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Forum: Rotorheads
30th May 2018, 14:54
Replies: 28
Views: 24,864
Posted By Whirlybird

Helicopter crash in North Yorkshire

Does anyone know anything about this? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/30/helicopter-crashes-near-aldborough-in-north-yorkshire
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
27th Sep 2017, 17:33
Replies: 41
Views: 15,700
Posted By Whirlybird

More flight cancellations, and routes being...

More flight cancellations, and routes being suspended too. 400,000 more passengers to be hit by Ryanair cancellations - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41414414)
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
19th Sep 2017, 11:46
Replies: 41
Views: 15,700
Posted By Whirlybird

I've flown Ryanair quite a lot - basic and cheap...

I've flown Ryanair quite a lot - basic and cheap flights, but did what they said on the tin. But not any more. First they seated me and my partner at opposite ends of an aircraft which wasn't full,...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Sep 2017, 08:43
Replies: 7
Views: 10,760
Posted By Whirlybird

Pilot killed in aircraft crash at Caernarfon

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/06/one-person-killed-in-plane-crash-at-caernarfon-airport

Does anyone know any details? I have friends at Caernarfon.
Forum: Private Flying
30th Jul 2017, 20:42
Replies: 34
Views: 6,543
Posted By Whirlybird

"What's wrong with trying to point that out?" ...

"What's wrong with trying to point that out?"

Absolutely nothing. But some posts - can't remember if yours was one of them - were coming across as highly critical of the questioner, not just the...
Forum: Private Flying
30th Jul 2017, 15:55
Replies: 34
Views: 6,543
Posted By Whirlybird

mary, I often found it difficult to obtain...

mary, I often found it difficult to obtain clearances through controlled airspace. Indeed, I got so fed up with them being refused that I simply planned to go around them - why plan two routes when...
Forum: Private Flying
17th May 2017, 08:37
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,507,384
Posted By Whirlybird

To whom did you speak? Ordinary members? I...

To whom did you speak? Ordinary members? I suspect if you spoke to any ordinary pilot, male or female, who doesn't read the Private Flying forum here regularly, they wouldn't know either. Indeed,...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Apr 2017, 17:54
Replies: 12
Views: 3,360
Posted By Whirlybird

I started in my 40s, intending to just get a...

I started in my 40s, intending to just get a PPL(H). Got the bug...and a CPL(H) and Instructor's Rating. Earned enough instructing to keep me; don't have a family so don't know about that, and I...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Apr 2017, 16:26
Replies: 432
Views: 199,755
Posted By Whirlybird

Kawa1400, I'm really sorry that you lost a...

Kawa1400, I'm really sorry that you lost a friend. The AAIB (Air Accidents Investigation Branch) report will eventually be published. Details here
It looks as though you can sign up to receive...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Apr 2017, 07:23
Replies: 432
Views: 199,755
Posted By Whirlybird

Loads of opportunities actually. But you need to...

Loads of opportunities actually. But you need to plan for a possible diversion, or know the area well. I suspect he did neither, though we don't actually know that.
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Apr 2017, 20:27
Replies: 432
Views: 199,755
Posted By Whirlybird

Mary, I'm pretty sure ex-ATA pilot Lettice...

Mary, I'm pretty sure ex-ATA pilot Lettice Curtis was older than you when she learned to fly helicopters, and got her PPL(H), I think. I believe she was in her 80s, but Lettice was extremely cagey...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Apr 2017, 17:52
Replies: 432
Views: 199,755
Posted By Whirlybird

Hey, Mary, I didn't accuse you of being...

Hey, Mary, I didn't accuse you of being condescending. I just wanted to make the point that helicopters aren't gliders. OK, I've said that enough times now. BTW, I enjoyed your book, which I won...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Apr 2017, 10:45
Replies: 432
Views: 199,755
Posted By Whirlybird

Mary, as others have pointed out, helicopters are...

Mary, as others have pointed out, helicopters are not gliders. Helicopter PPLs should go on a mountain flying course at the very least. Several schools run them; I went on one many years ago, in...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Apr 2017, 07:25
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,507,384
Posted By Whirlybird

If TCT had been a man there would never have been...

If TCT had been a man there would never have been this much fuss about her flying exploits in the first place!!! The praise for her is similar to the amazed reactions I sometimes got when I flew my...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Apr 2017, 14:38
Replies: 432
Views: 199,755
Posted By Whirlybird

Unfortunately, in some cases it does. I remember...

Unfortunately, in some cases it does. I remember when I was instructing, a very low hours PPL decided to go flying in horrendous weather, because he didn't want to change his plans. Three...
Forum: Private Flying
2nd Apr 2017, 13:32
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,507,384
Posted By Whirlybird

This thread is in no way anti female pilots. I,...

This thread is in no way anti female pilots. I, and most of the other female pilots I know, are as outraged as anyone by the shenanigans of the "Bird in a Biplane", starting with that ridiculous...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Mar 2017, 13:08
Replies: 432
Views: 199,755
Posted By Whirlybird

Not so much in helicopters, because it's so easy...

