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Forum: Rotorheads
28th May 2015, 13:20
Replies: 1
Views: 1,232
Posted By highfinal

Helicopter financing USA

Morning all,

I have a situation that I'm hoping someone can help me with. I'm a part owner of Jet Ranger, we bought it from a wealthy individual and secured a personal loan for 75% of the value...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Aug 2013, 20:40
Replies: 6
Views: 2,064
Posted By highfinal

Nigeria VFR

You could try Pan African in Nigeria, they have a VFR contract out of Escravos that usually in need of Bell single pilots. You will need some offshore time, 500 hours I believe. Pretty good pay,...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th May 2013, 19:39
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,105,120
Posted By highfinal

Hi Griffo, Already well acquainted with the...

Hi Griffo,

Already well acquainted with the beautiful Naija delta, moving within the same organisation, just wanted to know how the living side of things compares with where I'm at right now. Want...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th May 2013, 13:49
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,105,120
Posted By highfinal

Eket/Port Harcourt

Afternoon all,
How are the living/travel/security conditions in PH and Eket these days? How many pilots/engineers in each base, what's the social life/recreational facilities like etc? Considering a...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Jun 2012, 11:02
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,105,120
Posted By highfinal

Fire at Calabar

Rumours this morning of a substantial fire at the Bristow/Addax base in Calabar yesterday - possible fatalities and the facility destroyed. Anybody got any info on how it started, what happened etc?
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Mar 2010, 12:11
Replies: 315
Views: 115,866
Posted By highfinal

Buzzing 407 rotor tips

I had a strange thing happen yesterday and was curious to see if anyone knew what had caused it.

Tied a Bell 407 down to the helideck yesterday, normal construction, 60x60 ft, in the face of an...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Sep 2009, 13:00
Replies: 83
Views: 20,805
Posted By highfinal

fish Girls vs Boys

One way helicopter pilots certainly seem to be different is in their families.

Most of the guys I know with kids have far more female children than male. Anyone else noticed this? Something in...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Jul 2009, 07:21
Replies: 1
Views: 560
Posted By highfinal

Instrument trainer near NYC/Connecticut

Good morning,

It's getting to be long overdue to take my ATP, can anyone recommend a school in the vicinity of Fairfield Co. CT, or a reasonable drive (within 60 miles or so) that has a piston...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jun 2009, 22:39
Replies: 13
Views: 1,880
Posted By highfinal

Gordy's powerpoint

Hi Gordy,

Could you please repost that link, I couldn't open it. Or is it Mac unfriendly?

Cheers
Forum: Rotorheads
6th May 2009, 20:50
Replies: 1
Views: 683
Posted By highfinal

Fractional Ownership for Training

Afternoon all,

After spending some fruitless hours searching google and pprune, and the nbaa requiring a membership before dispensing with their wisdom, I was hoping some of you could help me out....
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Nov 2008, 05:57
Replies: 4
Views: 1,172
Posted By highfinal

Oregon Aero headset upgrade

Hi folks,

After several years excellent service my Dave Clark H10-56's are in need of some TLC. Has anyone tried the 5 piece upgrade kit from Oregon Aero, currently retailing for $103? Looks like...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jun 2008, 20:18
Replies: 26
Views: 4,332
Posted By highfinal

How Optimistic....

With regards to the previous post, don't let yourself get talked down by moaners - it took me 4 years to get to a position where I work at a job I love, with time off to follow what I want to do with...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Feb 2008, 18:51
Replies: 17
Views: 7,018
Posted By highfinal

Bell 206 38%-30% NR rotor brake application

Simple question - in the BH206 series, the rotor brake is to be applied between the above Nr range. I can understand why it shouldn't be applied at the higher range but can someone explain why the...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Sep 2007, 12:29
Replies: 12
Views: 13,558
Posted By highfinal

Excellent post - something this organised and...

Excellent post - something this organised and thoughtful will be of great help to people starting out.

Just one minor point, the 2007 LASORs G3.3 states that an ATPL(H) needs to take 14 written...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Apr 2007, 22:23
Replies: 11
Views: 3,014
Posted By highfinal

FAA type ratings

The FAA do have type ratings, based on MAUW, and additionally an examiner has to be approved by the FAA to conduct a check flight in any normal category aircraft type.

So saying there are no type...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Apr 2007, 17:04
Replies: 5
Views: 1,569
Posted By highfinal

I totally agree with the above post. Research...

I totally agree with the above post. Research your schools carefully, visit them and try to speak to students as well as staff about the conditions and practices there. You are lucky to be located in...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Apr 2007, 21:24
Replies: 1,031
Views: 222,545
Posted By highfinal

it's a bit further north but it's worth looking...

it's a bit further north but it's worth looking at Bristow Academy
www.heli.com
Good luck with wherever you choose
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Feb 2007, 14:25
Replies: 26
Views: 8,218
Posted By highfinal

I just heard about this from some mutual friends....

