positive but there's not much of it given the number of views so it's difficult to make an overall assessment.

Still, it's early days yet.
We'll monitor the posts over the next week or so.

Heliport

Fantastic Keep'em comming:ok: :ok: :ok:

RotorDompteur - did we fly together in 'Tango Charlie' for a few weeks? If so, good to see the final results. Can I come back and have a go?

Cheers

TeeS

TeeS,

Perhaps, but in TC I was only flying along as HLO...
But I know who you are thinking of...

And I am sure that you are welcome should you happen to drop by. Just give us a call and we'll start brewing some coffee... :ok:

RD

I'm guessing that most people agree the calendar is STELLAR! However, if you don't type more than 15 characters in your response, it won't be allowed to post. Therefore, the simple "cool" or "awesome" statements aren't showing up.

Views vs replies: third view, first reply! Excellent, although the choice of perfect powder snow + venerable 212 is not good for me, with another 7 months to our snow season ;)

Now, how are you going to choose the next month's picture :ok:

Great Idea, well executed! I immediately put the picture on to replace my boring old wallpaper! Looking forward to the next 11 ........................ :D :D:ok: :ok:

I agree. Keep them coming.

Type, Location, Pilot, photographer info would be appreciated.

DeepC

Nice Idea! Hope we can find a years worth of pics as good as this one.

It's on my desktop. Well done to the team. :OK:

Stinger
Good to see you on line - at long last. The prompt at the BHAB Dinner worked then. ;)
You're a well-travelled man. How about putting up some pics for next year? Or in the Rotorheads collection? :D

Calendar
 

I think it's great. Keep them coming.

Cheers,

BM

Hey Blender and Heliport - If you want to use any of my images feel free to go ahead and use them. Blender has a lot of them on file.

Regards from Muscat, Oman.

Autorotate.

P.S. Will have some great shots of Omani Police 214STs and Royal Flight Pumas to post later today.

Some images from Central Australia.
http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....88c4720c12.jpg

A recent rescue at Kata Tjuta (The Olgas).

http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....d4110ce2a0.jpg

One of our Jetrangers with Uluru (Ayers Rock) in the background.

http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....1886064b81.jpg

Our Longranger with an ambulance belonging to the Royal Flying Doctor Service following a recent training exercise.

Some photos I took on a recent trip

A Squirrel

http://photos.bja.com.au/Photos/Phot...t/DSCN0163.jpg


Photo of an Air Zermatt Lama

http://photos.bja.com.au/Photos/Phot...t/DSCN0155.jpg

Bloody brilliant idea! Thanks guys.:ok:

Innovative, creative and well executed. Well done to Blenderpilot and Heliport.
Thank you for the pressy Too:ok:

I think you can safely assume that 'no news is good views' keep them coming

More images from Central Australia
 

Some more pics from Central Australia.

1. Landing atop Uluru (Ayers Rock) for rescue training with the local Park Rangers.
http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....9484ee3542.jpg

2. A little dust storm we had here recently. Due to a lack of rain this year combined with several large bushfires there is very little vegetation to hold the top soil together, as the winds pick up so does the soil!
http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....e76267a902.jpg

3. Some of you may have taken the kids to see 'Kangaroo Jack' earlier this year. One of our Jetrangers was painted as a Police helicopter for the role and I was a Sargeant for a day! They actually painted it twice, after finishing the filming and sending us home they realised they had forgotten to do several shots. We ferried the aircraft back to the location, some two hours from our base, where they painted the aircraft again! The 'paint' simply peels off after filming as you can see in the last pic.
http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....41c314d5fe.jpg
http://www.danodwyer.bigpondhosting....2c166422ff.jpg

Cheers,

Hollywood :cool:

p.s now you know where the nickname comes from!

The first negative comment
 

The picture is fantastic but when I transferred it to my screen the picture overran the boundaries of the screen (19”) and a part of the calendar was off the screen. Did I do something wrong?

:E :E

Lu

I'm not a computer wizz but, until someone who is responds.......

It depends how you've set your screen resolution - the size of your monitor doesn't matter.
Are you using 800x600? If so, the pic will probably over-run.
It doesn't @ 1024x768.

Assuming you're using Windows:
Right-click on the desktop
Select 'Properties' and check your screen resolution settings.


Heliport

If Heliport's excellent advice isn't completely successful, look at the "Desktop" tab of the "Display Properties" dialogue box. On the lower right hand side, you will see something described as "Position." Options will include "Stetch," "Center," and "Tile." Try "Stetch" first and play around with the settings to get the desired affect.

RDR

I've just tried it @ 800x600 and it works.

It takes a proper computer man to know that stretch also = contract. ;)

Excellent Idea!
Certainly get's the "Thumbs Up!" :ok: from me .... and my colleagues at work!
Just a shame we don't get weather like that around here :{