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WTF?!!!!
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CharlieOneSix » Thu Jul 25, 2019 2:53 pm
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What on earth is happening here.....?! That's a hell of a swing he's got on.....
One person left in a coma, another with both legs broken...during a...
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Couple things:
1. Looks like he has the front doors on, so therefore should be within CG.
2. Cannot tell if front left seat is occupied.
3. One guy...
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Last post by G~Man
Thu Jul 25, 2019 3:35 pm
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This Will Cost a Few Dollars!
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FD2 » Sun Jul 07, 2019 11:40 pm
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Oh dear, there goes a few dollars. Maybe it will buff out...
Anyone on the brakes? Anyone walking with chocks? :-o
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James Bond escapes once again
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:27 pm
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RN Pilot stuck in chimney
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Ex-Ascot » Tue Jun 25, 2019 5:51 am
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Guess that will be the end of that game.
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Personally I think a disciplinary clean sweep would do the trick.
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Last post by Boac
Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:05 am
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Last post by Boac
Thu Jun 13, 2019 7:14 am
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10/6/2019 - A109 crashes on New York skyscraper
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CharlieOneSix » Mon Jun 10, 2019 7:42 pm
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This happened at 2000 BST. The pilot died in the accident. According to a report there is no helipad on the building.
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Looks classic to me!
Is that herd of new restrictions I see thundering towards me?
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Tue Jun 11, 2019 7:37 am
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Helicopter rescue of 74 year old woman goes wrong........
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Jun 07, 2019 8:16 am
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The poor woman in this stretcher must have wondered what on earth was going on. It seems the ground personnel did have a steadying line as shown in...
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You can have the rescue service for free Ma'am, if you can walk in a straight line for 10 feet.
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Last post by FD2
Sun Jun 09, 2019 12:08 am
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Mon Jun 03, 2019 1:22 pm
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Helicopter into the Hudson 15/5/19
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CharlieOneSix » Thu May 16, 2019 8:13 am
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LTE - Loss of tail rotor effectiveness methinks. Too slow a rotation for tail rotor failure. Quite a strong wind blowing, all the signs of being...
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He had 858 helicopter hours including 100 on type. The only time I got incipient LTE I had enough height to drop collective and stuff the nose down -...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Mon May 27, 2019 7:29 am
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Bristow woes
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CharlieOneSix » Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:28 am
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Things don't look good at Bristow:
HOUSTON, Feb. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS) and Columbia Helicopters, Inc. today...
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What a great shame those good old boys in Houston didn't have the ability to run a big world-wide company. I wonder if 'Thomas C. Knudson, Thomas N....
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Last post by FD2
Sat May 11, 2019 7:56 pm
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Helicopter lands on wrong North Sea platform - AAIB investigation
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CharlieOneSix » Tue Apr 02, 2019 3:28 pm
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Catching up after a week away from the forum...
Lots of safety implications here. Was the platform venting flammable gas - not healthy if you fly...
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There were some unmanned platforms operated by British Aerospace for monitoring intercepts above the Southern North Sea. As they were operated...
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Last post by FD2
Thu Apr 11, 2019 6:25 am
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sun Mar 24, 2019 12:22 am
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Caco's trial helicopter flight.....
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CharlieOneSix » Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:19 pm
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It looks as though they are preparing Caco's R44 at Headcorn for his trial lesson....
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Caco, another book that is very good is, John Fays - The Helicopter and how it flies. This book was required reading for for all budding Sky Gods and...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Mon Mar 18, 2019 7:04 pm
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Last post by fin
Mon Mar 04, 2019 8:16 pm
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Breaking an ice wall with a helicopter
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CharlieOneSix » Sun Feb 24, 2019 5:45 pm
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Here's an innovative way to get rid of an ice wall overhanging a road...
I can't seem to post a direct link to the video - it's on the second row of...
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Sill I like the idea of a heli battering ram or wrecking ball. I have the notion to use the same technique to demolish the millionaire chav's house,...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Mon Feb 25, 2019 6:37 pm
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Helicopter Co. Chief Pilots
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Cacophonix » Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:03 pm
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Serendipity being serendipitous, my better half and I repaired to a local Italian restaurant tonight to lick our wounds after a bruising couple of...
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My better half and I bumped into our Chief Pilot mate at the local Italian restaurant last night. Spent a large part of the meal discussing his CAA...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:53 am
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HAI Board of Directors
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G~Man » Tue Feb 05, 2019 6:21 am
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Just an FYI... I am running for an open seat on the Board of Directors for the Helicopter Association International, in March.
Feel free to ask...
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All the best with that, Gordy! That is some CV you have! I don't know whether Rossian was on Nimrods or Shacks but you two must surely have crossed...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:55 pm
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Last post by Sisemen
Tue Jan 29, 2019 1:52 pm
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CHC Irish SAR pilots work to rule
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CharlieOneSix » Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:24 pm
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Helicopter pilots working for the Irish Coast Guard search-and-rescue service are to take industrial action from midday on Thursday in a dispute over...
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Thrush is perfect! Any of the dark blue light blue stuff not relevant in this case, just the personality. I was a little tongue in cheek with that! 🦀😉
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Last post by FD2
Wed Jan 23, 2019 5:14 pm
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Fatal AW139 SAR crash in Ras Al Khaimar, UAE (29 Dec)
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CharlieOneSix » Sat Dec 29, 2018 5:27 pm
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This happened earlier this afternoon. A SAR AW139 hit the 2.8km long ‘Jebel Jais Flight’ zipline and crashed with the deaths of all four on board....
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I hit 65 kv wires September 27th 2018. Wire strike cutters work. You can see the lines on the left of the poles go to the ground.....yep, ironically...
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Last post by llondel
Sun Jan 13, 2019 3:03 am
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Fun Helicopter videos, (preferably yours).
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G~Man » Tue Dec 25, 2018 9:32 pm
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I figured we should have a thread of just fun videos of what we do.
I'll start, one of my pilots put this together of some of the non-fire work we...
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I looked to use my favourite US proxy site and it seems that that video is still blocked, which is a pity because all the other Dave Frey videos are...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:52 am
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Interesting Helicopter Types
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Cacophonix » Tue Dec 18, 2018 3:14 am
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Kaman K-Max
I was fascinated to see the intermeshing main rotors (synchropter) and the lack of a tail rotor on this extraordinary type. With servo...
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A fine quadruple breasted salute G~Man! ;)))
Bell FCX-001
Still a gleam in the designers' eyes...
On March 7, 2017, Bell Helicopter...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:18 pm
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Torquing helicopters
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Cacophonix » Thu Dec 13, 2018 3:42 pm
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Polite question for the rotary cognoscenti here who feel inclined to answer.
I am doing a spot turn, to the right, in an R44 (anticlockwise rotor)...
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Thanx
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Last post by G~Man
Fri Dec 14, 2018 8:18 pm
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Last post by FD2
Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:26 pm
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The Horn
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Cacophonix » Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:03 pm
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The new Red Bull TV series The Horn follows the exploits of Air Zermatt, the world's top helicopter search and rescue team responsible for the 2,000...
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Amazing! - thanks for sharing . . .
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Last post by G-CPTN
Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:58 pm
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Nigeria to manufacture helicopters
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FD2 » Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:54 pm
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Nigeria is to set up a facility to manufacture helicopters through a 'reverse engineering' technique. I wonder how the boys from Lagos can scam this...
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Test Pilot selection has begun
Plum you have made me laugh out loud for the first time today! =))
Very dry Undried! ;)))
These guys are...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:35 pm
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