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Forum: Rotorheads
18th Dec 2013, 17:25
Replies: 2,607
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Posted By Savoia

It pleases me to introduce a new photographer to...

It pleases me to introduce a new photographer to Nostalgia .. Tony Maris.

Tony served with the Fleet Air Arm from 1962-1971 where one of his assignments was aerial photography (mainly from...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Dec 2013, 17:10
Replies: 2,607
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Posted By Savoia

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2874/11384101854_27c...

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2874/11384101854_27ce50cb86_b.jpg
Air Hanson Bell 206B JetRanger II G-BBFB as seen at Blackbushe in September 1980 (Photo: Brian Bickers)

More BBFB in this...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Dec 2013, 15:25
Replies: 2,607
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Posted By Savoia

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CyXuv3L62No/Uqi...

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CyXuv3L62No/UqiMiynDX0I/AAAAAAAAQIk/rfQFSl9BJv0/w650-h365-no/Iran+soldiers.jpg
Newly recruited Iranian helicopter pilots during their initial training ;)

At...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Dec 2013, 14:45
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

I'm certain you are right SAS! A fellow...

I'm certain you are right SAS!

A fellow photo collector told me that there are images (presumably aerial) in which 200+ 214's are depicted!

Nearly 5,000fpm roc in the 'A' model. Must have been...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Dec 2013, 09:39
Replies: 2,607
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Posted By Savoia

In follow-up to Speedy's post: More 214 .. ...

In follow-up to Speedy's post:

More 214 ..

The original development of the Model 214 was announced by Bell in 1970 under the name "Huey Plus". The first prototype was based on a Bell 205...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Dec 2013, 16:05
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Speedy: Welcome aboard. Great to see your dad's...

Speedy: Welcome aboard. Great to see your dad's photos! :ok: I have a couple of Iranian 214's in my collection so I shall endeavour to dig them out and post them. Camel mustering with a 214 .....
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Dec 2013, 09:11
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Bongiorno Bastiano! Please could you post a...

Bongiorno Bastiano!

Please could you post a larger copy of that photo .. one has trouble seeing it (even with reading glasses).
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Dec 2013, 17:14
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Gazelle Connections

Having received a message from Gary Vincent re: Ranger Helicopters and their possible association with Maple Leaf Helicopters (and which information I added in my comments to Carholme in my previous...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Dec 2013, 08:45
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Carholme: Thank you. Your notes are much...

Carholme: Thank you. Your notes are much appreciated for, as you rightly say, information on Ranger Helicopters is scarce. Gary Vincent (who contributed the JetRanger photo below) informs me that he...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Dec 2013, 11:52
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Grazie ShyTorque/Heli1! Prior to posting the...

Grazie ShyTorque/Heli1!

Prior to posting the 'Ashby' Gazelle I visited the British Helicopter Team site whereupon a 'Championship Archive' page was proffered. I immediately though "Ah .. problem...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Dec 2013, 19:18
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Fantastico Carholme, grazie mille !! :ok: :D ...

Fantastico Carholme, grazie mille !! :ok: :D

Carholme many thanks. I was having no joy unearthing details surrounding this operation.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Dec 2013, 16:13
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Grazie mille VFR! :ok: ...

Grazie mille VFR! :ok:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-IlELJXXAkso/UWgu2rVf4jI/AAAAAAAAM3U/mWCpUJiqoaU/w190-h141-no/CN+logo+s.png
...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Dec 2013, 07:14
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-DxG7yAjqg90/UqL...

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-DxG7yAjqg90/UqLXetzU4rI/AAAAAAAAPuU/5SFqu4wAEFo/w736-h518-no/British+Helicopter+Championships+in+1987.jpg

I have no details for this image other than it is...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Dec 2013, 07:42
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Buongiorno Zis! I've enlarged the photo to...

Buongiorno Zis!

I've enlarged the photo to get a closer look but the image remains a little blurred however .. it appears to me to be the emblem of the Air Squadron.

Can't say much about the...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Dec 2013, 10:44
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Just to add some information to the photos posted...

Just to add some information to the photos posted by Pierre ..

The top photo is the Chinese-produced Harbin Z-6 which was a turbine 'interpretation' [read reverse engineered] of the Mi-4. Less...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Nov 2013, 15:37
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5bdOsDlITkY/UYF...

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5bdOsDlITkY/UYFNmhRgzkI/AAAAAAAANLA/5LCyLYyi-Rg/w300-h112-no/CHG+Logo+2+s.png
...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Nov 2013, 08:21
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-VCM1bztWL6U/UgX...

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-VCM1bztWL6U/UgX48A4oaCI/AAAAAAAAN24/mEb5-DP4kK8/w290-h127-no/C212+Logo+s.png
...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Nov 2013, 19:49
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Ciao Denissimo! Ah yes I can see it now. The...

