Allouete 2 - lama
 

Hi

I have EASA reg al2 in uk

Can bring along for the course to poke at if that is any help

Based in south uk

Ian

Here's a picture I took in Switzerland in March

http://helixo.weebly.com/uploads/3/9...72370_orig.jpg

Denali Lama
 

:{Cascade ,Idaho was my last fire season with this machine(Denali Lama) and it showed up to HAI and it recieved a 25 hour inspection after the show at my other job and then EVERGREEN go bye bye!

C-Zico, its a nice photo. :D

It would be nice to see any more from other Lama operations around the world.

Yes well, there is the Dalai Lama .. and then there was the Denali Lama!

Mount Denali - (aka Mount McKinley)
Location: 63.0694° N, 151.0072° W
Elevation: 20,320 ft.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--..._alpenglow.jpg
Mount Denali at sunset

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-V...enali+Lama.jpg
The Denali Lama (or at least one of them) within the Mt. Denali environs

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-g...Matt+Steen.jpg
The Denali Lama evacuates Claude Ratte and one other injured climber from 14 Camp, West Buttress (Photo: Matt Steen)

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4...500-h331/s.jpg
One of the Denali Lama drivers

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G.../Mt+Denali.jpg
Mt. Denali in flight

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-F...enali+Lama.png
The Denali 'Rescue' Lama

Perhaps there are others with some more shots from Evergreen's days running this contract.

Encore des photos d'altitude plus hautes

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8280/8...a09f76da_b.jpg

Himalayan Heli Services (India) VT-WEX SA315B Lama

Some Lama shots from 1979, Dollar in Scotland.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7291/8...3dac1626_c.jpg
2013-05-12 (61) by ericferret, on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7372/8...ac710870_c.jpg
2013-05-12 (70) by ericferret, on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7287/8...67120abc_c.jpg
2013-05-12 (39) by ericferret, on Flickr

About a minute after I took this photo a guy in a Morris Minor with glasses as thick as beer bottle bottoms ignored the guys waving him down and drove under the aircraft which he never saw!!!

EX Dollar hands will recognise the "Great White" parked in the background.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3820/9...5b9f4c54_o.jpg

Grenoble Le Versoud 1998

http://www.nordicrotors.com/images_2...splay_3346.jpg

A Lama helicopter in Sweden. Nordic Rotors - SE-JNA

Also a nice Lama at work video.


On the lama instrument panel in the bottom right corner there is a dial to the right of the instrument with the plane on it, can anyone say what this does please?

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--...no/1162517.jpg

It's a 'Computer'
 

Hi HeliStudent,

It's a circular slide ruler type of computer that surround the collective pitch indicator. With noting the outside air temperature and pressure altitude, the pilot can determine the maximum gross weight at which the outside condition will permit. you can also get from it the maximum pitch setting, actual gross weight (under hovering condition) and density altitude.

I'll try to get a hold on my 35 years old training manual and get you more details.

Very clever at the time.

Cheers
kami

Downupside thank you very much, this is really interesting.

There is a company in Japan which flies the Lama - you can see it in the video below, do you know who they are?

you're welcome!

It is Akagi Helicopters.

Actually 2 companies are still flying the Lama: 1 at Toho Air Services and 3 at Akagi Helicopters.
They are switching to B3e so Toho will stop operating next year. Akagi may keep them flying a bit more.

Kami

Kami thank you again.

I have found a photo of an Akagi Lama and it has the same green stripe as in the video -

http://images2.jetphotos.net/img/1/3...1305634793.jpg

There is also something I have not seen before - this Japanese Lama has something connecting the landing gear assembly to the back of the skids like a wavy piece of metal or something?

Also it has two sets of mirrors in front, is this for training purposes?

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Some very nice pictures (among 350 and Al3) of Air-Glaciers (Swiss) Lamas :ok: :

Le jeu de pales d'Air-Glaciers, par Richard Chapuis - Photos - Le Nouvelliste Online - Quotidien Valaisan


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HeliHenri - Merci pour les photos d'Air-Glaciers. :ok:

Elle sont tres belle.

Is for stop sling cable to touch skids.

Lama spare parts

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De rien HU :ok:

And if I'm not mistaken, Heli-Union was in the good days the biggest civilian Lamas operator in the world !

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Does anyone know the rate of descent for the Lama in autorotation? I am trying to figure out how long it took Jean Boulet to come down during his world record "longest-autorotation" in 1972. Thanks.

500 Fan.

Ah Jean Boulet - what a great man.

I will try to find information for you on this but what I can say now is that he does not have constant ROD in this flight. To start he will drop very fast and lower altitude he slow down.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7...Davey%2529.jpg
Heliswiss SA315B Lama cn 2596 HB-XTD as seen at Gruyères, Switzerland on 18th July 2008 (Photo: Andy Davey)

Lamas
 

Anyone ever know what became of G-LAMA???

Used to work on that one as well as G-BNNF (where is this one now?) which we rebuilt then it's was put on its side in Ireland not long after......MV was not a happy bunny!!