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Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jan 2014, 16:13
Replies: 43
Views: 7,927
Posted By ec135driver

MG - HEMS with NVIS will continue in the UK

MG - HEMS with NVIS will continue in the UK
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2014, 09:16
Replies: 43
Views: 7,927
Posted By ec135driver

Cheers TC, I knew it had to be possible!

Cheers TC, I knew it had to be possible!
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2014, 08:29
Replies: 43
Views: 7,927
Posted By ec135driver

Regarding EASA view on Class 1 Performance...

Regarding EASA view on Class 1 Performance profiles and the certification of NVG have a look here if you are so inclined.

EASA - 7th Rotorcraft Symposium...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jan 2014, 07:45
Replies: 43
Views: 7,927
Posted By ec135driver

There is no truth in that rumour. EASA...

There is no truth in that rumour.

EASA consider that Class 1 Performance profiles are incompatible with the wearing of NVG.

HEMS Operating bases are surveyed and lit, no NVGrequirement.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Jul 2013, 14:53
Replies: 24
Views: 9,492
Posted By ec135driver

Looks like a microwave downlink? maybe for news...

Looks like a microwave downlink? maybe for news etc.
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Dec 2012, 14:28
Replies: 16
Views: 3,124
Posted By ec135driver

Been there, done that!

Patient Stories - Mid air first for baby Euan
A baby boy was the first to be born in mid flight in the air ambulance EC 135 helicopter in March. Euan Cameron was delivered by an air ambulance...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Aug 2012, 07:27
Replies: 21
Views: 7,590
Posted By ec135driver

The single engined concept is flawed for the...

The single engined concept is flawed for the ENTIRE flight.
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jan 2012, 14:24
Replies: 55
Views: 108,745
Posted By ec135driver

Can't resist my 2 cents worth: Helicopter...

Can't resist my 2 cents worth:

Helicopter flying is absolutely the best thing I have ever done, workwise. Actually its difficult to think of it as work, but I get paid so technically it is.

I...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Nov 2010, 13:19
Replies: 274
Views: 178,681
Posted By ec135driver

19 minutes! what took you so long?

19 minutes! what took you so long?
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Jul 2010, 17:54
Replies: 157
Views: 44,138
Posted By ec135driver

I like PPRune except for the speculation over a...

I like PPRune except for the speculation over a company's state of health or fitness to operate, I think this is bad for the individuals who work at the company and is unprofessional (remember the...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Mar 2010, 20:12
Replies: 49
Views: 16,698
Posted By ec135driver

Pretty good of TC to get this as a rumour on Dec...

Pretty good of TC to get this as a rumour on Dec 9th last though wasn't it? He got royally rogered for it I see as I look back up the threads! Must have been in the later stages of planning at that...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Mar 2010, 09:59
Replies: 1,125
Views: 474,772
Posted By ec135driver

Why would you want to do that? With a FADEC...

Why would you want to do that?

With a FADEC that has frozen at (say) 20% just open the throttle when more power is needed (coming to a hover?)

You would not want to overtorque/temp one engine...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Feb 2010, 12:29
Replies: 270
Views: 122,020
Posted By ec135driver

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...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Dec 2009, 17:37
Replies: 157
Views: 44,138
Posted By ec135driver

Why :confused: It will start as advertised...

Why :confused:

It will start as advertised :ok:

:D:D:D
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Oct 2009, 11:27
Replies: 31
Views: 3,422
Posted By ec135driver

Much as I sympathise with the idea that you must...

Much as I sympathise with the idea that you must train and test to do exactly what you would do in real life, it is not possible, especially in SPIFR helicopters.

In testing (for the IRT or...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Oct 2009, 12:56
Replies: 31
Views: 3,422
Posted By ec135driver

CRAB (and others) has it right, spoke to a CAA TI...

CRAB (and others) has it right, spoke to a CAA TI recently on the subject

1. MDA - tolerance is +50' -0'
2. DA - go around must be initiated by, tolerance +50' (useful if you are getting a bit...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th May 2009, 08:18
Replies: 3
Views: 1,993
Posted By ec135driver

Martin Marsh does exist!

Just spent 2 and 1/2 days working with Martin Marsh in his new capacity as part of the Dangerous Goods teamn in the CAA, thoroughly decent bloke, very helpful just as he was when in PLD.

Slightly...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Jan 2007, 17:57
Replies: 122
Views: 16,469
Posted By ec135driver

When I first started flying for the Police in...

When I first started flying for the Police in 1990, they had a number of items on their wish list: Digital mapping systems, Fully stabilised FLIR / Colour HD Cameras, greater endurance, greater...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Jul 2006, 18:51
Replies: 42
Views: 5,332
Posted By ec135driver

Hello again ppruners, once again I find myself...

Hello again ppruners, once again I find myself the horses mouth re: the mobile phone setting off the igniters.

