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Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Mar 2024, 08:54
Replies: 26
Views: 3,190
Posted By Democritus

Certainly am! I crack 80 next month. Still...

Certainly am! I crack 80 next month. Still remember happy times on the 206A. In those early days we used to call the C18 the Allison hand grenade although thankfully it never let me down.
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Mar 2024, 22:23
Replies: 26
Views: 3,190
Posted By Democritus

I did my conversion to our C18 Agusta-Bell 206A...

I did my conversion to our C18 Agusta-Bell 206A S/N 8025 in the summer of 1968 - it was imported in November 1967. Early Agusta-Bell 206s all had 80 as part of the serial number so ours was really...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Dec 2023, 09:16
Replies: 38
Views: 11,702
Posted By Democritus

As far as I'm aware that didn't take place.

As far as I'm aware that didn't take place.
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Dec 2023, 13:13
Replies: 38
Views: 11,702
Posted By Democritus

In 1983 we did Bell 214ST icing trials out of...

In 1983 we did Bell 214ST icing trials out of Aberdeen with a Bell test pilot and our company pilots. The trials resulted in a moderate icing clearance down to -10C - the first such clearance for any...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Jun 2023, 16:35
Replies: 14
Views: 2,895
Posted By Democritus

I was hacked off to miss the 60th anniversary...

I was hacked off to miss the 60th anniversary evening celebrations but family cicumstances prevented it. Can't believe it was 50 years ago in February that I left the SWEB Helicopter Unit (later...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Apr 2023, 17:18
Replies: 13
Views: 3,326
Posted By Democritus

Snap! Did a morning of 11kV powerline survey and...

Snap! Did a morning of 11kV powerline survey and landed at Wolverhampton airfield for lunch - the original one at Pendeford back in April 1969, not the present Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green. Found a...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Dec 2022, 13:18
Replies: 17
Views: 16,038
Posted By Democritus

On 9 September 1974, a few days after he was at...

On 9 September 1974, a few days after he was at the Farnborough Show, the test pilot Roland Coffignot flew up to see us so we could do an assessment of the SA360. It was F-WSQX, the second prototype,...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Dec 2022, 16:24
Replies: 26
Views: 4,140
Posted By Democritus

On 5 July 1967 I took a RN Wessex HAS3 of 700H...

On 5 July 1967 I took a RN Wessex HAS3 of 700H Intensive Flying Trials Unit back to my old school for a recruiting visit. Can't believe that's 55 years agol! Here's three frames from the item which...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Mar 2022, 08:43
Replies: 196
Views: 19,444
Posted By Democritus

An ETPS graduate demonstrated fully developed VRS...

An ETPS graduate demonstrated fully developed VRS to me in a Wasp in Singapore some 55 years ago. We started at 9000ft and recovered at 4000ft. The lack of control was scary. No way could that have...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Jan 2022, 22:18
Replies: 1,274
Views: 651,209
Posted By Democritus

I also did my first solo in her, but in March...

I also did my first solo in her, but in March 1962 when she was with 622 at the long gone Christchurch airfield. I took this photo at Solent Sky about 15 years ago...
...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Dec 2021, 21:49
Replies: 32
Views: 10,957
Posted By Democritus

Vortexringshark - never assume is a lesson well...

Vortexringshark - never assume is a lesson well learned in aviation. The pilot was Squadron Leader Jack Liversidge, a highly experienced pilot with a DFC, earned in the Malaya campaign, and an AFC to...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2021, 23:57
Replies: 104
Views: 25,848
Posted By Democritus

After the Hiller 12E (56 hours) in the RN it was...

After the Hiller 12E (56 hours) in the RN it was on to the Whirlwind HAR Mk3 and HAS Mk7 (42 hours). Wings awarded after 98 hours helicopter time in Feb '65 before AFT and OFT on the Wessex. How...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Oct 2021, 11:37
Replies: 174
Views: 55,707
Posted By Democritus

Yep - Civil Air Support, formerly known as UK...

Yep - Civil Air Support, formerly known as UK Civil Air Patrol, been on the go since 2000.

https://www.civilairsupport.com/
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Mar 2021, 16:09
Replies: 1
Views: 1,293
Posted By Democritus

Looking for Peter Dove

A search here shows Peter retired from Bristow in Malaysia in 2009. In the 80's he flew for British Caledonian Helicopters. He is being sought by a contact of mine in relation to an upcoming...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Oct 2020, 22:08
Replies: 92
Views: 33,312
Posted By Democritus

I took this photo at RAF Lossiemouth in 2009 -...

I took this photo at RAF Lossiemouth in 2009 - Tallboy, Upkeep and Grand Slam....I met Barnes Wallis in 1963 when I attended a lecture he gave. Fascinating guy, quite unassuming.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Sep 2020, 17:34
Replies: 86
Views: 18,896
Posted By Democritus

Mamba? - in a Gannet maybe but it was a Napier...

Mamba? - in a Gannet maybe but it was a Napier Gazelle in the Wessex HAS Mk3. My old eyes can't make out the reg - XM833? If so missed it by one, the nearest one I flew was XM834!
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Jun 2020, 23:00
Replies: 61
Views: 14,630
Posted By Democritus

Thud and Blunder’s reference to a collective...

