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Fri Jul 22, 2022 7:24 pm
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Fri Jul 15, 2022 7:22 am
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French Pilot's 'Pantalon Brun' Moment
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FD2 » Fri Jul 08, 2022 9:49 pm
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There is plenty of speculation about this incident which happened at the Pointe du Raz lighthouse in Finisterre. It may have been an underslung load...
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'Pantalon Brun' indeed! Agreed that it is due to a line snag, but what an amazing instinctive recovery even if almost everything in the drive train...
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Sat Jul 09, 2022 3:58 pm
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Thu Jul 07, 2022 11:01 pm
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S76D ditches west of Mumbai on finals to rig
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CharlieOneSix » Tue Jun 28, 2022 3:46 pm
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A Pawan Hans Helicopters (PHHL) Sikorsky S-76D, carrying 2 pilots and 7 passengers, ditched in the Arabian Sea, near ONGC jack-up rig Sagar Kiran, 60...
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It was apparently new to Pawan Hans but previously owned by a Thai company. Injured people were 'pulled from the aircraft' but no clue in the after...
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Last post by FD2
Sun Jul 03, 2022 6:39 am
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Retrospective on Calibri crash in 2019
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TheGreenGoblin » Sun Jun 12, 2022 3:19 pm
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Another loss of control crash in low visibility conditions over water.
In May 2019, two men took off from Tipton Airport (KFME) in Fort Meade,...
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Beg pardon - Cabri - not Calibri which is nearly like a fag lighter but more like a font!
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Last post by FD2
Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:02 pm
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Back in the air...
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TheGreenGoblin » Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:43 pm
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Flew for the first time in a month and a half, and flew creditably, including managing to align skids properly with inner paint marks on the pad when...
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I recall when doing my 10 hours in a Whirlwind at RAF Shawbury that if you took your hand off the cyclic the stick would topple as it felt fit taking...
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Last post by FD2
Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:13 pm
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A new way of helicopter training?
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TheGreenGoblin » Sat Jun 04, 2022 5:47 am
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The Link trainer thread elsewhere, got me to thinking about helicopter training aids that led me to this...
The Cicare story is an interesting one,...
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Yep, and that time on that simulator cannot be logged as far as I know.....especially not for the 20 hours required to solo a Robinson product.
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Last post by G~Man
Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:22 pm
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Are we witnessing the demise of the helicopter?
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TheGreenGoblin » Thu Apr 28, 2022 5:42 pm
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It may not seem obvious, but the helicopter industry might be in a battle for survival.
When Enstrom Helicopter , a 64-year-old company with a...
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BZ, stop the BBC Journos jetting hither and thither.
Read a SciFi book a long time ago. The Earth expanded. Continents remained the same size but...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Thu May 26, 2022 7:24 am
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Flying the Huey
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TheGreenGoblin » Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:36 am
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I noticed that this month's edition of FlyPast magazine has an article on the iconic Huey.
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I was thinking of booking a ride in...
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Come on over to California out side of fire season, I'm sure I can find an excuse to do a test flight of some sort in mine.....
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Sat Apr 30, 2022 4:57 am
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Thu Apr 28, 2022 6:01 pm
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Ex 29 - R44 Confined area landings and take offs
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TheGreenGoblin » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:59 pm
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Most enjoyable morning. First off airfield landing I have made, in a clearing between 2 copses of trees on a local farm under the beady eye of an...
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Saturday, was good, apart from an outraged cow.
Back in the air tomorrow afternoon, with some more foggle faeces. I tried on Saturday and performance...
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Sun Apr 24, 2022 10:58 pm
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Coastguard helicopter landing incident - one dead.
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Mar 04, 2022 11:16 pm
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This is strange - no idea of the circumstances yet. Of course it does not involve a RN Sea King shown in the article.
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Good point - also bikes both pedal and motor. Expect changes in ‘rules’ so more safety features implemented. Traffic lights, barriers etc etc. Just...
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Last post by FD2
Sat Mar 05, 2022 8:08 pm
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Heli-Expo Dallas 2022
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G~Man » Wed Mar 02, 2022 5:38 pm
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Hey all,
Is anyone else going to be in Dallas next week? I will try and post some pictures of anything new I see.
Hit me up if anyone else is...
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If only. Enjoy and send lots of photos so that some of us can enjoy the show vicariously! ;)))
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Mar 02, 2022 10:05 pm
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C W Lemoine
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TheGreenGoblin » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:56 pm
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I have been following this chap's travails en route to obtaining his helicopter pilot's licence (and now commercial helicopter pilot's licence) with...
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The bit about the trailer landing crash intrigued me so I looked at the record and I was really surprised to see how many accidents of that sort are...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Mar 01, 2022 4:14 am
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R44 Hydraulic failure
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TheGreenGoblin » Sun Feb 27, 2022 1:38 am
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Part of some of the manouevres practiced yesterday were a number of circuits and run on landings with the hydraulics off, simulating a failure...
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FYI---the helicopter is not pink----that was Photoshop t taunt one of my pilots a few years back :D :D :D :D
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:03 pm
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Hill Helicopters HX50 - unveiled 24 August
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CharlieOneSix » Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:18 pm
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Looks good for a CGI dream - no pitot tube or aerials. Gross weight will be 3630lb (1650kg), Empty weight 1870lb (850kg). With 5 POB and...
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Well, I really do wish Hill Helicopters luck - I think they're going to need it. So they are going to make their own engine, gearboxes and bearings...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Tue Feb 22, 2022 4:22 pm
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Last post by ricardian
Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:13 pm
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Archer gets into the air...
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TheGreenGoblin » Tue Dec 21, 2021 9:40 am
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Archer Aviation announced Monday it’s the latest electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi manufacturer to successfully get a prototype...
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Is it going to create a new profession? Air taxi control? Folk cant help having prangs in cars when only operating in two dimensions, what will...
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Last post by prospector
Wed Jan 05, 2022 1:02 am
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Australia Ditches EU Taipans
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FD2 » Fri Dec 10, 2021 7:08 pm
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Australia ditches entire fleet of EU's Taipan helicopters after history of embarrassing flaws
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There was also a big problem with the Kaman SH-2G Seasprite order. They were promised that all the things the RAN wanted could be shoe-horned into...
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Last post by FD2
Fri Dec 10, 2021 8:33 pm
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Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:49 pm
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Downwind landings (and take offs)
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TheGreenGoblin » Sun Dec 05, 2021 10:26 am
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I had my first go at downwind landings and takeoffs after a long brief yesterday. The weather was very blustery (gusting at 30 knots at times) so it...
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Phew - and without a METAR too. :-bd
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Last post by Boac
Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:27 pm
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Heli skills...
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TheGreenGoblin » Sat Dec 04, 2021 6:07 pm
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I am in awe of the skill some of these folks seem to have...
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It's an impressive photo - presumably held on deck with the bear trap device which the USN and RCN use - but let's get the horizon level...
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Last post by FD2
Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:06 am
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Laser Moron
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FD2 » Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:36 pm
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'Extremely dangerous and idiotic': Man arrested after allegedly shining laser at rescue helicopter
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In the UK prison sentences are usually handed out for this offence. Even for first offenders they range from 4 to 14 months. That latter sentence...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:48 pm
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Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Helipad
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CharlieOneSix » Mon Nov 15, 2021 3:40 pm
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This view was from my room yesterday on the 6th floor of ARI looking out over the helipad. Have landed there a few times in my heyday when it was...
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As you say, C16, it used to be easy to get in and out of - a bit restricted at present!
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Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:39 pm
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