This is not a crewroom myth "It was me!"

Aircraft concerned was actually an...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Feb 2006, 19:09
Replies: 1,125
Views: 474,772
Posted By ec135driver

My graph says you can achieve it at 2835kg I...

My graph says you can achieve it at 2835kg

I would guess at about 2000kg equipped weight

:ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Feb 2006, 21:22
Replies: 20
Views: 2,875
Posted By ec135driver

Bored with instructing? How can you possibly get...

Bored with instructing? How can you possibly get bored? Every student is different, every lesson an adventure (will this one try to kill me today?) Where else can you get paid to strap a heli to your...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Dec 2005, 17:15
Replies: 8
Views: 1,315
Posted By ec135driver

If a Roman legion fought with less than the...

If a Roman legion fought with less than the required zeal, one man in ten was killed (the origin of the word decimate).

If you were to kill 1 in every ten americans you would get rid of ALL the...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2005, 09:15
Replies: 1,125
Views: 474,772
Posted By ec135driver

Just had the No2 box go (tuesday a.m), it was an...

Just had the No2 box go (tuesday a.m), it was an internal start though:confused:
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Sep 2005, 14:25
Replies: 26
Views: 3,801
Posted By ec135driver

Gentlemen, Horses mouth here! I believe I...

Gentlemen, Horses mouth here!

I believe I was the pilot on the flight in question (incident occurred on 09/08/05 at a large military/civil airfield in the SW)

I did not declare a patient...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Aug 2005, 13:12
Replies: 1,031
Views: 222,811
Posted By ec135driver

I've got two recommendations for Tucson from a...

I've got two recommendations for Tucson from a friend and CFI who lives there:

Voyager Flight Services and

Silverstate (who are the more structured school, they finance too)

I have no idea...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Aug 2005, 20:11
Replies: 21
Views: 3,555
Posted By ec135driver

It's true! CAP 393 The Air Navigation Order...

It's true! CAP 393 The Air Navigation Order begins:

....................an aircraft shall not fly in or over the United Kingdom unless.................

Start as you mean to go on eh?
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Aug 2005, 20:01
Replies: 6
Views: 1,422
Posted By ec135driver

In his inimitable antipodean style, Heliringer is...

In his inimitable antipodean style, Heliringer is right!

Disc loading is everything (and don't believe everything you see on TV)

Knew of a guy who crashed an R22 when a cow jumped at him!...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Aug 2005, 19:56
Replies: 22
Views: 3,078
Posted By ec135driver

Fly to survive! Engine parameters and...

Fly to survive!

Engine parameters and rotor speed limitations are there, in the main, to ensure that everything reaches TBO at the right time.

Even Frank R will tell you at the school " the...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Jun 2005, 20:27
Replies: 84
Views: 27,373
Posted By ec135driver

Today? A thirteen year old girl, with...

Today?

A thirteen year old girl, with multiple injuries, cut from the back seat of a car, after a head-on crash in which her father (the driver) was killed.

She did everything she could to...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th May 2005, 09:24
Replies: 46
Views: 10,318
Posted By ec135driver

Sorry Crab but you still havn't substantiated...

Sorry Crab but you still havn't substantiated your claim that SAR assets should be tasked to all aircraft crashes in the UK.

Consider that tasking must be relevant to the nature of the incident...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th May 2005, 21:26
Replies: 46
Views: 10,318
Posted By ec135driver

Crab, I can't quite see the logic behind your...

Crab, I can't quite see the logic behind your statement that you should be tasked to every aircraft crash in the UK?

The services in the UK (Fire, Ambulance, Police) have contingency plans for...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th May 2005, 08:46
Replies: 46
Views: 10,318
Posted By ec135driver

Just to put one small part of the record straight...

Just to put one small part of the record straight re: ARCC Kinloss. I was the pilot of the Air Ambulance that was first on scene, arriving a few minutes before the Fire Service.

My first task...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Apr 2005, 20:55
Replies: 20
Views: 2,557
Posted By ec135driver

Good evening children! Glad to see "My Baby"...

Good evening children!

Glad to see "My Baby" has generated a few comments. It's kind of nice to have your signature on page 1 of the tech log, trouble is page 4 had more than one engineers...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Mar 2005, 17:04
Replies: 19
Views: 2,476
Posted By ec135driver

I hereby offer Mr Ables the price he paid for his...

I hereby offer Mr Ables the price he paid for his home in 1977 (that's fair isn't it? - it means he will have lived there for 28 years for free!) In fact just to show good faith I will pay the value...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Mar 2005, 15:05
Replies: 29
Views: 6,812
Posted By ec135driver

I believe the original Bell206L had the...

I believe the original Bell206L had the capability, especially the ones used at the Grand Canyon Arizona. They had the same engine as the 206B but two extra seats, so they had WMI fitted to get the...
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