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Forum: Rotorheads
20th May 2015, 10:07
Replies: 2,607
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Posted By CharlieOneSix

...and the following year it was this Wessex 1...

...and the following year it was this Wessex 1 that continued the trend of rolling down Cornish hillsides. XM868 at Maenporth, Falmouth, after the engine failed during a night navex on 13/2/62....
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Dec 2013, 12:27
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Here's a scan of a creased postcard from the mid...

Here's a scan of a creased postcard from the mid 1970's showing a KLM S61, S58T and a Bo105 at Schipol East:

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l543/CharlieOneSix/KLM-postcard_zps55e36c56.jpg...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Dec 2013, 10:59
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Ah, I stand corrected - re-reading Lee's book I...

Ah, I stand corrected - re-reading Lee's book I misinterpreted what I saw. The direct quote is "crashed on port waist catapult bridle arrest ramp, tail broke off and fell into the sea".
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Dec 2013, 10:28
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Wessex XS875 ended its flying days on the SAR...

Wessex XS875 ended its flying days on the SAR Flight on Ark Royal in September 1974 when it suffered an engine surge on take off, crashed on the port waist catapult bridle arrest ramp and fell into...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Nov 2013, 12:30
Replies: 2,607
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Posted By CharlieOneSix

I always thought Bill B's wife Val was gorgeous! ...

I always thought Bill B's wife Val was gorgeous! Last I heard of him was many many years ago when I think he was Naval Attache in somewhere like Oman.

I did the Whirlwind height climb to 10000ft...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Nov 2013, 23:48
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Yes, Pat was killed in Vietnam. This article...

Yes, Pat was killed in Vietnam. This article will be of interest: Biography - Patrick John Vickers - Australian Dictionary of Biography (http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/vickers-patrick-john-11924)
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Nov 2013, 22:43
Replies: 2,607
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Posted By CharlieOneSix

Last saw Dave T about 5 years ago, believe he...

Last saw Dave T about 5 years ago, believe he still lives in Aberdeen.

deltahot - good pseudonym - you feature in my logbook on one or two occasions in '64 when I was a 705 stude - probably when...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Nov 2013, 12:37
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

My eyes are pretty shot at my age but could that...

My eyes are pretty shot at my age but could that registration be N9003A - also a Gazelle? Have a close look at the red line through the last numeral and compare that number to the other zeros.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Nov 2013, 09:25
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Shades of Basil Fawlty and the Austin/Morris...

Shades of Basil Fawlty and the Austin/Morris 1100!:)
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Nov 2013, 13:09
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Nick Boyd

I knew I'd seen a notice about Nick's passing - it was here on PPRuNe some 7 years ago:

http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/210017-nick-boyd.html
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Nov 2013, 11:11
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

I think this happened only a few years ago and...

I think this happened only a few years ago and was listed in the FAAOA website death/obituaries but the archive doesn't seem to go back that far. One of my brain cells says that he was living in...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Nov 2013, 21:57
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

When I was heard that story many moons ago I was...

When I was heard that story many moons ago I was told the instructor was Colin Moorcraft and the student was the late Nick Boyd. I think the former is down in your part of the world Nigel?

Edit:...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Nov 2013, 22:56
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

No they didn't - The HAR3's when I was on 705...

No they didn't - The HAR3's when I was on 705 were all with modded tails and had P&W engines but the HAS7 had the Leonides. I seem to remember it being much easier to fly than the HAS7 from the...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Nov 2013, 15:25
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

I thought I would be agreeing with Nigel and...

I thought I would be agreeing with Nigel and BastOn on this subject but on looking in my logbook there is a photo of XG588 - you'll have to believe the registration as I can't get a clear scan of it...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Oct 2013, 21:40
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

I did my three hours and 1179 on a 47G2 then...

I did my three hours and 1179 on a 47G2 then three weeks later my shiny new CPL/H arrived and dropped through the letterbox at work - those were the days, I had been employed without the company...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Sep 2013, 13:08
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

... and the Dragonfly pilot was Tubby Leonard. ...

... and the Dragonfly pilot was Tubby Leonard. Lovely man who left the RN in the rank of Commander after serving as a test pilot and then he worked for Sperry after he left the service. He passed...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th May 2013, 12:56
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Rotor engagement on a windy day must have been...

