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#61 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:59 am

To get the discerning chief pilot's accolade, the Sikorsky S-76 Mark II must have been some machine. I took the liberty of finding out a bit more about the type.

Sikorsky S-76 Mark II

Still going strong.

The corporate version looks to be a good addendum to every successful billionaire's jet fleet but it still seems to be a good work horse too!
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#62 Post by FD2 » Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:33 pm

Agree with C16 100%. The S76 is great for corporate work and offshore work. The A+ that Bristow used to fly was a good machine but under-powered. The B that KLM used to operate was superbly equipped and had a great amount of reassuring power for those hot, heavy and windless days. Unfortunately it used a bit more fuel so went out of fashion but no doubt that has been fixed with later marks through to the D.


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#63 Post by Pontius Navigator » Tue Oct 19, 2021 6:56 am

FD2, as those machines go, in flight it does look good. On the ground pick a little less so.

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#64 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:19 am

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FD2, as those machines go, in flight it does look good. On the ground pick a little less so.
Beauty is in the the eye of the beholder. The Robinson R44 is beautiful to me! 😍
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#65 Post by Woody » Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:02 am

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FD2, as those machines go, in flight it does look good. On the ground pick a little less so.
This applies to most heavier than air machines :-bd
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#66 Post by Pontius Navigator » Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:39 pm

Woody, you might think that but I could not possibly comment.

Isn't it one of the helicopter principles of flight?

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#67 Post by Pontius Navigator » Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:41 pm

TheGreenGoblin wrote:
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FD2, as those machines go, in flight it does look good. On the ground pick a little less so.
Beauty is in the the eye of the beholder. The Robinson R44 is beautiful to me! 😍
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#68 Post by Undried Plum » Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:11 pm

The 109 does look rather gorgeous though, doesn't she?

She looks likes she's doing 200kts, even on the ground.

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#69 Post by FD2 » Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:26 am

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The 109 does look rather gorgeous though, doesn't she?

She looks likes she's doing 200kts, even on the ground.
Bit like an Italian sports car aren't they? Later Agusta machines like the 139 a little less pretty than the 109 but go like greased weasel ***** and lots of power too. My money's still on the 76 for looks and function though.

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#70 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Oct 20, 2021 4:58 am

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Beauty is in the the eye of the beholder. The Robinson R44 is beautiful to me! 😍
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#71 Post by Undried Plum » Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:05 pm

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#73 Post by FD2 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:31 pm

Some 109 chopper porn for you UP! It is a smart little machine.

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The SAS ones used to fly over our house at great speed on their way to or from Hereford in the 1990s.

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#74 Post by CharlieOneSix » Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:42 pm

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.......The SAS ones used to fly over our house at great speed on their way to or from Hereford in the 1990s.....
Weren't two used by the SAS which were the spoils of war from the Falklands conflict? Or maybe they had been replaced by the 90's. A 109 went by here doing warp speed a couple of days ago. A very pretty machine.
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#75 Post by FD2 » Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:53 pm

C16 - Yes - the article says two courtesy of the Argentinians in the Falklands and another two bought, to bring total to four in 8 Flight altogether:

https://www.eliteukforces.info/gallery/ ... copter.php

The only one I saw close up was on the ground at Norwich, being ground taxied at warp speed as well. Very Italian.

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#76 Post by Pontius Navigator » Fri Oct 22, 2021 10:11 am

I wish I could remember the name and get a picture of a beautiful 4 seat twin jet I saw in a hangar at Bedford. Leather seats, smooth GRP wings, rear mounted engines, intakes about a hands width size.

Now that took my breath away.

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#77 Post by Woody » Fri Oct 22, 2021 11:58 am

Going completely away from aviation :-o. The Gibson Les Paul guitar 🎸

Slightly annoying presenter, but some great examples :-bd


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#78 Post by Boac » Fri Oct 22, 2021 12:04 pm

PN wrote:I wish I could remember the name and get a picture of a beautiful 4 seat twin jet I saw in a hangar at Bedford. Leather seats, smooth GRP wings, rear mounted engines, intakes about a hands width size.
Doesn't quite sound like the Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris which used to be at Cranfield for years and had wing/fuselage mounted Turbomeca Marboré engines and 'normal' wings.

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#79 Post by Undried Plum » Fri Oct 22, 2021 1:13 pm

As thread starter I should have made clear, not just by example, that I meant aircraft.

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#80 Post by Pontius Navigator » Fri Oct 22, 2021 1:48 pm

Boac wrote:
Fri Oct 22, 2021 12:04 pm
PN wrote:I wish I could remember the name and get a picture of a beautiful 4 seat twin jet I saw in a hangar at Bedford. Leather seats, smooth GRP wings, rear mounted engines, intakes about a hands width size.
Doesn't quite sound like the Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris which used to be at Cranfield for years and had wing/fuselage mounted Turbomeca Marboré engines and 'normal' wings.
Just possible and it might have been Cranfield, CAA examiners there?
The engines however were definitely podded and just a 4 seater though the back seats were full of instruments. The front seats were light tan leather, contoured, and fixed position. Looked really comfortable.

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