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Fortuna Glacier...
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Cacophonix » Tue Nov 14, 2017 1:15 pm
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CharlieOneSix's the 'Wessex pilot's lament' brought to mind one operation during the Falkland's war that I was unaware of until recently, namely the...
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Iain Georgeson is a friend of mine, and we've spent many an hour in the air together. a good guy.
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Mon Apr 02, 2018 1:12 pm
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Queen of the Helicopter Skies
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CharlieOneSix » Sat Dec 23, 2017 4:40 pm
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A Bell 214ST in Canada in 2012. This one C-GDYZ, used to be G-BKFN. I have a soft spot for this particular airframe. I collected it from the Bell...
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... I have a broomstick and ruler to hand....
puts me in mind of the sequence from about 4:20 to 6:10 in this driving-lesson from Man About The...
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Sun Jan 14, 2018 12:11 am
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Flying in France 1974 - a near fatal cock-up
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CharlieOneSix » Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:28 pm
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Having resigned from my job in Ireland in December 1973 I found a job as personal pilot to a property millionaire near Northampton flying his Bolkow...
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I trust that you have submitted that excellent and exemplary ILAFFT piece to Pilot magazine CharlieOneSix? If you haven't you should! It involved so...
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Mon Dec 04, 2017 4:46 pm
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Remembering Bill Deacon GM
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CharlieOneSix » Sun Nov 19, 2017 9:34 am
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Twenty years ago today, Bill Deacon, one of the Bristow winchmen on our Coastguard contract lost his life after saving 10 others when the Green Lily...
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It takes a special kind of courage to go out into such weather (both on the sea and in the air) I think. To lose a colleague in full sight and not be...
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Mon Nov 20, 2017 5:30 pm
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The Wessex anti-submarine crew's lament....
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CharlieOneSix » Thu Nov 02, 2017 1:08 pm
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The following was written by one of our number, Ron Gent, for the final reunion in June 2016 of 815 Squadron aircrew and engineers, 50 years on from...
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Do you remember a little rivalry between the 'pingers' and the 'junglies'? There were some talented people like Andy Lovesy who wrote...
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Fri Nov 17, 2017 4:30 am
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Okay - own up .........
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CharlieOneSix » Mon Jan 11, 2016 6:45 pm
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..........who cocked up this engine off landing? =))
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Wouldn't you just love to see somebody start her up.
... and if they do, hope that the tail rotor keeps on turning.
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Thu Apr 07, 2016 10:01 pm
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Avpin
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:21 pm
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My best mate was an engine fitter, he severely damaged his hand after a function test of the avpin system went wrong and the pipe exploded in his...
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Was that 'addressed', 'undressed' or 'dressed'................?
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Last post by Boac
Mon Jan 11, 2016 6:21 pm
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The Ever Growing Helo Photo Thread
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KiwiNedNZ » Sat Sep 05, 2015 10:19 pm
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Thought we better get one of these going and make it bigger and better than the "other" place :)
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Found another photo from the time of the snow problems in Kent in March 1970. Yours truly taking off again in Bell 47J2 G-ASLR with an Electricity...
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Wed Dec 23, 2015 1:10 pm
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Fri Nov 27, 2015 1:34 pm
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The AAIB Clutha Helicopter Crash Report is published
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Oct 23, 2015 10:51 am
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Still a lot of questions to which a FDR would have given the answers.
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To do a very basic précis of the 176 page report - the fuel transfer pump switches were in the off position so although there was fuel in the...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sat Oct 24, 2015 2:18 pm
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The first solo....
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CharlieOneSix » Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:19 pm
This was posted on 't'other side' a few years back by PPRuNer 'tradford' after his first solo on a helicopter and I think it's worth repeating here:...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:19 pm
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Rotary News Clips
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CharlieOneSix » Sat Sep 19, 2015 8:20 am
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Body of chaplain slips from rescue harness whilst being winched by RN helicopter from loch:
Just as well PPRuNe's 'crab' on Rotorheads hasn't...
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Agree - unfortunate event on Loch Fyne and no doubt action will be taken - but that guy's comments about the Channel man overboard crash (on the...
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Last post by FD2
Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:23 pm
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It's lonely in here.......
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:34 pm
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........but not for long I hope! I know Sasless is around and aspinwing and hico-p have responded to say they will be joining us. Any more out there?
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Hi all. Another ex-RN and North Sea rotary pilot here with much the same background as CharlieOneSix. It's good to see the site getting more members!
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Last post by FD2
Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:13 pm
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Most difficult mission on a rotary
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Rwy in Sight » Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:17 pm
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I have a tremendous admiration for the guys flying the SAR missions but I guess every mission on a rotary has its difficulties arguably even a short...
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Thanks to both of answers. Sasless also thanks for extending my vocabulary. However I am surprised that you described the models as the most...
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Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:27 pm
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Queen of the skies - Australian version
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CharlieOneSix » Sun Aug 30, 2015 8:29 am
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Maybe Wessex was involved in this Australian four ship jolly and he can identify the location with his inaugaural post? :D
Pity about the...
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Music is a bit naff. However, the location is HMAS ALBATROSS, at Nowra, Jervis Bay NSW. THats about 100 miles south of Sydney. It's dated about the...
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Last post by Wessex
Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:51 pm
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Ned's Helo Pics
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KiwiNedNZ » Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:39 pm
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Thought I would start a thread here of some of the various pics I am shooting around the world.
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Coming in to land on Cavallo Island with Elicompany's new 407GX.
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Mon Sep 07, 2015 10:30 pm
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Helicopter Carsh in Sept-Iles, Quebec
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Dushan » Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:21 pm
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Two people are dead and three are in hospital after a helicopter crashed in a remote area of Quebec near Sept-Îles today.
Sept-Iles
Sept-Îles is...
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I wonder how the survivors felt about getting in what looks like an identical rescue 206! Probably didn't care very much.
Many years ago I met a...
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Wed Sep 02, 2015 10:37 pm
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