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manfromuncle 29th January 2008 09:08

How very gracious of you to leave aside my spelling. I bow down to your superior language skills. My 'logic' is PPL(H) 'celebrities' who have had flying mishaps.

gingernut 29th January 2008 09:18

He may not have a nom-de-plume just yet, but I think he listens in.

Comments on his show sometimes reflect threads on pprune.

JimBall 29th January 2008 09:51


Uncle: My 'logic' is PPL(H) 'celebrities' who have had flying mishaps.
So they're different are they ? Different from all the non-celebrity incidents ? Or do you become a celebrity when you have an incident ?

That would be an interesting edition of "Heat" magazine. :ugh:

manfromuncle 29th January 2008 10:00

Yes they are different, IF something happens. If they have a mishap it will be all over the news and will be extremely damaging to the image of the helicopter industry and the public perception of the dangers of helicopters, much more so than an 'ordinary' member of the public having an incident.

I've lost count of the number of my passengers who have ask me why the Colin Mcrae crash happened?/what happend to Noel Edmunds?/what happened to that Chelsea helicopter?/helicopters crash a lot don't they? etc.

Due to the press coverage, celebrity helicopter incidents re-enforce the public's mistaken belief that helicopters just randomly fall out of the sky.

scooter boy 29th January 2008 10:32

What a great addition to the helicopter world.
Welcome Chris Evans.
I'm pretty sure he is well fed up of sitting around in traffic jams.

Good on him, lets hope he survives the silly mistakes we all make while gaining experience and adds to the kudos of helicopter ownership.

BTW Nice choice of aircraft - mine is also a clipper II!

SB

JimBall 29th January 2008 11:20


MFU: much more so than an 'ordinary' member of the public having an incident.
What short memories we have. Just last weekend my tv news was filled with headlines about a fatal heli crash. And no celebrities were involved.

The real facts are that any air crash - and especially helicopter ones that kill people - gets into the headlines. Don't ask me why. Maybe because it's a rarity. Maybe it's because the pictures are more interesting than car crashes.

"News". Define it..........

Welcome, Chris, to our little community. We really don't care about your fame. We just want you to enjoy the flying and hope you and Mrs E (who got her PPL(H) last November) don't fall out over who claims the P1.

And just remember - if the heli breaks Rule 5 - it was her!

rotorboater 29th January 2008 13:24

Well done Chris, and even better that you can share the flying SWMBO, you fly to the pub, she can fly home!;)

everynowandthen 29th January 2008 13:51

ppheli

It's not really a case of the register being a published document. It's more to do with the fact that I'm sure that the great majority of us don't give a flying (no pun intended) doo daa about where Mr Evans lives but there are, from what I gather, a few folk (judging by the lunacy of some of the things I've seen written) who look at this site who might want to send him their used M&S smalls or perhaps a nicely perfumed teddy. On that basis, I wouldn't have put the link up.

Maybe I'm being an @nal eejit & feel free to give me a cyber-slap but there you go, my humble opinion.

'Chuffer' Dandridge 29th January 2008 15:58

It's a well known fact that the UK Civil Aircraft Register is available to anyone who knows where to look (i.e the public domain). Quite why this is available and not the DVLA database I'm not sure, but it is.

So if you dont want your home address available to the general public or complaining NIMBYs, register your new toy to a company address or a PO BOX number..

CD

21lefthand 29th January 2008 19:26

Gingernut ???
 
Are you any relation

Ken Wells 29th January 2008 19:45

Well done Chris;


Welcome to the world of R44 fun.

gingernut 29th January 2008 19:54

Sorry, no connection at all, just listen in on the way home.

My wings don't spin-(or a least they shouldn't:))

Lightning_Boy 30th January 2008 19:36

Nice one Christoph Lamby Pie........Love the show!! :ok:

chevvron 30th January 2008 19:51

Does David Essex still fly? When he was learning at Fairoaks, I'm told he used to pay cash with a wad of £50 notes!

Efirmovich 31st January 2008 07:24

£50 notes !......What is he supposed to pay in £1 coins ?

E.


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