Ciao Denissimo!

Ah yes I can see it now. The Maestro putting the WG30 through its paces (say, at Farnborough) in a series of deftly handled glissades, pirouettes and wingovers; followed by an...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Nov 2013, 16:29
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Ha ha .. was wondering what on earth it was, that...

Ha ha .. was wondering what on earth it was, that explains it! The Colonel also believed the Westminster had considerable potential but, there we are, t'was not to be.

In a similar vein (and...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Nov 2013, 13:37
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Ciao Nigelo !! Your memory faileth you not...

Ciao Nigelo !!

Your memory faileth you not ..



A couple of illustrations from the same article:
...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Nov 2013, 07:28
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--Wl0JWPCkxc/Uox...

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--Wl0JWPCkxc/Uoxuu8pYxBI/AAAAAAAAPeA/k-CTj8MphXw/w740-h562-no/Aussie+Wessex+1961.png
Australian Minister for Defence, Athol Gordon Townley, aboard a Westland Wessex...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Nov 2013, 07:28
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Eric: Thanks. I am sure these factors contributed...

Eric: Thanks. I am sure these factors contributed to the initial 'confusion'.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Nov 2013, 19:44
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Heli1: The notes I had for this photo indicated...

Heli1: The notes I had for this photo indicated that it was a USAF airframe, perhaps loaned or detached to the US Army. Prompted by Baston's highlighting of the wording on the nose, I conceded that...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Nov 2013, 16:20
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Y7AwTE8JaaQ/UoE...

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Y7AwTE8JaaQ/UoEQ_ge8iiI/AAAAAAAAPS4/dZlH7J1jsbg/w669-h585-no/Flight+23+May+1946.png
Flight 23rd May 1946

The caption accompanying the photo reads:

"Hoverfly...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Nov 2013, 16:00
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Baston: I am inclined (in the absence of contrary...

Baston: I am inclined (in the absence of contrary evidence) to agree that this is probably a US Army craft and have amended the tag accordingly. Thank you. :ok:

I have also just read the...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Nov 2013, 10:57
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Grazie Heli1 :ok: ...

Grazie Heli1 :ok:
...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Nov 2013, 14:53
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Ladies and Hillers (C16's post above) .. Hmm,...

Ladies and Hillers (C16's post above) .. Hmm, makes me think ..

Do you remember on page 111 (http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419023-rotary-nostalgia-thread-111.html) Viscount Exmouth's Hiller...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Nov 2013, 11:00
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

VFR: Good to see you! DFD: I failed to...

VFR: Good to see you!

DFD: I failed to mention in my initial response my great admiration for your 'breed'. I have always held a great fascination for rotary-wing engineering and have several...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Nov 2013, 19:42
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Ciao Bastiano! I am also unfamiliar with...

Ciao Bastiano!

I am also unfamiliar with this designation but .. I did notice this reference a couple of pages back:



So, this might be a Crab designation for the former Queen's Flight...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Nov 2013, 17:05
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--GK7RD1iu98/Um6...

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--GK7RD1iu98/Um6kafGkYMI/AAAAAAAAO7g/F984voBxet4/w71-h94-no/Mini+Muttley.png (http://mobcup.co/ringtones/377490/muttley-laugh)

Baston: Thanks for the...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Nov 2013, 09:47
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PGQLGBS73r0/Un4...

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PGQLGBS73r0/Un4Qi-m9DsI/AAAAAAAAPHg/YAB0XrwVvSg/w905-h569-no/Earl+Mountbatten+Royal+Hospital+School+Holbrook%252C+Suffolkm+1960.jpg.png
Earl Mountbatten visiting...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Nov 2013, 08:27
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Depending on whether or not this post is...

Depending on whether or not this post is transferred to Nostalgia, we shall on this page have a record of the three aircraft, spanning four decades, which have served on Brecqhou Island.

The...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Nov 2013, 19:11
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Zis: I have now come across this .. ...

Zis: I have now come across this ..



History of Bristow Helicopters Ltd. – FundingUniverse (http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/bristow-helicopters-ltd-history/)

Never...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Nov 2013, 16:41
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Receiving some messages in response to Zishelix's...

Receiving some messages in response to Zishelix's 'Bristow Gazelle'. The first comment highlights what should have been obvious (but I somehow managed to miss) .. the photo from Zishelix shows a...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Nov 2013, 14:48
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,852,103
Posted By Savoia

Mamma mia .. what a lot of confusion! ...

Mamma mia .. what a lot of confusion!

XX514: Thank you for the link. I simply can't explain that! :confused:

500 Fan: I use Rotorspot the whole time and regularly exchange information with...
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