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Search: Posts Made By: Snarlie
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Forum: Rotorheads
16th Mar 2022, 11:22
Replies: 26
Views: 6,580
Posted By Snarlie

I cannot agree with Nescafe`s disdainful...

I cannot agree with Nescafe`s disdainful dismissal of the S76D as an old tart in a new dress. Ever since its introduction in 1979 the S76 airframe has suffered at the hands of inept management and...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Mar 2021, 10:17
Replies: 560
Views: 153,422
Posted By Snarlie

Good time to resurrect the Westland Westminster....

Good time to resurrect the Westland Westminster. A couple of PT6`s and job done.
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Feb 2020, 15:40
Replies: 28
Views: 12,572
Posted By Snarlie

Two points : 1. Whilst I am a strong advocate...

Two points :
1. Whilst I am a strong advocate of the values of simulator training - greater scope for emergencies and malfunctions, ability to freeze, rebrief and retry to mention but a couple, we...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Apr 2016, 16:03
Replies: 6
Views: 2,727
Posted By Snarlie

848? Brown Hatters` Paradise. Or was that 849,...

848? Brown Hatters` Paradise. Or was that 849, either way...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Feb 2016, 13:51
Replies: 10
Views: 2,857
Posted By Snarlie

Eacs baby, You obviously slept through the...

Eacs baby,

You obviously slept through the very well prepared tech lectures delivered by the likes of Roy Swales, Peter Harper and their merry band of IFTU stalwarts. This would explain why you...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Jan 2016, 10:35
Replies: 3
Views: 2,110
Posted By Snarlie

Best job in the helicopter world. Top aircraft,...

Best job in the helicopter world. Top aircraft, top maintenance, pre-surveyed landing sites, landing sites manned with markings and radio, fuel available wherever but above all the passengers are...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Nov 2015, 14:16
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,311
Posted By Snarlie

There I was thinking SAR pilots drew satisfaction...

There I was thinking SAR pilots drew satisfaction from achieving a difficult task and helping those in trouble. Now I see things are measured in column inches and medals.
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Jun 2015, 13:46
Replies: 10
Views: 3,878
Posted By Snarlie

A daunting prospect and for a Wessex 2? Hardly...

A daunting prospect and for a Wessex 2? Hardly worth the effort I would have thought. Now if you were talking about a Wessex 3 or, at a push, a 5, altogether a different story and certainly worth...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Mar 2015, 18:59
Replies: 36
Views: 10,445
Posted By Snarlie

Far East Driver, Not that I was aware,...

Far East Driver,

Not that I was aware, although he was Scottish!

The one I am thinking of who definitely did gravitated to Trengannu where he had a nice little scam going with some of the rigs...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Mar 2015, 11:50
Replies: 36
Views: 10,445
Posted By Snarlie

The frequent failure of the inclined drive shaft...

The frequent failure of the inclined drive shaft fairing securing latches, which prompted Tiger pilots to be issued with speed tape for en route repairs, culminated in one such fairing detaching and...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Mar 2015, 16:38
Replies: 36
Views: 10,445
Posted By Snarlie

The AS 332L Bristow Tiger suffered in its early...

The AS 332L Bristow Tiger suffered in its early days from insufficient developmental test flying by the manufacturer prior to introduction into service. It was certainly not merely a stretched Puma...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2015, 16:17
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,311
Posted By Snarlie

Steady boys! You are beginning to sound like we...

Steady boys! You are beginning to sound like we in the RAF care more about column inches , air time and medals than the task itself.
Why don`t we accept that the provision of SAR services has moved...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Feb 2015, 12:58
Replies: 29
Views: 9,293
Posted By Snarlie

A common sense approach which has been favoured...

A common sense approach which has been favoured for some years now, ever since the Kegworth accident with the Boeing 737, is that, having gone through exhaustive check and double check crew...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Dec 2014, 10:03
Replies: 8
Views: 3,437
Posted By Snarlie

Think twice, Pruners, before baring all. You will...

Think twice, Pruners, before baring all. You will end up in his next book!
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Jul 2013, 21:11
Replies: 278
Views: 156,737
Posted By Snarlie

It is Blackbushe. Using the precedent created by...

It is Blackbushe. Using the precedent created by Ryanair when describing flights to capital cities such as Rome, Glasgow, Brussels etc a facility some distance from the advertised destination is...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jun 2013, 07:15
Replies: 22
Views: 6,148
Posted By Snarlie

Long range ferry flights were routinely conducted...

Long range ferry flights were routinely conducted by Bristow in earlier times - UK to Australia, UK to Malaysia etc. One of the main considerations was commercial in that the aircraft would come off...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Apr 2013, 20:34
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,311
Posted By Snarlie

I am sure that any talk of TUPE applying to...

I am sure that any talk of TUPE applying to military SAR crews is wishful thinking on the part of some. I always believed that once you accepted the Queen`s shilling you could be deployed anywhere...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Mar 2013, 11:38
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,099
Posted By Snarlie

With the announcement of the contract winners now...

