The OTHER Kevin said I'm kinda hoping we can fly over to my kid's school and circle overhead while they're at recess. My kids got so tired of it, I don't really do it much anymore! Of course my wifes (and mine to if I have to admit it) dog runs and goes crazy every time he hears a helicopter. ...

As a former employee of the U.S. Army Aviation System Command at NASA Lewis who was played into the position by CIA plants then thrown out of society resulting in my cleaning the Orange County Convention Center after the HAI( Helicopter Association International or HELI-Con or in my case HELL-Con)...

Can someone point me in the direction of a decent parts distributer. I'm looking for a certian style of cyclic, and I'm struggling to find the part #

Four U.S. helicopters -- three military and one civilian -- were shot down in Iraq between January 20 and Friday, raising concerns that insurgents are becoming more proficient at downing the aircraft. Sixteen U.S. troops were killed in the three military chopper crashes.

Is it true that a helicopter requires less power for slow straight and level flight than for hovering? If so, anyone know any figures for say an R22?......or even hazard a guess? Cheers

Video of the V-22 arrival at Hurlburt Field on 11-16-2006. http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articleArchive/nov2006/osprey.php

In a previous post I had problems balancing my tail rotor on my Baby Belle helicopter and received a lot of feedback on possible causes. I've since got the bugger balanced and discovered a few things about both mechanical vibrations and some characteristics of my ship. In the process I found...

The OTHER Kevin said I initially I thought I was ok, but as the day went on, my neck began to stiffen up and started to ache. Better get used to a stiff neck. The longer you fly helicopters, the worse it is for your back and neck. Ergonomics is a foreign word for most helicopter seat...

Does the Rotax 'After-Muffler' part 878967 really work, reducing noise?. I'm running a Rotax 503DC on my Gyro and constantly operating between 6000 & 6600 rpm. Interested to hear from anyone who has fitted / heard one operating with after muffler Thanks in advance, John

Hi Kevin, Great write up as usual! :-) Glad to hear the approaches are getting better. Knew it would come though, it was only a matter of time. That's got to be some kind of rush when it finally all comes together. Congratulations! Your first experience with settling with power sounds fun! ...

Hi there! I am looking for a list or a library of Disk Loadings and Power Loadings for some rotating-Wing Aircrafts (especially VTOLs). I have found some peculiar data on V22 Osprey (different DL in a site and in a book??), so I wnted to make sure... I need them for a research (comparisons...

Kevin: If it makes you feel any better, Mike Zemlock, CFI, plus an examiner with scads of hours, told me that people are surprised to learn that hovering is NOT the hardest thing to learn. It is a normal approach!!. I thought that I would never get it and I had been flying my Safari for a...

I've been looking for a gyroplane ready to fly. I've seen a few offered on eBay, went to look at them and they we rarely described correctly. I've seen one on ebay that's in California and it has a good description, good pictures and so on, but that's quite a drive to go see it before bidding. I...

Although you will have "turbine" time, employers are looking for turbine time inan aircraft that can carry people/long line..etc. That you are getting the experiance of working the helicopter. If you and someone else had the same hours, and turbine time, but he had it in a 206 or a 500, I bet I...

I've been monitoring this group for about 18 months and have found that it deals almost exclusively with civilian rotorcraft. Is there a Usenet group that discusses military rotorcraft, instead? Vygg

JFK gave Barbara Pierce a lesson in life in the summer of 1944 (making her a "Cape Cod heiress"), and to her eventual husband, JFK gave a personal motive for revenge. Perhaps if George and Barb had announced their earlier engagement or even if George had given Barb a diamond instead of a cheap...

Surprising how often these types of medivac accidents happen. Condolences to all involved. RENO, Nevada -- A medical helicopter airlifting a baby to a Reno hospital crashed in a remote area of northern Nevada, killing all five people aboard, authorities said. The Access Air helicopter...

New helicopters join fleet of airborne Border Patrol U.S. Customs and Border Protection rolled out the first of its new-look fleet of Border Patrol helicopters, part of an armada of 115 aircraft — both fixed-wing and rotor — that will patrol 6,000 miles of U.S. land and sea borders. at...

Hey Kevin, Thanks for another great write up. Man, you're sure bringing back memories of those "off" days when I was in my primary training. The frustration is completely understood. ;-) Just remember, you "might" have another hour or so of marginal flying and then that day will arrive when it...

Hi, Dear All, I have alwaying been thinking to make a light, tiny, paper(or some other light material) butterfly, that could fly with flapping his wings by some mechanical power engine(like clockwork spring or elasic, or else). While I was a child, I liked playing paper-plane very much. I...