I am looking for a best practices doc from anywhere re helicopter work on power lines. Anyone?

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. ...

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

Are those guns visible from Google Earth? Those of us over here on the East Coast want to see how it's done. We don't have mountains near the coast, just sand dunes. ron "The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in message...

Hi, I need a helo add-on in R22. Could anybody recommend a part 61 helo school in California, in L.A. or in vicintity of L.A., operating R22? Tom

I had an hour introductory lesson in an R22 today and loved every minute of it. I've flown r/c helis and simulators for years so I was expecting to have a lot of control familiarity, but I wasn't expecting it to be so exhausting! The instructor introduced the controls to me one at a time and I...

Was flying Bell 206 in Johannesburg, early 1970's. At the time there were only five civil helicopters registered in all of South Africa. I forget the exact reason for this event, but it included a lot of the local politicians at the Britstown Tower in downtown Johannesburg. The tower is similar to...

I'm looking into (financial) alternatives to doing my CPL(H) training in the UK. Heli Adventures offer a JAA course in Florida (plus FAA and a work visa for a year afterwards, which may or may not be useful). Anyone have any direct experience of them? Si

My son turned 17 on 2/2/2004 Passed his checkride today private pilot rotorcraft. Sigh of relief Gaylon

Anyone out there using the Garmin 96c handheld GPS? I have discovered a glitch that may be a significant firmware problem on the 96c (and maybe the 96). When projecting a waypoint on a bearing from between 165 to 181 degrees FROM any existing waypoint in the 96c's internal aviation datatbase on...

From: "tony" Newsgroups: rec.aviation.rotorcraft Subject: Helicopters for civil engineering job Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:54:47 -0700 We were recently qouted for renting helicopters for a civil engineering job. The price was high. We are therefore considering investing to...

Lottery money still burning a hole in my pockets...... I was wondering what I could expect to get hourly from a TV station for an R44 ENG news copter. A station here is looking into contracting a helicopter for 10-15 hrs a month and I thought "Mmmm, maybe a way to get someone else to pay for my...

Hi, I am wondering what the consequences of a broken rotating pitch link of a = 4-bladed rotor will be. From my understanding, the free-to-pitch blade will eventually come to a high angle of attack that the airloads will crush its structure and if not the debris will destroy the other rotor...

I'm watching this R44 on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63680&item=4504652138&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW So will this 1995 ship have have to be turned into Robinson to be rebuilt in another 2-3 years? I'd hate to spend that kind of money and only get a few years...

To me the gyrocopter principle seems to be much cheaper (and safer?) than the heliocopter. Why has development of medium and larger size gyrocopters stopped? And smaller are also very few? Joachim Colling www.collings-system.se

A number of new images with historic info is added at Helicopters: http://avia-dejavu.net/Helicopters.htm including AS365C3; Bristol 171 Sycamore; EC135 etc. Aviationweb déjà vu http://avia-dejavu.net

Is experimental main rotor blade being designed & manufactured for Robinson R22?

I am wanting to buy an ultralight helicopter. I would be interested in complete craft, parts, or plans.

Benson (type) Gyrocopter eBay auction number 4518869023 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63679&item=4518869023&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW -- -- