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Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jan 2015, 08:12
Replies: 2,607
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Posted By vfr440

Names from the past

Ah,.... now then, Phil Slattery is at Cumbernauld with PDG. Had a long natter to him in the hangar last October, he's well but no Hillers or Lamas, all on 355s now.
And Paul Midgley (Midgers) in a...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Jan 2015, 19:06
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Alec Parker & MIke Janes

I met Alec flying a J/R in 1976-ish, he brought it up to Blackpool for maintenance. As I recall his employer was a truck company on the East Lancs road (?). Can't for the life of me recall the name,...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Dec 2013, 07:43
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Location

Blenheim, Oxford perhaps? - VFR
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Aug 2013, 10:07
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Yes, I too remember him (I think) Was he Don...

Yes, I too remember him (I think) Was he Don McGilveray? And I've a mind he subsequently owned a J/R, which has been the subject of a post or two. I dunno, but Sav will!:O -VFR
PS could it have...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st May 2013, 12:32
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

lama?

Yes, Mr Absolom owned Air Gregory: no, not Lama, an Al II (nearly as good)
:) ~ VFR
Forum: Rotorheads
18th May 2013, 08:40
Replies: 2,607
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Posted By vfr440

J/Rs and such

Sav,
The very early Agusta J/Rs had the forward cowling originally installed with 'hundreds' of 10/32 screws into anchor nuts (what an absolute pain in the :mad:) instead of the later more sensibly...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Mar 2013, 20:40
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Skeeter G-SARO

That's my girl! :E. Total rebuild (DESPITE CAA's input, Mr Herman, since you ask) in 1976, Blackpool. Since it was only to be a permit we did it my way :ok:. I took 39lbs of redundant wiring out of...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Feb 2013, 19:56
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Super, digital recall!

Yes, Sav, got it in one. It was November Delta. Push it out in the morning (first one away) and recover at 5.30pm onwards when everyone else was down the pub, en route home. Cheers (or salute) - CW
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Feb 2013, 19:37
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Grazie, Sav, TRC, was this craft the Streeter's...

Grazie, Sav,
TRC, was this craft the Streeter's 206? The one the late Paul Midgers flew. If it wasn't, your encyclopaedic knowledge of Mann J/Rs appreciated to give us (all) that reg. J/R on low...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Feb 2013, 19:04
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

BAZN & Tommy C - got it in one! Your memory is...

BAZN & Tommy C - got it in one! Your memory is better than mine :suspect:.

But I'm just a teensy-weensy bit older than you are so allowed a little latitude? Djinn & tonic in hand - cheers :D - VFR
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Feb 2013, 15:32
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

9J-RIN

I think remember her. Autair (Zambia), that'll be the late Link Lord, then. And I also think I completed a 100hr check on her (and left the oil filter to last, only to find it FULL with metal :sad:....
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Jan 2013, 09:19
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

S, Happy New Year (in English this time LOL) ;) ...

S, Happy New Year (in English this time LOL) ;)
There will be others who are far more au fait with the limitations of the tip-jet system, but I believe it was noisy, not terribly efficient (ie high...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Dec 2012, 16:41
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Hey S. thx the expansion. An encyclopaedic...

Hey S. thx the expansion. An encyclopaedic knowledge indeed :D Somewhere in the back of my memory is the suspicion that the forerunners to Dollar (BEAS perhaps?) had a couple of these and carried out...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Dec 2012, 17:12
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Yellow helicopter...

Coould be a Djinn.....................? VFR :confused:
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Nov 2012, 09:29
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

TRC

Sav
Yes that's TRC allright. Shock of unruly hair which he still has (unlike my good self :() And 'up to his knees' again :D - somethings never change - VFR
Forum: Rotorheads
5th May 2012, 06:14
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Early A/B 206's

Mmm, the early A/B 206s had several military provisions which came as standard; they were built-in on the production line, so you got them anyway, whether you wanted them or not. I had S/Ns 8036 &...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Apr 2012, 06:59
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Trolley-accs etc

"Only those that were there will really know......"

Ah yes, I remember the trolley acc incident, one of those things that I believed had passed into the obscurity of history............:cool: LOL...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Mar 2012, 10:17
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

8044 and recall!

