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Forum: Rotorheads
4th Sep 2023, 09:23
Replies: 9
Views: 1,558
Posted By JerryG

Watch this space, mark my words, and then argue...

Watch this space, mark my words, and then argue with me in five years from now! (More like two years actually)
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Sep 2023, 09:22
Replies: 9
Views: 1,558
Posted By JerryG

Watch this space, Watch this presentation. (or,...

Watch this space, Watch this presentation. (or, better still, come along and address the founders). This is Web 3.0. Remember that day when somebody asked what you thought of the internet, and you...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Sep 2023, 05:52
Replies: 9
Views: 1,558
Posted By JerryG

Neuron, the Future of ATC, it’s here now.

Over the weekend of Saturday 7th/Sunday 8th October there is an event called HELLOFUTURELIVE taking place in Los Angeles, and live online. I am hosting a panel discussion with James Dunthorne and...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Jul 2022, 22:42
Replies: 17
Views: 3,366
Posted By JerryG

At one stage they were indeed green with red...

At one stage they were indeed green with red bands, it was a temporary measure when we first received the Mk5 from the Junglies onto 771 at Culdrose. They were then gradually changed to the standard...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Dec 2020, 22:28
Replies: 4
Views: 2,069
Posted By JerryG

We all know the answer to that John, but for us...

We all know the answer to that John, but for us mere mortals it's needs-must!
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Dec 2020, 21:13
Replies: 4
Views: 2,069
Posted By JerryG

Another option

It’s so sad to read the stories of fellow rotor-heads who have been hung out to dry. Let me share a positive story.

After several decades and 10,000 hours of driving helicopters around the skies a...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Oct 2020, 01:42
Replies: 40
Views: 16,410
Posted By JerryG

Oh I'm so sorry to hear that, and also mortified...

Oh I'm so sorry to hear that, and also mortified that I couldn't get back for his retirement do. We flew together on Black Hawk Down, me in a Huey and Den in a 500. I don't think I've ever laughed so...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2020, 08:20
Replies: 36
Views: 11,298
Posted By JerryG

The follow up to that is that the pig escaped its...

The follow up to that is that the pig escaped its tether overnight. Several prox reports came in from startled plank wing drivers on approach to LHR. In the morning a helicopter was sent to look for...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Oct 2019, 18:23
Replies: 34
Views: 11,607
Posted By JerryG

Surely it's a Wee sex?

Surely it's a Wee sex?
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Aug 2019, 20:41
Replies: 3
Views: 1,613
Posted By JerryG

[left]Thanks for the heads-up to the interviews...

[left]Thanks for the heads-up to the interviews jimf671. Last week was the first, since moving to Australia 17 years ago, that I felt I should have been in Blighty. It was particularly wonderful to...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Jul 2019, 14:10
Replies: 23
Views: 7,507
Posted By JerryG

You crack me up SASLESS, but your advice is...

You crack me up SASLESS, but your advice is always right on the money!
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Mar 2019, 20:42
Replies: 55
Views: 24,796
Posted By JerryG

Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, mid 80's. Happy to...

Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, mid 80's.
Happy to have got Nelson Piquet safely home after his win, but beginning to get tired after several hours of shuttling the great unwashed out of the circuit....
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Feb 2019, 19:18
Replies: 25
Views: 5,413
Posted By JerryG

I'm totally with you Helihub. Given the pace...

I'm totally with you Helihub.

Given the pace at which the law moves it's interesting that SELF regulation from within the drone industry, by virtue of that same technology, often appears to be the...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Feb 2019, 19:32
Replies: 25
Views: 5,413
Posted By JerryG

Helihub - I mean unmanned. So your job may not...

Helihub - I mean unmanned. So your job may not entirely disappear but it does change significantly.

Shy Torque - Fly the Royal Family - Yes with you on that one for the moment. So we'll count that...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Feb 2019, 22:33
Replies: 25
Views: 5,413
Posted By JerryG

Can a drone do your job?

As an Old F*** in the rotary world and a relative newbie in the drone world I'm struggling to find a rotary task that won't be done by drones before a decade has passed. Any ideas?
Cheers
JerryG
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Oct 2018, 09:38
Replies: 1,254
Views: 704,131
Posted By JerryG

During rehearsals for the Melbourne Commonwealth...

During rehearsals for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006 we had to ditch the idea of using the Bolte Bridge during the opening ceremony because the upward facing lights attracted large numbers...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Oct 2018, 10:04
Replies: 1,254
Views: 704,131
Posted By JerryG

I have some points to throw into the pot. I don't...

I have some points to throw into the pot. I don't mean to imply they have any relevance to this accident but are perhaps useful while everyone is thinking TR. Many years ago I lost drive to the TR in...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Aug 2018, 09:31
Replies: 10
Views: 2,487
Posted By JerryG

This thread is making my hair curl … but what...

