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Philippines: huge fire engulfing Manila shanty town
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Karearea » Mon Nov 25, 2024 6:34 pm
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Huge flames can be seen engulfing a closely-built shanty community in the port area of Manila, in drone footage released by the city’s disaster...
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Filipinos/as are lovely people, but it is a chaotic country. Back in the 70s, I arrived at my hotel in Manila, and quickly became aware of gunshots...
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Last post by tango15
Tue Nov 26, 2024 12:17 pm
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Super Puma N368EV down 22/11 in New South Wales
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Nov 22, 2024 4:53 pm
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One fatal, one minor injuries, two on board. Crashed enroute, notified by ELT. Formerly registered as G-BOZK to British International Helicopters/CHC...
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A man has died and another is injured after a helicopter crashed in south-west News South Wales this morning.
The Australian Maritime Safety...
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Last post by Karearea
Fri Nov 22, 2024 7:03 pm
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Arrested after pointing laser at helicopter
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Karearea » Tue Nov 19, 2024 4:06 am
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The ‘‘clown’’ who pointed a laser at a helicopter flying over Oamaru was arrested thanks to a quick-thinking pilot who tracked him from the air....
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Fingers crossed for a lengthy jail sentence to send a message to any other thickos who think this is a good idea.
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Last post by FD2
Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:31 am
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New Use for an Apache!
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FD2 » Thu Nov 14, 2024 9:47 pm
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Roger and out!
It's cold outside, in Northumberland in November!
Soldiers caught having sex in Apache gunship
Couple thought to have been...
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Last post by FD2
Thu Nov 14, 2024 10:11 pm
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Bored...post some pics of flying
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G~Man » Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:45 pm
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With all this Covid-19 stuff going on, I am lucky to be exempt from the quarantines. I ferried a Bell 205 almost the length of California on Tuesday...
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Yes. We had a job just below a dam with a cableway below it. When I spoke to the operator he knew of the cableway and that he had to beware of it....
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Last post by Hydromet
Thu Oct 31, 2024 10:07 pm
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Last post by G~Man
Mon Oct 28, 2024 7:39 pm
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Avoiding Wires and CRM
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G~Man » Mon Oct 14, 2024 11:45 pm
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After the sad accident in Kentucky last week when the medical helicopter hit guy wires, I was able to find the presentation I gave at the Vertical...
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Excellent! As I think I have mentioned before here, I spent five years doing power line inspection in the UK, mainly 11kV and 33kV. Never touched one...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Tue Oct 15, 2024 1:01 pm
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Bristow crews vote for strike action - shades of 1977?
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:55 pm
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From the Aberdeen Press & Journal:
Helicopter crews at Bristow have voted “overwhelmingly” to take industrial action in a long-running dispute over...
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Good old 'Depressing Journal' - that's not a Bristow aircraft in the photo is it? .....
Ha - no that's a CHC machine! If anyone can get it wrong...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Thu May 09, 2024 12:08 pm
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Bristow S92 down 9 nm west of Bergen 28/2/24
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CharlieOneSix » Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:20 pm
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All six on board are safe. Seems it happened during a training mission around 1840Z today.
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Had to look that up - International Trade in Arms Regulations. Someone in Norway being overcautious perhaps.
Probably....I know when I was on Sea...
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Last post by G~Man
Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:32 am
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Spatial disorientation - S92 night rig take off
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CharlieOneSix » Sat Feb 17, 2024 2:48 pm
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From the Aberdeen Press & Journal 16 February 2024
CLOSE CALL: A Bristow S-92 helicopter, similar to the one involved in the incident.
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No, never went anywhere with dust in the bonajet.
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Last post by Boac
Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:24 pm
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EC130 goes down in Grand Canyon
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Cacophonix » Mon Feb 12, 2018 5:43 am
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Four survivors of a deadly helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon on Saturday evening were rescued during an operation that stretched into the early...
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So, how was the helicopter unsafe if it was legal and no individuals were at fault?
Or, if you prefer, how was it legal if it was unsafe?
As with...
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Last post by G~Man
Wed Jan 10, 2024 5:52 pm
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12 months ago, a dreadful helicopter crash here on the Gold Coast
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EA01 » Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:38 pm
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Preliminary report released 12 months after the crash....
Noted in the local rag today was the (deceased) Chief Pilots forensic study showed...
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One can only imagine there are some lawyers raising their eyebrows??
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Negative. More likely salivating, and sharpening their (legal) knives! X(
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Last post by Pinky the pilot
Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:04 am
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Queenstown helicopter pilot prosecuted after lucky escape
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Karearea » Mon Nov 13, 2023 4:56 pm
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A Queenstown helicopter pilot who flew into a high tension wire while on a scenic flight with six passengers on board has been fined $3500.
