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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
18th Feb 2022, 12:40
Replies: 13
Views: 1,758
Posted By YOP

Over 11,000 hours on helicopters ranging from RAF...

Over 11,000 hours on helicopters ranging from RAF Sea Kings to R22s. Had that 'up-tight' feeling before every flight over more than 3 decades.
Don't worry about it at all.
As long as it disappears...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th May 2020, 12:36
Replies: 181
Views: 89,837
Posted By YOP

Hmmm!! Having helped run a SERE course during a...

Hmmm!!
Having helped run a SERE course during a ground tour many years ago I'm not so sure!
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2018, 20:58
Replies: 143
Views: 48,727
Posted By YOP

30 years of flying helicopters ranging from Sea...

30 years of flying helicopters ranging from Sea Kings, through Twin Squirrels, Jet Rangers and down to the R22 and I never did a flight where I didn't have a nervous stomach before take off requiring...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Feb 2018, 20:47
Replies: 35
Views: 6,597
Posted By YOP

30 years flying helicopters although haven't even...

30 years flying helicopters although haven't even sat in one for nearly 4 years and haven't missed it at all if I'm honest.

Never dream about wires but still occasionally have one about going IMC...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
25th Mar 2017, 22:20
Replies: 23
Views: 12,108
Posted By YOP

From the government website: The rules as to...

From the government website:

The rules as to when a conviction or caution will be filtered are set out in legislation. This states that a certificate must include the following:


cautions...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
7th Jun 2016, 19:58
Replies: 14
Views: 11,400
Posted By YOP

They can ask you if you have any spent or unspent...

They can ask you if you have any spent or unspent convictions at interview but unless the position applied for is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act you can answer no.
Check the...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Sep 2015, 19:39
Replies: 12
Views: 2,566
Posted By YOP

Doesn't work. If it did I'd have got much...

Doesn't work.
If it did I'd have got much better grades at A level and been a dentist rather than a yellow Sea King driver.
Actually looking back I'm glad it didn't work.
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Aug 2015, 21:54
Replies: 11
Views: 2,632
Posted By YOP

Pay me £50 grand a year and I'll go round and...

Pay me £50 grand a year and I'll go round and count them personally. Should be back in about a decade. :)

Failing that an FOI request to the CAA for the UK numbers should work but for the...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Apr 2014, 19:13
Replies: 5
Views: 2,328
Posted By YOP

Glenn was on the same SKTU course with me in '86....

Glenn was on the same SKTU course with me in '86. Good to see he obviously hasn't changed a bit!!

Well done that man. :)
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2013, 20:30
Replies: 90
Views: 31,501
Posted By YOP

RIP Barnesy. Each time we met you were ...

RIP Barnesy. Each time we met you were invariably smiling and cheerful. Your shoes were far too big for me to fill, up here in the North East although I've tried for 15 years. There are many pilots...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Apr 2008, 19:28
Replies: 48
Views: 5,453
Posted By YOP

I think I must be about 100 millionth in line for...

I think I must be about 100 millionth in line for the throne but I came home for the weekend in a Wessex during my training at Shawbury. We could have flown the trip to Finningley on Friday morning...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Jan 2008, 21:26
Replies: 184
Views: 48,560
Posted By YOP

Don't get involved too often with thread...

Don't get involved too often with thread discussions but I'm with kwachon on this one. Yes it's a rumour network but we're all adults and we know how the press don't always report the bare facts...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Dec 2007, 20:23
Replies: 36
Views: 6,014
Posted By YOP

Well to copy Limpopo, night SAR callout on New...

Well to copy Limpopo, night SAR callout on New year's Eve from RAF Lossiemouth to Ben Nevis many, many years ago in a Sea King. Going down the Great Glen with 100kts IAS the groundspeed dropped to...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Nov 2007, 10:07
Replies: 68
Views: 11,007
Posted By YOP

Have to agree with Whirlybird and helimutt, DON'T...

Have to agree with Whirlybird and helimutt, DON'T take anything to start with other than your enthusiasm and a determination to enjoy what will be a fascinating, frustrating, rewarding, sometimes...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Nov 2007, 18:54
Replies: 8
Views: 1,409
Posted By YOP

Obviously his dying wish was to take you with...

Obviously his dying wish was to take you with him, bet he was up in bird heaven sniggering as you sorted that one out.

My co-pilot flew us up the arse of a seagull at 110kts in a Sea King once...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Nov 2007, 21:25
Replies: 10
Views: 1,538
Posted By YOP

Jim your figures make scary reading and are...

Jim your figures make scary reading and are correct for 9 single engined helicopters operating on a standard AOC. However, if you have a Restricted A-B AOC then its not quite so bad. Quoting the...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Nov 2007, 16:41
Replies: 10
Views: 1,538
Posted By YOP

Northumbria Helicopters based at Newcastle have...

Northumbria Helicopters based at Newcastle have done them several times. They've got both R22 and R44. Obviously there's the cost implication of the transit so it all depends where you're wanting to...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Nov 2007, 21:05
Replies: 30
Views: 4,139
Posted By YOP

'Lean on Me' by Red Box. Always reminds me of 2...

'Lean on Me' by Red Box. Always reminds me of 2 Sqn AFT on the Wessex at Shawbury in 1985.
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Oct 2007, 20:46
Replies: 19
Views: 2,224
Posted By YOP

Having gone through the CAA hoops just over a...

Having gone through the CAA hoops just over a year ago the first question I'll ask is "Who's writing your Ops Manual?"

We had great ideas of doing it in 8 months to a year and needless to say it...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Oct 2007, 20:23
Replies: 8
Views: 2,464
Posted By YOP

NH based at Newcastle airport with both R22 and...

NH based at Newcastle airport with both R22 and R44. Neil Clark is the MD so go down and have a chat with him and look over the aircraft. If you like what you see and Neil comes up with a good...
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