Not so much in helicopters, because it's so easy to take off again. You can land, wait for the wx to improve, and then carry on. Though in Snowdonia that might be in a few days rather than a couple...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Mar 2017, 11:48
Replies: 432
Views: 199,755
Posted By Whirlybird

Doesn't make sense. Any pilot checks weather in...

Doesn't make sense. Any pilot checks weather in mountains, no matter what. You just don't cross Snowdonia without checking, however spur of the moment your decision. Even if you didn't check, and...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Mar 2017, 08:37
Replies: 432
Views: 199,755
Posted By Whirlybird

There was no reason not to take a safer route -...

There was no reason not to take a safer route - either of the low level routes take hardly any longer and they're much safer.

But...it could have been something else, eg medical emergency,...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Mar 2017, 19:45
Replies: 432
Views: 199,755
Posted By Whirlybird

You can have thousands of hours experience, yet...

You can have thousands of hours experience, yet not know much about mountain flying, which is a whole different ballgame.
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Mar 2017, 13:52
Replies: 432
Views: 199,755
Posted By Whirlybird

I learned to fly at Welshpool, so Snowdonia was...

I learned to fly at Welshpool, so Snowdonia was home territory and I used to know that area well. So a few thoughts...

Routing via the North coast makes perfect sense, or there's also a road and...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Mar 2017, 17:40
Replies: 203
Views: 74,552
Posted By Whirlybird

Before I reclaimed VAT on training for my CPL(H),...

Before I reclaimed VAT on training for my CPL(H), I phoned my local VAT office to check that it was legal. I explained that I was a PPL(H), was training for my CPL(H), and intended to be...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Mar 2017, 09:59
Replies: 95
Views: 31,066
Posted By Whirlybird

Circular Runways?

What do you think? http:///www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39284294
Forum: Private Flying
11th Mar 2017, 12:05
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,507,384
Posted By Whirlybird

Right, if I may attempt to summarise the last...

Right, if I may attempt to summarise the last couple of pages of posts...

Women have been doing some pretty amazing flights since...fairly soon after the dawn of aviation. Some are still doing so...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Mar 2017, 17:12
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,507,384
Posted By Whirlybird

Clare, I met Nancy Bird-Walton when I was on...

Clare, I met Nancy Bird-Walton when I was on holiday in Australia some years ago. Long story...the AWPA arranged a meeting in Sydney when I was there, and someone brought Nancy along. She was 93,...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Mar 2017, 08:44
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,507,384
Posted By Whirlybird

Shytorque, I know YOU know who I am,...

Shytorque,



I know YOU know who I am, as do lots of others on here. But only if they've been on PPRuNe long enough, as I rarely post here these days, and my post was to everyone.

Is it...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Mar 2017, 16:29
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,507,384
Posted By Whirlybird

As a helicopter instructor - and I'm female, BTW...

As a helicopter instructor - and I'm female, BTW - I noticed over the years that it wasn't that women didn't want to fly, but they didn't believe they could. Typically, I'd take a man up for a trial...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Feb 2017, 16:26
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,507,384
Posted By Whirlybird

I'm also a pilot who happens to be female. TCT...

I'm also a pilot who happens to be female. TCT has done nothing impressive. No-one doing it, male or female, would deserve an award. To suggest she should get an award BECAUSE she is female is...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Feb 2017, 09:00
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,507,384
Posted By Whirlybird

A good point. Actually all the fuss, and...

A good point. Actually all the fuss, and definitely the awards, are highly insulting to women! Any half-decent female pilot would have refused them.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
15th Jan 2017, 15:39
Replies: 176
Views: 77,807
Posted By Whirlybird

Light Aircraft Crash in Oxfordshire

Man dies in Oxfordshire plane crash - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-38629174) Anyone know anything?
Forum: Private Flying
1st Dec 2016, 07:30
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,507,384
Posted By Whirlybird

You know what I find really sad about all this? ...

You know what I find really sad about all this? Amanda Harrison, Tiger Moth instructor and by all accounts an excellent pilot, has wanted to repeat Amy Johnson's flight since before she even had a...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Nov 2016, 09:28
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,507,384
Posted By Whirlybird

One thing Tracey doesn't seem to have realised......

One thing Tracey doesn't seem to have realised...

If she had done these flights solo, that might have been something worthy of admiration and an award or two. But she didn't. She says so herself...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Sep 2016, 13:35
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,507,384
Posted By Whirlybird

Polly Vacher had a lot of publicity at the time,...

Polly Vacher had a lot of publicity at the time, though I don't remember if she got many awards...she got something from the BWPA, but that's all I recall. I remember her giving a really good talk...
Forum: Private Flying
27th Sep 2016, 08:48
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,507,384
Posted By Whirlybird

Well, I've been listening quietly, occasionally...

Well, I've been listening quietly, occasionally commenting...and I may not be the only one. I'm a member, though not been on the committee or very involved for a number of years. What are you...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Sep 2016, 09:07
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,507,384
Posted By Whirlybird

She doesn't need to make any claims like that. ...

She doesn't need to make any claims like that. She can say she originally wanted it to be solo, but realised fairly early on that she couldn't do it - she wasn't a good enough pilot, found it too...
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