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Has Anybody Flown The Bristol Sycamore
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fareastdriver » Sun Feb 07, 2021 8:40 pm
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I may seem like digging up the dead but the beginning of Sycamore training after flying four jet bombers was probably the most terrifying time of my...
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One of the problems I had was that I was an ex V force co-pilot and had spent the last three years doing very little actual poling. I had been...
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Wed Feb 10, 2021 10:49 am
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Not sure where this belongs
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G~Man » Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:46 am
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My life today
Tis what happens when the two senior pilots in a company fly together...
Which way ya wanna go?
I dunno----what does your I-pad say?...
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At least you had a better a/c for that mission.
What agency?
Lidar patrols were with Aetheon, but the ultimate custommer was Pacific Gas &...
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Last post by G~Man
Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:12 am
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There are those who have done it - and those yet to....
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CharlieOneSix » Sun Jun 28, 2020 2:35 pm
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Those of a certain age may remember Stanley Holloway reciting the story of how Albert Ramsbottom and his parents visited the zoo. Young Albert was...
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In the 80's and 90's I spent a lot of time over the years in Unst, the northernmost of all the inhabited islands in the British Isles. At that time...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Thu Aug 06, 2020 1:39 pm
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The role of the UC Rating in the A/S Wessex...
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CharlieOneSix » Thu Jul 23, 2020 10:37 am
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For those not in the know, in days of yore the crew of an anti-submarine role Wessex consisted of an Observer - Navy parlance for Navigator, and...
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Thanks C16 - what an amazing selection of models they've made. Great joke - was the newspaper printed on the 1st April ?!
Someone gave me an S76,...
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Last post by FD2
Sat Jul 25, 2020 6:00 am
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Sikorsky S-52 flies again
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:47 am
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If Dinky toys ever made a model of a helicopter, it should have been of the S-52. There is something about the late 1940's shape that makes it a very...
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If Dinky toys ever made a model of a helicopter, it should have been of the S-52. There is something about the late 1940's shape that makes it a very...
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Wed Jul 15, 2020 12:30 pm
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Helicopter lore
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:39 pm
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And the Lord looked down upon the earth and passed the word inscribed in rotors of wood to the heathen pilots who saw they were good...
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Ass, Tin, Ticket.
Save your ass first, then try save the aircraft, lastly save your licence in that order.
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Last post by G~Man
Mon Jul 13, 2020 4:12 pm
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French Helicopters
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TheGreenGoblin » Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:03 pm
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I have been looking at French helicopters and came across this little wonder...
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Eurocopter (Airbus Helicopters) Tiger
Airbus EC665
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Wed Jul 08, 2020 8:01 am
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Stealth Helicopters
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TheGreenGoblin » Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:15 am
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In my meanderings around French helicopters I came across the Eurocopter EC130 which is accounted to be one of the quietest helicopters on the civil...
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The Black Hornet maa bonnie lad...
Is it white 'cos it carries Yellow Sun?
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Last post by ian16th
Sun Jul 05, 2020 3:28 pm
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Does size matter?
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Jul 01, 2020 11:26 pm
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They don't come bigger than this!
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A potted history of the technical spec. on the Mil V-12 helicopter can be found here... Mil V-12 the aircraft was effectively replaced by the Mil...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:17 am
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Trump Shuttle
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:57 am
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Trump is hardly a hero I mine but I was interested to read of his short lived attempt as a helicopter company entrepreneur!
Trump's formal launch...
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Not I mine but of mine... Predictive text! :-s
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Jul 01, 2020 10:50 am
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Rotary Humour
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FD2 » Thu Apr 09, 2020 5:16 am
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Probably a short lived thread, but a couple of 'Tugg' flight safety cartoon from back in 1985 to bring a smile in these troubled times.
Tugg 1985 1...
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She'll catch her death of cold wearing them.... :p
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Last post by FD2
Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:25 pm
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Account of the BV234 Crash Sumburgh 1986
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FD2 » Fri Jun 19, 2020 11:18 am
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Not sure this is right for 'nostalgia' but a gripping account from Pushp Vaid of the BV234 (civil Chinook) crash off Sumburgh in 1986 which killed 45...
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Pushp was decorated for his service in the Indian Air Force before he moved to the UK and joined us in British Airways Helicopters in Aberdeen....
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:40 am
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Almost 4 months hiatus...
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TheGreenGoblin » Thu Jun 04, 2020 2:02 am
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Been told to clean my underpants and possibly try and fly an R44 after the 4th of July innit...
I am so excited...
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Sorry G~Man, I sound like a girly, but I haven't flown any aircraft for 4 months and now realise that that fact depresses me enormously.
Have...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:07 pm
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More nostalgia...
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Cacophonix » Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:43 pm
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C16 will no doubt know what this is.
The bloke in the picture is my cousin.
