Guys, a Mexican government VIP bird is overdue and presumed down west of Mexico City in the mountains there. The police minister (in charge of the Federales and the prisons) is aboard, the craft went missed at noon Mexico City time (CDT) today. Anybody know anything? cheers -=K=-

Well I'm going to try and do this a bit different. I just got home from the airport and I'm determined to try and encapsulate my day's flying in writing *before* I have a hot bath to relieve the aches and pains (and boy do I ache today) or fall asleep and wipe my memory of the flights. Hopefully...

Finished the spray season in Minnesota with about 450 hours logged from June to 20Sept. More than 45,000 acres sprayed without incident. Then was hired to ferry a Bell 206L3 from northern MN down to Baton Rouge LA where it promptly was put to work. I declined an offer to go to work immediately as I...

Anyone know what happened with these two? I remember things were going to be great and never heard much again. Thanks Clayton

Today I started an intensive PPL(H) course. (I'm going to fly three times a week, two hours a day.) I did an hours trial lesson last year in an R22 which I enjoyed immensely and cemented my determination to learn to fly these bizarre contraptions. Finally, nearly a year later I've got the...

I have been trying to model rotor wake using vortex methods, I am confused regarding the lift coefficient, should the value of the lift coefficient obtained after computing the lift using the bound vortex strength of the blade be the same as the sectional lift coefficient of the airfoil?

http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2005/09/24/news/news01.txt

Afganistan ( shot down ? ) Hawaii and Wisconsin / Actually first ones down in a while.

"Military Helicopter Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress" http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL32447.pdf

Hello all, This is my first time posting here, but I figured maybe you all could help me out with a question that has been nagging at me for quite a while. Forgive me if this seems like a stupid question. Here goes: Does a helicopter, without lateral movement, have the ability to fly down, or...

Well I didn't write anything last week because I had a really bad second day's flying. Having done really well the day before side-slipping round a hover square I think I went in to it with too much confidence. Early in the second hour I came down a little too hard on concrete and instantly got...

Hi, I was looking at pictures of Yamaha's recently announced Deinonychus motorbike, and was struck by how functional and light it looked, due to having been designed around electric wheel-motors: http://www.gizmag.com/go/4686/ Somehow this same barebones functional look reminded me a bit of...

I was talking to a Sikorsky pilot at our airport about this accident: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20050926X01530&key=1 He said that Sikorskys have a "droop lock" in the cockpit that should prevent the rotor from getting too low. How does this work? Does it leave a certain amount of...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I created this thing for myself, but decided that it might be useful to you guys too. It gives Radar in the US, Metars and TAFs for almost anywhere in the world. It can find the nearest cheap fuel and various...

Beginner 4CH Electric RC Helicopter - Easy to fly - The eSky has released a new indoor beginner rc helicopter, it is double blades set design (4 main blades - 2 top and 2 bottom). We have tested it for 1 week, the flying handling is very good and it is good for beginner. - Shipment includes...

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Just to keep the juices flowing, and get this newsgroup buzzing again, try this: http://webpages.charter.net/nlappos/tiltrotorcomparison.pdf

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http://webs.lanset.com/aerorv/heliparts.html New Blades, Tail and main blades. New Control grips, used control grips. Westach dual engine-rotortach etc. Thanks for looking, Jim

This is a test. My messages keep disappearing from this and other forums, after only a couple of minutes.