Hoovooloo: Mightly impressed with the strength of your arguments, the reliability of your evidence and your amazing judgement.

Have spoken to some colleagues and we suggested you should make yourself available as a pilot with a world-leading organisation who have a constant demand for pilots with your qualities. A choice of great machines to fly - some police, some HEMS and even a bit of SAR. Good luck!

Click here

JB
Excellent link. I know where Santa should get my next present from!

Hooloovoo
Stick at it. At no stage in anyone's career are they above being questioned as to decisions taken and your questions show that you are thinking on the right lines for safety. You've been put right as regards this particular situation but don't be slow in asking pertinent questions in the future.

There's a saying in this part of the world (Middle East):-
"The ignorant learns at his own expense and the wise at the expense of others"

Which is why we have Pprune.

.....Ppruner "outed" by TV! Flaxton Flyer presents his moniker on telly.


........Cobb the Mod! Nice Scooter!

That was/is one damn fine scooter! :ok:

S

As an old rocker with a Triumph Bonneville yes, that was a nice scooter! :ok:

Cheers

Whirls




trying to improve entente cordial between the Mods and Rockers!!!

I fear you're flogging a dead horse there Whirly :}

S.

....nice scooter Flaxton!


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Regards, BT. (former Lambretta LD 150 owner, sold for £5 in 1968!)

That is the most blantant case of identity theft I have ever seen. That Cobb bloke will be hearing from my legal team sharpish.

On the other hand, a cynic might say that probably explains how I knew so much about the fence in episode 1......:ok:

I was hoping not to be "outed" until episode 10 so at least I could enjoy being an anonymous poster on this thread until then!

Be kind to me, it's hard having your life up for scrutiny in front of your peers..

Has a base been chosen for G-CEMS yet?

S

Just awaiting delivery of the medical fit for G-CEMS, scheduled to start at Sheffield Airport from the second week in October.

Thanks FF.

S

The world of scootering is a lot different today than it was in your day, Bertie. Life was so much simpler then, buy yourself a 'bretta and you were suddenly surrounded by semi-naked totty...

PS The LD you sold for £5 back in '68 would probably net you £600 today!


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I like the program because it concentrates on the helicopter and what it does not on the private lifes of the crew though I am only on episode 2.

I don't like the constant "And coming up" but this has been voiced.

What I also did not like is when the helicopter was landing in the workman club's car park RH said if one of the engines were to fail now the helicopter would crash. Well correct me if I am wrong but all that would happen is that the other engine would take up the slack and the helicopter would land as if nothing had happened after all he was past LDP. After all this was all CAT A stuff.

Why not tell the truth i.e. todays generation can cope with the loss of an engine.

All of it is excellent advertising for our Air Ambulance brethren.

Rock on chaps.

Flaxton: much as I enjoyed the cheapness of scootering on the LD 150 (bought for a tenner), it was only a means to an end. The day after I passed my test on the scooter I sold it! The next day I bought a 1959 Triumph 650 (for £60) and went 100+mph for the first time in my life! (and helmets not then mandatory!)

Thrashed the Triumph for three years then sold it in 1971 for £30. Probably worth about £6k now!


Brilliant: its not all Performance Class 1/Cat A

Brilliant Stuff - might be an idea for you to stop watching after episode 2, as it does concentrate quite a bit on what the crews do off-duty in the next couple! I'm led to believe that next week is a bit grittier but we'll see.

It was always going to be a struggle to fill 10 x 45 minute programs with wall to wall action. Originally the idea was to film it over a much longer period - maybe even 12 months, but in the end it had to be filmed, edited and ready for transmission in less than 4 months. I think the Beeb crew did a fantastic job, and they were all top blokes who didn't whinge when they got left behind on some god forsaken country road in the middle of nowhere in a red flying suit carrying a large camera. And they bought the fish and chips every Friday!!

Bertie - I wish I'd had an old Triumph. Wiping up all the constant oil leaks on the kitchen floor would have stood me in good stead for my daily 902 engine bay wipe!

Brilliant and Bertie,

In fact almost none of it is - it is mostly PC2.

Jim

Cheers Jim.

Why do you say that, JimL?

Regards, BT

I see the scooters still do the same , I remember being chased from Oxford by a group of ''mods'' only one stayed the course for a while round the ring road, then it siezed up and had him off, I was riding a Royal Enfield Continental GT at the time cost me £260 just over a year old. cant get a decent push bike for that now:hmm:

Just watched the program............Well done Paul! Beats being a RMP hahaha Your my hero.

Did the scooter thing many years ago now moved on to the luxury of a BMW with all the toys for long cruises but the wife just tells me owning a beemer means I am officially old:hmm:

What is that about "RMP" guess that really is a monkey on the stick

Banjo24, I'm afraid I tend to agree with Mrs. Banjo's definition of old. ;) Now ..... if you got, say, an Alfa, it could knock years off you!!! :} Could this be the new definition of a pilot's retirement age? The point at which you say ... "Hhmmm, A BMW.... comfy!" :ok:

Cheers

Whirls

Well as usuall most army pilots aren't true blue!:E

Banjo I am stunned, you used to have such an eclectic collection of cars. And now you have gone boring middle of the road rep car.:ooh::eek::eek: You should have gone for something with stars IMHO.:}:}

Next you are going to tell me you are thinking about sorting some Pension for your good self.

Must be all that sick leave, your brain has gone to mush.:E

Well said FNW. But what is more important is that he blows up caravans, now that is something to be really proud of.

Good on yer Hammy.

this air ambulance must be the best in the country, so far out of the whole series that i have seen i dont think any one has died!

Thank you BEEB for another true to life documentary (at least casualty and holby city is a bit more realistic).

sss, you could not have watched the whole series, or not as closely as you thought, as there is an episode which features the story of a motor cyclist who tragically dies near the Lady Bower reservoir it even shows the bikers family visiting the air ambulance unit weeks later and meeting the paramedics to try and get some closure on their loss. Suggest you watch more closely next time!

IMHO well done to the BBC for covering such tragedy with sympathy and tact and not trying to over dramatize it and try to turn it into a story line from Casualty or Holby City. Also remember that some of stories featured have been edited to reflect that they are being shown on day time TV and that they cannot show the "graphicness" of an evening, post water-shed programme.

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All-in-all a fantastic series which I thoroughly enjoyed. Well done to the Beeb and the entire team at the YAA!

S

apologies due then, im afraid i did miss that one, i have been unable to watch the whole series.
but im afraid i am a believer in a documentary showing warts and all, even if people dont like it.

Bird Strikes
 

Way back before Pontious I was lucky enough to be among the first pilots to fly the Puma in the RAF (No1 course actually). The introduction of the Puma saw a sharp rise in Birdstrikes. The RAF Directorate of Flight Safety investigated this and came to the conclusion that, up to c100Kts birds usually have enough reaction time to avoid the big metal ones. Before the Puma (cruise speed of 140kts) we had the Whirlwind and Wessex both of which struggled to reach 100kts. With modern helicopters capable of speeds in excess of 165kts and !!!!ehawks capable of soaring at 10,000ft need I say more?

This program is being repeated this evening (Monday 29th Oct) on BBC1 at 1930hrs.

I went to 43,000 feet once....but didn't like it much.