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Robinson reveals R88
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PHXPhlyer » Wed Mar 12, 2025 11:13 pm
Smith continues rapid revolution as Robinson reveals R88
Robinson Helicopter has launched its first new aircraft for almost 15 years, unveiling...
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Wed Mar 12, 2025 11:13 pm
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A new Bristow copilot and his Youtube channel
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CharlieOneSix » Sat Feb 01, 2025 11:58 pm
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If you have ever wondered about the life of a new copilot flying North Sea helicopters for Bristow from Aberdeen then you should find this excellent...
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No girlies to serve you, 5☆ hotels, beaches in the sun, pool bars, time to read a newspaper in the cruise or indeed nrwspapers, crew party suites,...
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Last post by G~Man
Wed Feb 05, 2025 3:18 am
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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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From BBC News:
On Monday, coroner Catherine Mason addressed the jury as the inquest entered a third week at Leicester's City Hall.
Prof Mason...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Tue Jan 28, 2025 4:24 pm
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Storm Eowyn and North Sea Ops
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CharlieOneSix » Wed Jan 22, 2025 11:49 pm
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I see that the 'eye' pressure of Storm Eowyn looks like it will be 937mb as it passes over northern Scotland on Friday. I wonder whether North Sea...
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Pressure is dropping like a stone. It was 989mb at 2300 and it's now 959mb, a drop of 30mb in 10.75 hours and still dropping at 2.2mb an hour. Max...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Fri Jan 24, 2025 9:47 am
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Triggered Lightning - North Sea ops grounded
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CharlieOneSix » Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:48 am
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I wondered why no helicopters flew from Aberdeen yesterday. Extreme caution is the action of the day since Bristow lost a Tiger in the 90s when a...
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We started to be restricted and made to keep far away from any thunderstorm activity back over 20 years ago. I think it may have been a result of the...
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Last post by FD2
Mon Jan 13, 2025 10:15 am
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The decline of Northern North Sea ops
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CharlieOneSix » Mon Dec 30, 2024 2:53 pm
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How things change! I have no idea how many pilots Bristow Helicopters have in Aberdeen nowadays but in the heyday of the late 80s/early 90s we had...
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Global oil and gas prices have been climbing since late 2020. In 2022, the war in Ukraine sent them rocketing. But a common grumble among...
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Last post by FD2
Wed Jan 01, 2025 7:13 pm
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Gordon Mitchell RIP
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Dec 13, 2024 6:25 pm
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Gordon Mitchell.jpg
Gordon Mitchell, former Chief Pilot of Bristow Helicopters Sumburgh, has died. Sad to read this, knew Gordon when we had many...
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I should have written more in my rush to see if New Zealand can do any better in the 3rd Test Match, which they seem to be doing now the pressure of...
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Last post by FD2
Sun Dec 15, 2024 2:36 am
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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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In 1962, years before I started civilian flying, Bristow had some interesting contracts around the world and it was not always blood, sweat and...
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Last post by FD2
Sun Dec 08, 2024 10:15 pm
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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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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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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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