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8th Feb 2024, 01:29
Replies: 167
Views: 22,078
Posted By John Eacott

Many of my motorbike riding mates were Australia...

Many of my motorbike riding mates were Australia Defence Force (ADF) and wear a red and white medal ribbon...
20th Jan 2024, 09:13
Replies: 47
Views: 8,579
Posted By John Eacott

Not mine :8 I had a Honda C90 step through...

Not mine :8

I had a Honda C90 step through :cool:
20th Jan 2024, 02:15
Replies: 47
Views: 8,579
Posted By John Eacott

They were required to be returned with the rest...

They were required to be returned with the rest of my Flying Clothing on leaving: I had one pair missing, charged some pathetic amount regardless that they would have been binned.

The rest of my...
28th Nov 2023, 10:14
Replies: 94
Views: 19,104
Posted By John Eacott

With such thread drift my tale is another along...

With such thread drift my tale is another along these lines.

When I was interviewed for the RAF the question was inevitably asked, 'if we give you a pilot selection, what would you want to fly'. ...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Nov 2023, 22:01
Replies: 44
Views: 7,293
Posted By John Eacott

That hearing test gives me the same result with...

That hearing test gives me the same result with or without my hearing aids, so it may have less than stellar authenticity.

Since I have Profound Hearing loss it does have quite an impact on life...
6th Sep 2023, 00:36
Replies: 934
Views: 312,582
Posted By John Eacott

Apologies if this has been posted already, but I...

Apologies if this has been posted already, but I chuckled!
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Forum: Rotorheads
1st Aug 2023, 05:46
Replies: 9
Views: 2,005
Posted By John Eacott

So CASA have reinvented the Bell 206 with the T/R...

So CASA have reinvented the Bell 206 with the T/R on the starboard side: brilliant :ugh:
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15th Jul 2023, 11:01
Replies: 61
Views: 11,874
Posted By John Eacott

Chatting to the fire crews in the Alice, they...

Chatting to the fire crews in the Alice, they confirmed that the accident rate decreased when the highway was de-restricted since a) vehicles weren't bunched up behind the slow movers and b) drivers...
15th Jul 2023, 10:29
Replies: 61
Views: 11,874
Posted By John Eacott

It worked for me. ...

It worked for me.

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Meanwhile a normal...
15th Jun 2023, 04:29
Replies: 310
Views: 99,772
Posted By John Eacott

And yet, once upon a time...all those Useless...

And yet, once upon a time...all those Useless White Male Pilots, and Others :hmm:


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26th Apr 2023, 01:27
Replies: 10
Views: 1,405
Posted By John Eacott

A fairly typical country town ceremony in Oz: I...

A fairly typical country town ceremony in Oz: I was heading back for my RSL at Runaway Bay, stopped for a coffee on the way and when I was ready to leave the road was closed for the Canungra march,...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Mar 2023, 05:18
Replies: 78
Views: 20,727
Posted By John Eacott

Shades of the NSCA in Townsville, with the only...

Shades of the NSCA in Townsville, with the only dual cab Unimog in Australia towing a 40ft jetdrive boat to take half the families to Maggie Island, the other half in the 212. Wet winching drills,...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Mar 2023, 08:41
Replies: 78
Views: 20,727
Posted By John Eacott

A fairly reliable source advised me that the...

A fairly reliable source advised me that the engine disintegrated, sending shrapnel up into the blades leading to a few bounces on landing.

Good job all round to put it down in one piece in the...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Mar 2023, 01:04
Replies: 3
Views: 1,829
Posted By John Eacott

Gold Coast Helitours (Qld) facing council shutdown

Scott Menzies has run his operation for 25 years out of Marina Mirage, and now the Gold Coast City Council are taking action to close him down. Early days but these screenshots from the GC Bulletin...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Feb 2023, 05:16
Replies: 98
Views: 36,570
Posted By John Eacott

[/list] [/list] [/list] Keeping her hand in...

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Keeping her hand in flying with us, whilst holding down her day job.
29th Jan 2023, 06:43
Replies: 28
Views: 1,824
Posted By John Eacott

From this thread...

From this thread (https://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/647715-uk-politics-hamsterwheel-mk-iv-164.html), the first image is what I always see when a YouTube link is posted (nothing), the second shows the...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Jan 2023, 01:08
Replies: 455
Views: 263,679
Posted By John Eacott

The ABC News report here...

The ABC News report here (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-11/calls-for-review-after-gold-coast-sea-world-helicopter-crash/101839806) comments:



One serial complainer Don Espey said he...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Jan 2023, 08:33
Replies: 455
Views: 263,679
Posted By John Eacott

CASR 91.330...

CASR 91.330 (http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/casr1998333/s91.330.html) and 91.340 (http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/casr1998333/s91.340.html) .