Rotor engagement on a windy day must have been fun with that contraption out front. Has anyone got the photo from the early 60's of a RN Whirlwind (S55) engaging on a carrier and the main rotor has...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th May 2013, 22:42
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Ah, dear old Rupert. We joined the RN together...

Ah, dear old Rupert. We joined the RN together and just over two weeks ago the survivors of our entry had a 50th anniversary weekend celebration of that event at the Britannia Royal Naval College,...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Mar 2013, 18:35
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

BCAL Chinooks?

Agaricus bisporus - I think the combination of BCAL and the Chinook would have made your day :

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l543/CharlieOneSix/BCAL-Chinook.jpg
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Jan 2013, 22:29
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

I certainly remember seeing a Djinn at BEAS -...

I certainly remember seeing a Djinn at BEAS - from my various times at Kidlington it was either mid 68 or more likely it was late 70 or very early 71. I also have this vague recollection that Mike...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Dec 2012, 11:45
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

That photo was taken at the end of the day when...

That photo was taken at the end of the day when President Reagan was in Ireland and he visited the village of Ballyporeen where his great-grandfather lived. As well as BA 61's they had a couple of...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Nov 2012, 21:39
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Good to see CB at the 222 controls - what is he...

Good to see CB at the 222 controls - what is he doing nowadays? Probably retired.
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Nov 2012, 22:03
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Great post TRC! I did some trawling on...

Great post TRC! I did some trawling on t’internet tonight and found the article from Police Air News “Police Aviation – a history 1914-1990” that PA News seems to have used in his recent related...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Nov 2012, 12:13
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

1973 or 1974?

Now I fully admit that my memory isn't 100% nowadays but I can recall John Evans struggling on several occasions to get the 269 airborne out of Battersea and my battered memory recalls flying into...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Nov 2012, 11:18
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

I was surprised by the apparent conflict between...

I was surprised by the apparent conflict between the photo above of G-AXXD as a Hughes 269B and G-AXXD as a Bell 206 in the photo on Page 64 #1279 on this thread...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Nov 2012, 14:36
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

YB was actually an H1, the others were G2's, and...

YB was actually an H1, the others were G2's, and after it was written off in an accident was restored as OO-SHW and is in the Helicopter Museum in Weston-Super-Mare. The D-1 I flew in '69 (G-ASJW -...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Apr 2012, 09:31
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Can't help with the date but the Commander on the...

Can't help with the date but the Commander on the right with Observer wings is John Gunning.

The location is reminiscent of Yeovil with similar housing to the north of the airfield.
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Mar 2012, 22:39
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Re the Torrey Canyon.......

.........as usual the efforts of the Fleet Air Arm Sea Vixens and Buccaneers are omitted.
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Mar 2012, 20:11
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Looking at the BCAL website it would appear his...

Looking at the BCAL website it would appear his name is Ray Searle, the airline's Security Services Manager.
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Mar 2012, 09:51
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Not David Sale - that's the Boeing 707 crew who...

Not David Sale - that's the Boeing 707 crew who flew the Pope from the UK to Rome at the end of the Papal visit in 1982.
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Mar 2012, 23:12
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Geoffers - you mean the lovely Lorna McIntosh? ...

Geoffers - you mean the lovely Lorna McIntosh? Photo taken in 2007.

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l543/CharlieOneSix/Lorna-McIntosh.jpg

Also do you not mean Geoff Chandler rather than...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Mar 2012, 08:46
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

I feel a song coming on..."Robin Hood, Robin...

I feel a song coming on..."Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen....."

Only those of a certain vintage will understand the relevance;)
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Mar 2012, 14:50
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

A30yoyo - I think Savoia and I both responded to...

A30yoyo - I think Savoia and I both responded to an Air Britain photo of the renovated WG751 (GJ/710) at Chatham that you had posted......but I'm easily confused nowadays!
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Mar 2012, 09:36
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

The large registration of the Dragonfly above is...

The large registration of the Dragonfly above is a bit confusing in modern day terms - the airframe registration is not GJ710 but WG751 and the latter is in very small typeface further aft towards...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Mar 2012, 09:30
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,846,739
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Back in 1978 I took the tourist trip in a 206...

Back in 1978 I took the tourist trip in a 206 from Fisherman's Wharf - Pier 43 if I remember correctly. I think the operator may have been Commodore Helicopters as at that time the Commodores had a...
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