I am about to start my private pilot helicopter course. I have been told that learning fixed wing first makes it much easier. I am not sure what to do as my heart was set on rotary but I want to do it right first time. Can anyone please give me feedback on this? Thanks Craig Campbell

How does one communicate with ATC when one is deaf? Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2490607090&category=31853

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...

Yes, I confess. I don't know much about rotorcrafts. Especially regarding gyrocopters my knowledge is even more limited. However, on the net I just stumbled over UFO HeliThruster. Rumors are that it is rather stable. The manufacturer not only sells kits but also (FAA-?) certified planes. If I...

I would like to know what the cost per hour to operate a Hughes 269 might be. Only the operation cost not insurance or hangar or inspection. The time life items and gas and oil only operation cost ?

A Russian helicopter crew turned into a real emergency when the chopper crashed. The accident happened today at an island between Russia and Japan when an amphibious helicopter landed in the water and tried to take off again. The chopper tipped over and its rotors hit the water, breaking it into...

Is there anyway to clean up this news group? We used to have some "rockstar" helicopter guys contributing! But as of the last few years the newsgroup has become a place for selling watches and complaining about instrument companies. I miss the useful information exchanged!

I have a number of options for the use of a recent inheritance, one of which is to fullfil a lifetime desire to fly choppers. What could a Helicopter Pilot expect to earn, flying in Australia? I realise this may be a little like asking, "How long is a piece of string?" (A: twice as long as half...

Thought you guys might be interested http://www.videosift.com/video/Helicopter-Madness-A-Close-Call But why wouldn't he have kept some negative collective to keep it nailed to the deck?.... how far would the tips 'dished' down?.....not enough to cause the crew more worries than they already...

Looking for Pictures of Yellow Hughes500C #N7172Z Thank in advance Bob Burgo

I have a Kb 3 I am saleing never been in the air call for info 6617174915 ask for Ron

http://w3n-a.blogspot.com/2008/12/secondary-stall.html This stall is called a secondary stall since it may occur after a recovery from a preceding stall. It is caused by attempting to hasten the completion of a stall recovery before the airplane has regained sufficient flying speed. When this...

Where is the cheapest place to get dual training in an R22 helicopter? I thought I found a flight school web site that advertised $150/hr, but I didn't save the link and can't find it again so I'm starting to wonder if I just dreamed it. Are there individuals with their own R22 and a CFI license...

I was cleaning out my emails and came across this little beauty from BWB. Thought I'd share. bwbill wrote: I took my brother’s small boy Christopher with me to a shopping mall the other day and I lost him for awhile. He approached a uniformed policeman and said,...

Jae is my son in law and has left the service. They are living in silver spring, maryland. Address:9912 woodburn road, silver spring, md 20901

Hi everybody, This week I have uploaded a video of a helicopter crash on my website (www.dappa.nl/crash.htm). Does anyone have a clue about the failure that caused this crash? It is definately not an engine failure or a tail rotor failure, but it still looks like a spectacular decend. For the...

Has anyone seen, or read about, that Skycycle? http://www.thebutterflyllc.com/sscycle/gallery.htm http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php http://www.thebutterflyllc.com/sscycle/images/002.jpg

Well, advancing age brings with it some clear thinking and some not so clear. I have purchased a Helicycle Kit and still own my Baby Belle. People with more than one helicopter that aren't in some commercial business are at least suspect. My wife is probably just patiently waiting for me to...

Her is a Link to the Videos about the JAG and the Mini 500 Turbine Conversion that prove all the negative posts about the products are false information. 1 http://richardrunk.com/1stToolmanChitwood.wmv 2 http://richardrunk.com/2ndToolmanChitwood.wmv 3...

GROEN BROTHERS AVIATION SELECTED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) TO DESIGN NEXT GENERATION ROTORCRAFT FOR COMBAT SEARCH AND RESCUE Salt Lake City, Utah - November 7, 2005 - Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc. (GBA) (OTC: BB GNBA) announced today that...