91.330...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Jan 2023, 07:41
Replies: 455
Views: 263,679
Posted By John Eacott

A few more images released today from the...

A few more images released today from the survivors, who are also somewhat peeved that the video that was provided to the ATSB somehow found its way to Channel 7 :=

Screenshots from the Courier...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Jan 2023, 21:40
Replies: 39
Views: 8,947
Posted By John Eacott

Bearing in mind that my Ops were in Oz, and the...

Bearing in mind that my Ops were in Oz, and the OP references a clip from the USA, any low level or city work we would have a sterile area suitable for either an engine off (if single engine...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Jan 2023, 05:46
Replies: 455
Views: 263,679
Posted By John Eacott

It's a shame that Blancolirio references a photo...

It's a shame that Blancolirio references a photo of an AS350 instead of the EC130 B4 in that video.

There is a good internal EC-130B4 360* image available on PHS's website here...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Jan 2023, 10:09
Replies: 455
Views: 263,679
Posted By John Eacott

2pm mid summer on the Gold Coast, the sun is...

2pm mid summer on the Gold Coast, the sun is quite overhead and unlikely to be an issue.

Check the shortness of the shadows in photos taken at the accident scene, linked on the first couple of...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Jan 2023, 21:41
Replies: 455
Views: 263,679
Posted By John Eacott

All the Queensland papers are quoting social...

All the Queensland papers are quoting social media excerpts, including tributes posted on Ash’s FB page. This is the scourge of modern times but telling us not to read newspaper articles is not the...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Jan 2023, 21:30
Replies: 455
Views: 263,679
Posted By John Eacott

Yet he replies in two further posts that was his...

Yet he replies in two further posts that was his understanding, even quoting videos of different aircraft types.
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Jan 2023, 10:57
Replies: 455
Views: 263,679
Posted By John Eacott

As mentioned, this article quotes post 63...

As mentioned, this article quotes post 63 https://www.pprune.org/11358518-post63.html where the contributor clearly lacked the basic knowledge, already discussed, that the pilots flew from the left...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Jan 2023, 10:51
Replies: 455
Views: 263,679
Posted By John Eacott

Both pilots were on the left and not the more...

Both pilots were on the left and not the more normal right seat: this does change perceptions when viewing the footage currently available.

We will certainly miss Ash: RIP....
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Jan 2023, 04:52
Replies: 455
Views: 263,679
Posted By John Eacott

Update from The Australian:a telling comment ...

Update from The Australian:a telling comment


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Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Jan 2023, 03:58
Replies: 455
Views: 263,679
Posted By John Eacott

Gold Coast Queensland, helicopters collision 02/01/23

Early reports of two helicopters colliding near Sea World, Gold Coast: screen shots from the Courier Mail. (subscription service, FB Video...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Dec 2022, 10:21
Replies: 17
Views: 15,950
Posted By John Eacott

Absolutely: I didn't look hard enough, as I...

Absolutely: I didn't look hard enough, as I followed the thread title 'single engine skidded helicopter'. Mea Culpa :hmm:
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Dec 2022, 04:57
Replies: 17
Views: 15,950
Posted By John Eacott

Aerospatiale SA360. I first flew in one in 1974...

Aerospatiale SA360. I first flew in one in 1974 leaving Farnborough Airshow to Battersea 👍



Weird? The tailwheel AS365C ‘Daphne’ was our routine Air 490/PolAir 1 for Victoria Police in the...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Dec 2022, 21:48
Replies: 107
Views: 14,303
Posted By John Eacott

Many are the aviators who labelled their flying...

Many are the aviators who labelled their flying gloves, almost as a badge of pride!

I always assumed the white cape leather was there to make hand signals more obvious; green was introduced for...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Dec 2022, 21:40
Replies: 26
Views: 4,067
Posted By John Eacott

Obviously allowing for the larger print and...

Obviously allowing for the larger print and simpler words needed for light blue aviators :p
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Dec 2022, 23:21
Replies: 26
Views: 4,067
Posted By John Eacott

Only 14 double sided pages in my Sea King FRCs,...

Only 14 double sided pages in my Sea King FRCs, Wessex FRC long ago was donated to another pilot but the Wx 60 was very reliable in NW Australia, even in the regular 36*C days.
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2022, 07:04
Replies: 59
Views: 15,934
Posted By John Eacott

The HAS1 and to my knowledge the Australian Mk50,...

The HAS1 and to my knowledge the Australian Mk50, the original Pakistani and the original Egyptian Sea Kings all had pressure refuel point under the sliding cabin door (stbd side) and the three...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2022, 02:23
Replies: 27
Views: 8,389
Posted By John Eacott

30th Nov 2022 crash, Mentone Victoria

Just happened, more details when they are published

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