This thread is making my hair curl … but what fun!
I dropped Cassini/Huygens many times, but certainly never tried to catch it!
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Aug 2018, 09:58
Replies: 43
Views: 13,689
Posted By JerryG

An interesting discourse! As I went through 60...

An interesting discourse! As I went through 60 (surely an administrative error? Isn't Mick Jagger a teenager any more?) I began to feel that everything in helicopters would be a consolation prize...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Jul 2018, 00:50
Replies: 62
Views: 12,502
Posted By JerryG

OK TC, so what technology is out there that can...

OK TC, so what technology is out there that can improve this situation? From all I read we are very close to being able to interrogate a drone from the ground in order to know everything about it...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Jul 2018, 22:01
Replies: 62
Views: 12,502
Posted By JerryG

Try sitting opposite a person at a table, write...

Try sitting opposite a person at a table, write the number "6". Your oppo will see it as a "9". You are both right. That's called perspective.

Now let's shake off the Luddite and King Canute...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Apr 2018, 19:34
Replies: 270
Views: 121,571
Posted By JerryG

Had to ditch the flares when they tangled in the...

Had to ditch the flares when they tangled in the chain John ... but I think you also need to fess up to the two (TWO?) chicks in the Elan and the lemon (LEMON?) shirt on the line. Happy days.
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Feb 2018, 20:44
Replies: 4
Views: 2,659
Posted By JerryG

... and a Wessex. That one's in my log book. ...

... and a Wessex. That one's in my log book.
Jerry Grayson travelled 23k miles to find EVERY chopper he ever flew | Daily Mail Online...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Nov 2017, 17:46
Replies: 9
Views: 2,244
Posted By JerryG

IMHO Farmpilot and Bluesideoops are both right,...

IMHO Farmpilot and Bluesideoops are both right, but are talking about two separate subjects - What's sensible and what's legal? I'm a bit out of the loop these days but let me throw a couple of cents...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Jul 2017, 20:12
Replies: 156
Views: 73,177
Posted By JerryG

1973. Under the hood. Beefer gently enters a 30...

1973. Under the hood. Beefer gently enters a 30 degree roll to the left and then flick rolls to 30 degree right (an over-correction - like we all do when we start to sweat).

Recovery : Believe the...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th May 2017, 07:21
Replies: 7
Views: 3,736
Posted By JerryG

Thanks again guys. Film Pilot published in the UK...

Thanks again guys. Film Pilot published in the UK today. Let me know if you enjoy (and don't if you don't!).
Cheers JerryG
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Apr 2017, 20:11
Replies: 7
Views: 3,736
Posted By JerryG

Thanks for the plug MJB. New book comes out in...

Thanks for the plug MJB. New book comes out in the UK on May 4th, out now in Australia.
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jan 2017, 00:05
Replies: 69
Views: 21,668
Posted By JerryG

I took a couple of weeks out last year, at the...

I took a couple of weeks out last year, at the time that my book "Rescue Pilot" was published, to visit all the surviving Wessex in my logbook.

Most fun was the "glamping" (hardly!) Wx 1 - XS886 -...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Dec 2016, 01:19
Replies: 1
Views: 2,122
Posted By JerryG

Although many facets of the drone industry are...

Although many facets of the drone industry are achieving some really worthwhile things (follow #dronesforgood) and for example I'm involved in a really exciting SAR initiative in Australia using...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Nov 2016, 10:35
Replies: 10
Views: 2,457
Posted By JerryG

Blatant commercial plug - My next book FILM PILOT...

Blatant commercial plug - My next book FILM PILOT comes out around Easter next year, with a few salient lessons in how to avoid looking stupid at the subsequent board of enquiry.

But I did have...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Nov 2016, 20:58
Replies: 21
Views: 5,586
Posted By JerryG

Bravo Zulu J.G.E.

Bravo Zulu J.G.E.
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Oct 2016, 19:56
Replies: 263
Views: 56,633
Posted By JerryG

Hand up. Been there, done that, got away with it...

Hand up. Been there, done that, got away with it on prime time UK TV. Probably not in these litigious days though.

(at 6:20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ1KoMkHV34

vJ1KoMkHV34
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Oct 2016, 19:23
Replies: 162
Views: 42,827
Posted By JerryG

I love this thread, it's the only place left on...

I love this thread, it's the only place left on Earth where I still feel young!

Before we leave the Bristow subject ... I only encountered the great man once.

Early 1980. I'd left the RN just...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Aug 2016, 01:32
Replies: 0
Views: 1,277
Posted By JerryG

Rio Olympic Aerials

Great opening ceremony but what on earth did the aerial team think they were doing? Fully wide angle and still it was all wobbly. :ugh: In the end the director gave up using them except for the...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th May 2016, 19:41
Replies: 115
Views: 54,540
Posted By JerryG

I learned a great lesson on this topic a couple...

I learned a great lesson on this topic a couple of decades back (actually 3.5 decades!).

I'd just left the SAR job and all the publicity that goes with that. For some years I would occasionally...
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