I just heard about this from some mutual friends.

This is a very sad day for me, and everyone else that knew him. RIP

:(
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Nov 2006, 16:33
Replies: 9
Views: 1,309
Posted By highfinal

That's not true. I know people at four different...

That's not true. I know people at four different schools who can fly more than that easily if they arrange their schedules. Silver State for example produced a pilot who just started for Era who...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Sep 2006, 17:37
Replies: 1,224
Views: 765,145
Posted By highfinal

Great idea

I've seen a lot of great videos online, but some of the more interesting ones just seem to get lost especially when you're looking for them to illustrate a point.

One thing though - as inveterate...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Aug 2006, 13:47
Replies: 1,031
Views: 222,545
Posted By highfinal

J1

You're quite correct in assuming that the J1 is valid for working as a flight instructor only. When you build up your hours, the only place that the organisation issuing you the J1 can let you work...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Aug 2006, 19:34
Replies: 9
Views: 3,852
Posted By highfinal

Exactly what i was looking for - thank you...

Exactly what i was looking for - thank you Charles and Nick. Your kind of posts are the reason I keep reading pprune. Keep up the good work guys :ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Aug 2006, 15:11
Replies: 9
Views: 3,852
Posted By highfinal

Pinnacle Approaches/Limited power approaches

Morning all,

I had a quick question regarding operations outside the confines of the training environment with regard to the two approach types mentioned in the title.

With regards to pinnacle...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Jun 2006, 21:37
Replies: 161
Views: 57,701
Posted By highfinal

Alouette

Does anyone have a start up checklist for the SA-316/SA-319? Also any type quirks or peculiarities it would be worth knowing.

Would be greatly appreciated :ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
5th May 2006, 14:03
Replies: 1
Views: 890
Posted By highfinal

Crash in New England 05/05/06

Looked like a navy blue 300CB on CNN this morning, just caught the tail end of the story and it looked pretty badly damaged. Apparently a crowd was waiting for some Admiral to turn up and the other...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st May 2006, 20:15
Replies: 22
Views: 6,269
Posted By highfinal

Based on their "scams" page I highly doubt it....

Based on their "scams" page I highly doubt it. How many large recruitment firms have you dealt with that use obscenities and no spell check on their websites??
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Apr 2006, 11:55
Replies: 4
Views: 835
Posted By highfinal

Buying a B206

Hey Flingwing,

How's things? Sounds like the recent plans are going well! You could try Ron Bower at www.bowerhelicopter.com as they are pretty experienced at finding specific need aircraft.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Feb 2006, 14:44
Replies: 1
Views: 1,030
Posted By highfinal

That's pretty good! Some short field take off....

That's pretty good! Some short field take off....
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Jan 2006, 13:44
Replies: 306
Views: 159,213
Posted By highfinal

Re: Schweizer 300C W/B Envelope

:confused: Call me stupid but isn't RRPM "rotor revolutions per minute", and if so, if that thing was swinging around at 3200 rpm, wouldn't that make the tip speed around 19,000 mph?
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Jan 2006, 19:26
Replies: 306
Views: 159,213
Posted By highfinal

Re: Schweizer 300C W/B Envelope

Phase lag perhaps...?
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Jan 2006, 20:05
Replies: 632
Views: 164,479
Posted By highfinal

Re: Eh 101

Thanks guys, appreciate the info :ok:

I wasn't looking for anything overly technical, I was just interested in reading about the basic aerodynamics and engineering, purely personal curiousity. So...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Jan 2006, 18:51
Replies: 632
Views: 164,479
Posted By highfinal

Lightbulb Eh 101

Hi,

Can anyone point me in the right direction to find some info on the EH 101 blade tip design, B.E.R.P., I believe it's called?

Googled and asked Jeeves without much luck.

Also, if...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Jan 2006, 19:03
Replies: 12
Views: 1,786
Posted By highfinal

Re: Any good ideas?

Just wanted to say thanks for the support people have shown in posting back, and the really helpful PMs. Been working on a couple of the suggestions, and been spurred to come up with a few more of my...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Jan 2006, 14:06
Replies: 13
Views: 1,918
Posted By highfinal

Re: Young pilots

What does a helicopter pilot say halfway through a first date?

"Well, that's enough about me, let's talk about helicopters"

:p
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Dec 2005, 23:13
Replies: 12
Views: 1,786
Posted By highfinal

Smile Any good ideas?

Here's a good one for those of you involved in the instructional side of the business...

Have done a search but not thrown up much, basically I've recently started at a small flight school as a...
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