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Another amusing anecdote brought to us courtesy of the Navy Wings folks. Please feel free to bung them a contribution , or even better, join up as a...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Fri Apr 10, 2020 11:02 am
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Fast, sleek and smooth......
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CharlieOneSix » Sat Dec 07, 2019 11:18 am
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I first saw this poster back in 1980 when I was doing my S76 conversion at the Sikorsky factory in Connecticut. They don't advertise helicopters like...
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G Man - I had a start when I looked back at this thread - is the B model in post number 2 the one that crashed? Very sorry for the loss of your...
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Last post by G~Man
Mon Feb 10, 2020 7:48 pm
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Advert for the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:43 pm
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I have been watching Neil Armstrong's First Flights TV series and was pleased to see this delightfully non-PC 1940' advert/demo, featured in the...
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An amazing character - here's his obituary: Charles-Hughesdon's obituary
What an extraordinary, successful and adventurous life. They certainly...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Sun Sep 22, 2019 6:51 am
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Submarine Helicopter Carrier
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FD2 » Fri May 31, 2019 11:42 pm
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Written in an over-excited style and inaccurate in places, like being able to manoeuvre a submarine accurately under a hovering helicopter, the basis...
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'Soapy' Watson showed good initiative for someone with so few hours under his belt. If the container hadn't been slippery, or he hadn't forgotten the...
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Last post by FD2
Sun Jun 02, 2019 12:06 am
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Historic Helicopters Open Day, Chard, Somerset. 9 March 2019
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CharlieOneSix » Thu Feb 21, 2019 3:37 pm
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Historic Helicopters Open Day - 9.30AM to 11PM on Saturday 9th March 2019 at Chard Equestrian, Higher Purtington Showfield, Chard, Somerset, TA18...
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No, one of the disadvantages of living up north is that it's too far for a quick weekend away in Somerset. much though I'd like to be there. Also, my...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:35 am
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Wessex HU5 XT761 flies again!
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CharlieOneSix » Sat Feb 16, 2019 9:25 am
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Royal Navy Wessex HU5 XT761 took to the air again yesterday at Historic Helicopters, Chard, Somerset, after a restoration programme.
Wonderful to...
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Well it certainly worked earlier - I don't have a Facebook account - and now doesn't. I can't find an alternative source to Facebook at the...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sat Feb 16, 2019 1:59 pm
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The longevity of one JetRanger....
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CharlieOneSix » Mon Jan 07, 2019 4:17 pm
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On 28 November 1967 the South Western Electricity Board registered Agusta Bell 206 G-AVYX, Serial No.8025 from new. I started flying YankeeX the...
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Was reminiscing about South African Radio Station Capital 604 and was reminded of this advert that featured the effervescent Court helicopter Bell....
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Last post by Cacophonix
Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:22 am
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Helicopter Icing Trials - 1983
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CharlieOneSix » Tue Dec 05, 2017 11:30 am
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Back in 1983 the Bell 214ST helicopter was new to Aberdeen and came without any icing clearance - rather restrictive on North Sea ops. Bell sent over...
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The photo didn’t have a location description but, yes, it does look like the Balmedie coast. I think the wind farm is in position now but I haven’t...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Fri Nov 30, 2018 9:10 pm
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Procedure Alpha + Bent Wessex
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Nov 23, 2018 4:45 pm
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How embarrassing! All the pomp and ceremony of HMAS Success entering port in Procedure Alpha - Ship's Company lining the sides - and a bent Wessex...
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Good Heavens, a matelot using a landlubber type expression. I would have thought the navy would call it deck resonance.
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Last post by izod tester
Fri Nov 23, 2018 6:55 pm
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Haynes Manual - Westland Wessex
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FD2 » Sat Apr 14, 2018 10:29 am
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The long awaited Haynes 'manual' about the Wessex has been published. Anyone interested can buy a copy through the usual suspects - Amazon, Book...
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Our wing once Bolthold to another station. My boss was tasked with writing the operation order to get everyone back to base. He simply wrote 'return...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Sat Jun 23, 2018 8:20 pm
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Landing on Everest
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FD2 » Mon May 28, 2018 1:04 am
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For your interest. Probably couldn't do it now because it's too crowded! Brave man - with one engine....
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A B3 remains one of the better lifters around.
I flew a B4 demo and then later some emergency procedures in France with Didier Desalle who was the...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Fri Jun 08, 2018 1:41 pm
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Sycamore to fly at Yeovilton Air Day
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:42 am
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The following has been lifted from the blurb about the Yeovilton Air Day on Saturday 7 July 2018:
The uniquely airworthy Bristol Sycamore will also...
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In addition to the date at Yeovilton so kindly noted by C16 above, the Sycamore and the Bolkow Bo105 will also be display at the RAF Cosford Airshow...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Sat Apr 28, 2018 12:54 pm
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