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Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Jan 2024, 23:53
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

1971 WESCAM fit to Swiss Alouette III

Very interesting youtube film of Wescam mounted on Swiss Alouette III in 1971.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGDNaRhh0kA


cheers
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Jan 2023, 22:49
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

Laughingly at Helitech 2011, (sadly last time it...

Laughingly at Helitech 2011, (sadly last time it was held in my neighbourhood at IWM) i saw that SAS had gotten contract with the MD900/2 Explorer (my photos below).
...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Jan 2023, 22:40
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

BO105

HNY and hope you all had a good crimbo:

Laughingly or not the first helicopter I sat in as a kid was an RNethAF BO105 at Mildenhall Air Fete 1991-, several years later I started my aviation career...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Sep 2013, 22:24
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

@Savoia About the Shawbury Gazelle and the...

@Savoia

About the Shawbury Gazelle and the USAF exchange Captain, by any chance do you know if he was the exchange officer from Kirtland AFB or from the USAF portion of the US Army's Initial Entry...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th May 2013, 21:52
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

Corporate Bell 212 in the 80s: Mack Truck and RCA

Just reading the biography of the HAI chairman in 2004 Jim Church. When he worked for Bristows post Vietnam War, he got posted after the North Sea to the new Bristow ops in East Hartford flying Bell...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Nov 2012, 12:30
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

Met 222 went to the Algarve

After retirement if my memory serves me correctly, they eventually ended up with Omni in Portugal.

My old company Rotortech Ltd when it was under Bond in the 80s did some mod / design work on the...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Sep 2012, 21:27
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

Savoia, Many thanks for the pics, though the...

Savoia,

Many thanks for the pics, though the last picis of the then 67th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron HH-53H Super Jolly Green Giant not USMC CH-53!

In the 80s the 601st Tactical Air...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Aug 2012, 13:27
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

21st SOS - Mildenhall Air Fete 1995

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/Ch53logos.png

And also on that nice day in May, heres the 21st SOS 'Dust Devils' MH-53H
...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Aug 2012, 13:14
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

HC-4 at Mildenhall Air Fete 95

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/Ch53logos.png

Hi Savoia,

Mnay thanks for the detailed info and pic of NASA NH-53A, very much appreciated and here's my contribution. The guys...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Aug 2012, 12:42
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

FAA Sikorsky NCH-53A

Hi Savoia

Thanks for your reply

Btw Scanned this from an old copy of World Airpower Journal Vol 4 Winter 90/91 and nice to see rare photo of even rarer helicopters used by the FAA.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Aug 2012, 14:47
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

Hi Savoia, Thats a rare pic of the USA...

Hi Savoia,

Thats a rare pic of the USA team's mount, as I've only got b/w photos in Dancing Rotors book by the late Harry 'Ned' Gililand. And the only colour other colour pic in existent was from...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jan 2012, 16:38
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

Alan Mann Alouette II The Professionals ITV4

Just seen Bodie climb into an Alan Mann Alouette II in this episode now ITV4, where hes undercover as an assasin :)
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Jan 2012, 18:32
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

Sotiras, A guy I worked with who was ex ...

Sotiras,

A guy I worked with who was ex REME, said that in the mid to late 80s, his Scout squadron got transported over to Ft Lewis for an exercise. This wouldn't be one of the unit's airframe...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Nov 2011, 13:38
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

Also on the first day of SBAC Farnborough 1998 I...

Also on the first day of SBAC Farnborough 1998 I got close to the 2nd prototype of the now cancelled :{Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 :)

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/scan0021.jpg
...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Nov 2011, 12:12
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

F-QWAP Fly By Wire demonstrator Paris 2001

I scanned these from shots I took during Paris Airshow 2001, around the Place de l'Concorde, where this was outside the museum.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/scan0018-1.jpg
...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Nov 2011, 19:13
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

Many thanks Savoia and TRC for the info very much...

Many thanks Savoia and TRC for the info very much appreciated
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Nov 2011, 17:25
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

What about the Widgeons used in the thrillers...

What about the Widgeons used in the thrillers based on the Alistair Maclean books such as

Where Eight Bells Toll
The pseudo RN SAR Widgeon.

Also was that Alouette II above owned Film Flight,...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Nov 2011, 13:14
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

Air Hanson Bell 222A rigged like Airwolf for movie -but what movie?

Came across this in Paul Beaver's Attack Helicopters published in 1987 by Arms & Armour and the photograph note says that this Air Hanson PLC Bell 222A was rigged up for a movie but does anyone know...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Nov 2011, 12:26
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

Looking at Heli Air Monaco's history page on its...

Looking at Heli Air Monaco's history page on its website they started ops in 1976 with an Enstrom F-28 and flew a jumbo load of passengers in its first year (as in 747 passengers :D:cool::ugh:
...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Oct 2011, 19:03
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

Many thanks Savoia and FH1100 for that and I've...

Many thanks Savoia and FH1100 for that and I've watched the opening of The SOldier (having seen the ski chase shown during the motion picture BLue Jean Cop where Sam Elliotts character is watching...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Oct 2011, 22:46
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

Pan Am helicopters in advance of up and coming tv series

Dear all,

In advent of showing Pan Am tv series, I watched the trailer below

Pan Am - Trailer - YouTube

and shows an S-58 and trying to rack my brains to what choppers they flew through the...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Aug 2011, 13:17
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,848,261
Posted By chopper2004

Sunday Express Bell 206B

Does anyone remember the Bell 206 used by the Sunday Express flown by ex SK pilot who supposedly challenged a Tonka crew to climb to 10,000 ft and supposedly beat them in his yellow bird?? :)

My...
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