Thud and Blunder’s reference to a collective disconnect on an Omani 214ST reminds me of the 1986 North Sea ditching on that type that we had due to that reason. Same airframe as the cyclic problem...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Jun 2020, 22:10
Replies: 61
Views: 14,630
Posted By Democritus

Sullom Voe to Aberdeen in a Bell 214ST just after...

Sullom Voe to Aberdeen in a Bell 214ST just after the Piper Alpha disaster, so 1988. About 10 minutes after take off the cyclic was found to have jammed in roll with about 3 degrees roll movement to...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th May 2020, 15:09
Replies: 610
Views: 378,588
Posted By Democritus

Yes - that photo was taken 53 years ago of the...

Yes - that photo was taken 53 years ago of the panel of XS121. It ended its days 5 years later when it went for a swim off Portland Bill in February 1972 following an engine failure at 200ft.
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd May 2020, 22:39
Replies: 610
Views: 378,588
Posted By Democritus

No traffic lights on the Wessex HAS Mk3 very...

No traffic lights on the Wessex HAS Mk3 very accurate Rad Alt - just an expanded scale below 200ft for A/S work.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2020, 20:15
Replies: 5
Views: 3,405
Posted By Democritus

I'm very late to this news and am sad to discover...

I'm very late to this news and am sad to discover today that Ron has passed on at the age of 87. He was Chief Pilot of Ferranti Helicopters in the mid to late 70's up until 1979 when British...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Apr 2020, 22:18
Replies: 32
Views: 9,532
Posted By Democritus

With some 47's we sat on our own up front....... ...

With some 47's we sat on our own up front.......

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x402/nv_dc34c7ea0ec2d30ff7516cd590527667b048fe12.jpg
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jan 2020, 11:29
Replies: 6
Views: 2,366
Posted By Democritus

Very sorry to hear this. Al joined the RN a year...

Very sorry to hear this. Al joined the RN a year after me but our paths never crossed until the '80's when he worked for BP's Aviation Department. We had a contract with BP and Al was always very...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2020, 15:41
Replies: 3
Views: 2,128
Posted By Democritus

The other pilot on the lift was Ron Salt, later...

The other pilot on the lift was Ron Salt, later Chief Pilot of Ferranti Helicopters.

Pathe News coverage....https://www.britishpathe.com/video/coventry-spire-by-copter

Coventry Cathedral spire...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Dec 2019, 08:34
Replies: 14
Views: 7,322
Posted By Democritus

Brilliant - thanks Jim. Managed to fiddle around...

Brilliant - thanks Jim. Managed to fiddle around with it to fill my screen but it's up and running as my PC background.
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Dec 2019, 22:31
Replies: 14
Views: 7,322
Posted By Democritus

That's the one, John. Obviously in my simple...

That's the one, John. Obviously in my simple Google search I failed to find it.
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Dec 2019, 14:05
Replies: 14
Views: 7,322
Posted By Democritus

S76 poster advert from the early 1980's

Does anyone have a jpeg of the early 80's Sikorsky poster advert which showed a soft focus image of the full length back view of a naked female superimposed along the length of the S76 fuselage? I'd...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Nov 2019, 16:27
Replies: 144
Views: 204,684
Posted By Democritus

I see the pay has gone up - I got £1850 per annum...

I see the pay has gone up - I got £1850 per annum when started with them 51 years ago!
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Oct 2019, 15:04
Replies: 14
Views: 3,369
Posted By Democritus

Just to clarify the above, as G-BFPF this...

Just to clarify the above, as G-BFPF this helicopter was with British Airways Helicopters from 1978 until July 81 when as British Caledonian Helicopters we operated it until Bristow took us over in...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Sep 2019, 22:34
Replies: 64
Views: 39,752
Posted By Democritus

Here's G-BALZ in her very early youth at...

Here's G-BALZ in her very early youth at Kidlington in February 1973 before we took her over to Dublin as EI-AWK. Good to see that 46 years later she's in good shape - seems to have survived the...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Sep 2019, 09:28
Replies: 7
Views: 3,265
Posted By Democritus

Very sad to hear this. Dave was one of my...

Very sad to hear this. Dave was one of my instructors when I was a stude on 705 at Culdrose in 1964 - I occasionally babysitted his children then! Although I wasn't on the same fleet in Bristow in...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Aug 2019, 11:35
Replies: 72
Views: 88,003
Posted By Democritus

Yes, in the UK it's Aon, or to be more precise...

Yes, in the UK it's Aon, or to be more precise Aon Hewitt. They have been faultless in paying my Bristow Pension for the last 20 years.

Another avenue for folk to try... Contact Mike Ironside - he...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
23rd May 2019, 09:09
Replies: 8
Views: 1,564
Posted By Democritus

jimjim1 - many thanks for that, the problem has...

jimjim1 - many thanks for that, the problem has been solved by your suggestion. There were two lines there pointing back to my old host. Don't know how they got there, certainly not by me as I...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
21st May 2019, 10:20
Replies: 8
Views: 1,564
Posted By Democritus

Thanks for the suggestions. All a bit beyond my...

Thanks for the suggestions. All a bit beyond my knowledge but hopefully tried them correctly. Taking them in turn:

It's not a home setup - the hosting company is Krystal Hosting in London and it's...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
20th May 2019, 18:02
Replies: 8
Views: 1,564
Posted By Democritus

One PC won't show my website at new host - all other PC's do show it

Ten days ago I changed the hosting company for my website. Everything went well except that one of the three computers at home refuses to point towards the website at the new host. It continues to...
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