I was getting ready to go today and noticed that there were two new TFR's for me to avoid. One of them closed a regional airport, and the other a few miles away to the northwest. I saw the words "Secret Service" and figured #1 or #2 was gonna be in town. I did a news search and found out that the...

Hey, these guys are just down the road but I'd never heard of them. The stuff they claim to be working on looks incredible. Anyone ever heard of these guys? The owner is a former politician in NZ - not exactlly a ringing endorsement! http://www.tgrhelicorp.com

Here's something I was reading: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996380 So beyond the mere claim of being more efficient, why would it actually be so? The claim of hovering for 4 days is quite a jump, when compared to Global Hawk. Is this even vaguely realistic?

THE MILITARY HELICOPTER INDUSTRIAL BASE. Lexington Institute. http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/defense/pdf/MilitaryHelecopter.pdf

Anybody hear what caused the engine out in that? The video was pretty spectactular. The pilots were interviwed on TV, and from my perspective the PIC did a pretty nice job given the amount of wires he had to navigate around. Bart

Hey Bill! Are you still playing with that 500? Regards, Bryan

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Hi, many of the large Mil helis have what looks like a third turbine above, and slightly behind the two main turbines. What is it? All of the specs for these helis say they have two turbines. I can see blades in some photos, so it's obviously something like a turbine. Thanks,...

Don't know if you have seen this but another helicopter took a bath in New York today. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159939,00.html

Hard to believe but true. http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2004/08/30/608825.html

Just a question-- how does the X-15 or the V-22 compare to a real helicopter when hovering? Can they do helicopter style manuvers, or are we talking more just up and over on the way to horizontal flight?

Does anyone know about eliminating the time life (and the requirement to record TTSN) for S61 main rotor blades (P/N S6117-20101-xx) if they are in military or government service with the IBIS bim sytem installed and going to "on condition"? If so can you provide a document number for...

I have a subaru EJ22 on a MadMaxII gyro. I just replaced the distributor and can only get about 4000 rpm's out of the engine. Can anyone tell me what the timing curve is on this engine?? Thanks - Randy

Hi Stu, I tried to email this to you directly, but it kept bouncing back undelivered so I am posting it here. I didn't realize that you and BJ were close friends. I'm really saddened (and stunned) by the news of what happened to him. Although I wont be able to attend the funeral myself, I...

I don't post here often but I have read w/ interest your diary of flight lessons. A few questions if you don't mind: Why are you cooling down an R22 ( I assume from your threads that is what you're flying) for five minutes before you disengage the clutch? R22 checklists state a 2 minute cooldown...

11-17-2006 approx 1350 hours: To the pilot of the yellow & red R-22 buzzing Sea Cliff Golf Course & the surrounding homes at 50 to 100' agl, what you did is in violation of the FAR's & very unsafe. Your info has been forwarded to the FAA.

Was flying a UH13ET recently and hit the tip of a blade on a tree. It tore the end cap and the blades had to come off for inspection/repair. Hmmm...a little too close. Landing on an elevated pad about 10' off the ground and the skids hang off front and back. Sometimes its a little dicey taking off...

For this update you will be able to discover the helicopters which enable you to see the Tour de France. A contribution of Serge Van Heertum, professional photographer, who makes you discover Seaking of the Belgian Air Force, as well as the helicopters of the Belgian...

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