Stace/Sav
Now isn't that strange - 8044 is an A/Bell, probably built as an A model and subsequently converted. I had 2 x sister ships at ADDF, Bateen, in 1970; 8036 and 8042, one of which 'fell...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Feb 2012, 16:19
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Hey Geoffers This one can := (last week I...

Hey Geoffers
This one can := (last week I couldn't spell ingineur, today I are one..........' :D:D - VFR
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Jan 2012, 14:09
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

206 Xmsn O/H

Well S
It went to 2400hrs and I think it is now at 3000hrs. Perhaps more, any engineer with the very latest data at his fingertips will doubtless correct me :ooh:

Wouldn't it be wonderful to...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Jan 2012, 14:34
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Extended TBO?

A main gearbox offered Nil TSO from 15,000 hr O/H? :confused: My how things have changed - VFR :ugh:
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Jul 2011, 06:38
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

S I remember Cdte Forzani (Luciano) from teh...

S
I remember Cdte Forzani (Luciano) from teh days when at Manns we chased obscure vibrations on the first two A109Ms ex-Falklands. Tremendous pilot and great all round guy; happy memories. Also the...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Jun 2011, 12:37
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Gleneagle

Wigan
Thx the name jog, I believe the car dealer was one Tommy Dickson - am I right? - VFR
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Jun 2011, 06:49
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Gleneagles?

Nigel
The Company to which you refer was Gleneagles H/Cs was it not? I seem to recall Kenneth Kendall was the Chief Pilot, and the CE was John Skipper who subsequently moved to Bristow when the...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Jun 2011, 11:48
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

G-WOSP - disregard

S
Disregard my previous, Wigan has it all strightened out on the Alan Mann thread, sorry :ugh: - VFR
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Jun 2011, 11:44
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

G-WOSP

S
I've a mind that the owner of G WOSP was called McGilverary (sp?); perhaps Tommy? Something like that comes to mind, but it was a long time ago :confused: (Brain cells only fuctioning on 3...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Jun 2011, 06:42
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Colt

S
I seem to recall one of our Mann pilots went to work for Colt, Robert xxxxx (TRC will know). They were based Bristol way i think.

More when I can remember it! ~ VFR
Forum: Rotorheads
12th May 2011, 16:56
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Unhealthy food!!

S
I don't know the value or otherwise of calorie-enhanced bacon butties, but you have 'cafe-corretto' (Sp?) do you not? Especially in the Winter. Sets one up for the day - well it did me (had 3 of...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Apr 2011, 10:40
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Of Dollar exploits

S
Michel is still around, and accorded the respect as probably the best Al 2/Lama engineer who I ever worked with, that's for sure. Think he's retired now of course. It's a sorry tale you relate...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Apr 2011, 14:46
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

The ladies of our existence!!

Oh how I agree :ok: :ok: It's a hard and long road but this exquisitely erudite explanation I shall learn word-perfect for future encounters. Might save me a beating with the handbag (or worse still...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Mar 2011, 08:29
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

G-SPEY

TRC
Wasn't G-SPEY 'lost at sea'? I seem to recall an engine failure en-route to the Channel Isles, ditched (no injuries, fortunately) and then sank. This was post our sale to Castle Air, I think.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Mar 2011, 21:13
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Brian Hazell

TRC
Yes he did. In fact, though a little fuzzy, I believe he initially went to Scotland with the intention of running a rabbit farm? If I am wrong someone please correct the addled brain cells. But...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Mar 2011, 11:00
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

TMH, recall and booze (forthcoming)

Stace, good recall there. Mike Janes is now retired and living in Cardiff. Haven't seen him in a bit but he has a full head of black hair (still!). :suspect:

As to the 'taking of tea', I am sure...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Jan 2011, 08:04
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Of times past!

Earl
Encyclopaedic no less :ok:
I'm old enough to remember Freemans of Bewdley! When did they put up the shutters, then? Poss in 70s? I was abroad for all of that decade and just (occasionally)...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Dec 2010, 13:18
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,079
Posted By vfr440

Egress.............

:ok::):):D:D:D VFR
PS Smowing here in Essex-by-the-sea...........again
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