With the announcement of the contract winners now a mere formality and the transfer of military personnel to the civilian organisation a probability rather than a possibility, has anyone given any...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Jan 2013, 11:23
Replies: 14
Views: 3,063
Posted By Snarlie

Gene, So sorry, it was such a dark date in...

Gene,

So sorry, it was such a dark date in history my fingers were trembling approaching the 8 on the keyboard and mistakenly hit the 7, now corrected.
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Jan 2013, 14:19
Replies: 14
Views: 3,063
Posted By Snarlie

So it`s not a centenary of 203 Squadron RAF then?

So it`s not a centenary of 203 Squadron RAF then?
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Jan 2013, 13:45
Replies: 14
Views: 3,063
Posted By Snarlie

How can 203 Squadron RAF celebrate a centenary in...

How can 203 Squadron RAF celebrate a centenary in 2014 when the RAF itself was not formed until All Fools Day 1 April 1918?
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jan 2013, 17:18
Replies: 278
Views: 156,737
Posted By Snarlie

If you care to look back to my post of 22 Nov...

If you care to look back to my post of 22 Nov 2012, currently on Page 4 of this thread, you will see that I make the assertion that Lynton were the best back then. I was merely proposing caution...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jan 2013, 10:39
Replies: 278
Views: 156,737
Posted By Snarlie

As time passes rose tinted glasses have a habit...

As time passes rose tinted glasses have a habit of getting rosier. Even under the legendary Chris Tennant there were instances of pension payments being witheld, freelancers being paid late and bills...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Nov 2012, 10:59
Replies: 47
Views: 13,213
Posted By Snarlie

Rotorfossil,

I was very sad to see the last airworthy Mk 7 has been mothballed, I was hoping to track you down in bonny Scotland and fix a nostalgic charter for my 60th, just to celebrate old times. Looks like I...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Nov 2012, 05:16
Replies: 278
Views: 156,737
Posted By Snarlie

It is bitterly disappointing to see a company...

It is bitterly disappointing to see a company with such an illustrious pedigree as Premiair ( over the years McAlpine Helicopters, OSS, Air Hanson, Signature, Lynton Aviation and Eurpean Helicopters...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Oct 2012, 10:33
Replies: 7
Views: 2,542
Posted By Snarlie

I think Savoia mistakes the BHA or BHAB as was,...

I think Savoia mistakes the BHA or BHAB as was, for an organisation that ever had a backbone or, indeed ,any real appetite for representing its members` interests. It was always, at best, an annoying...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Sep 2012, 17:36
Replies: 241
Views: 106,967
Posted By Snarlie

The four S61N`s in Kuala Trengannu in late 70`s,...

The four S61N`s in Kuala Trengannu in late 70`s, early 80`s all had Litton GNS 500 which served well as an expensive clock but not much else.
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Aug 2012, 11:11
Replies: 18
Views: 6,371
Posted By Snarlie

Sorry to hear of the passing of another RN...

Sorry to hear of the passing of another RN helicopter stalwart. I first met David Mallock when I joined 705 Squadron at Culdrose as an 18 year old Midshipmite and wondered how someone so old could...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Aug 2012, 11:17
Replies: 178
Views: 58,746
Posted By Snarlie

A friend of mine got some very good Ray-Bons from...

A friend of mine got some very good Ray-Bons from the second street trader down from Starbucks in Glyfada a few years ago. He swears by them and they cost him 6 Euros. I expect the guy is still there.
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Jul 2012, 09:58
Replies: 114
Views: 38,513
Posted By Snarlie

I have known Jim Ferguson since the mid 1970`s...

I have known Jim Ferguson since the mid 1970`s when his day job was running a paint shop in Rosemount Terrace in Aberdeen as well as covering matters aviation for various publications. He is a...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Apr 2012, 18:01
Replies: 19
Views: 2,671
Posted By Snarlie

The UK CAA have made it a prerequisite that...

The UK CAA have made it a prerequisite that pilots intending to use the Cat A vertical profiles for the S76 shall have undergone training in those profiles in the sim prior to practising them in the...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Apr 2012, 22:40
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,099
Posted By Snarlie

...and my Wessex 1 had full auto hover long...

...and my Wessex 1 had full auto hover long before that, although the transition down and up needed a bit of encouragement from the pilot in terms of radalt tweaking.

As for Tallsar, if you read...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Apr 2012, 22:48
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,099
Posted By Snarlie

Chopabeefer should be aware that SAR operations...

Chopabeefer should be aware that SAR operations have been conducted by many and varied organisations over the years and are not the exclusive property of the RAF. The late Alan Bristow set the bar at...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Feb 2012, 15:05
Replies: 17
Views: 3,281
Posted By Snarlie

I agree that simulators are an invaluable...

I agree that simulators are an invaluable training tool and that realistic training and testing in the use of modern `automatics` is probably best covered in the sim. However, before we all line up...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Dec 2011, 15:01
Replies: 25
Views: 5,217
Posted By Snarlie

SASless - trust you to get the wrong end of the...

SASless - trust you to get the wrong end of the stick. I was referring of course to those young, vulnerable First Officers who, after the resolution of the Bristow Strike of 1977, were actively...
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