Callum...
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The two victim impact statements are interesting in their differences. We've all had high speed near misses in cars or even bad accidents but would...
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Last post by FD2
Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:37 pm
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North Sea Ops and Wind Turbines
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CharlieOneSix » Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:28 pm
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Today's Press & Journal newspaper has a notice that a planning application has been made for an offshore windfarm 50 miles east of Peterhead in north...
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The story back in KLMH UK days was that old man Heerema had placed a contract with a Japanese yard for the first (Balder) and then forced another...
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Last post by FD2
Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:33 pm
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Try this with a conventional tail rotor....!
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CharlieOneSix » Wed Oct 04, 2023 9:18 am
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A helicopter hit a palm tree in Huntington Beach California. This was one of several helicopters that landed for a car show called Cars and Copters....
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A helicopter hit a palm tree in Huntington Beach California. This was one of several helicopters that landed for a car show called Cars and Copters....
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Last post by FD2
Wed Oct 04, 2023 9:46 pm
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Close Shaves...
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OneHungLow » Wed Oct 04, 2023 12:48 pm
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Prompted by title of an excellent chapter in the book I am reading, I was apt to think that this was another example of a close shave.
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The Bristow 'solution' was the cyclic guard which was flipped down from the bottom of the right hand pilot's instrument panel and stopped the...
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Last post by FD2
Wed Oct 04, 2023 9:43 pm
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Chinooks make Salties Get Sexy
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FD2 » Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:11 pm
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Crocodile sex frenzy triggered by Chinook helicopters
Rotor blades spur a burst of mating at Queensland farm in Australia, researchers find
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Thanks G~Man! :YMAPPLAUSE:
I expected no less. :-bd ^:)^
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Tue Oct 03, 2023 9:01 pm
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The Robinson Appreciation Thread
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TheGreenAnger » Sun Oct 02, 2022 12:03 am
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Great Robbie channel
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When you see what the aircraft is capable of in the right hands it makes you question that maybe there should be an 'experience qualification' for...
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Last post by OneHungLow
Tue Sep 19, 2023 1:36 pm
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Volocopter and the Bristow Group
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OneHungLow » Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:02 pm
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Long on hype, short on range methinks!
Volocopter and the Bristow Group have partnered to launch aerial mobility services in the U.S. and UK, with...
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I'll take one of each.
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:59 pm
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King Power Stadium Helicopter Crash
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Cacophonix » Sat Oct 27, 2018 8:39 pm
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A helicopter owned by Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has burst into flames after it crashed outside the King Power stadium this...
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What an excellently produced video. Even I could understand that. I echo FD2's comments. Sometimes it's just not your day. Such a tragic accident.
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Last post by tango15
Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:19 am
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Medal of Honor Being Awarded to Vietnam War Cobra Pilot
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PHXPhlyer » Tue Sep 05, 2023 7:57 pm
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Helicopter pilot to receive Medal of Honor for daring rescue during Vietnam War ^:)^
It wasn’t until after Army Capt. Larry Taylor had picked up...
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throughout his thousands of combat missions, “we never lost a man.”
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Last post by G-CPTN
Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:06 am
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Last post by Karearea
Tue Sep 05, 2023 4:35 am
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NZ White Island Volcanoe Eruption - Helicopter Rescue
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TheGreenGoblin » Mon Dec 09, 2019 6:43 am
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A volcano has erupted in New Zealand, leaving one dead and several unaccounted for, police have said.
Tourists were seen walking inside the rim of...
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The three brothers who owned Whakaari/White Island at the time of its deadly eruption had the individual charges against them thrown out by a New...
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Last post by OneHungLow
Tue Sep 05, 2023 4:18 am
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Pakistani cable car/chairlift helicopter rescue attempt.
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OneHungLow » Tue Aug 22, 2023 11:00 am
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A military rescue is under way for six children and two adults trapped in a cable car over a ravine in Pakistan's north-west.
The group were on...
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What an appalling situation to have been in.
Well done the rescuers.
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Kudos to both the air and ground based rescuers.
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Last post by OneHungLow
Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:07 pm
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Bond Helicopters returns to the market - Norwich
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Aug 18, 2023 2:45 pm
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From the Aberdeen Press & Journal today.....good to see an expansion in this day and age....
Bond Helicopters, a name synonymous with Offshore...
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Oh, I didn't know about Geoff's death, sad to see that. I hadn't seen him for very many years and with increased age he really does look like his...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sat Aug 19, 2023 12:20 pm
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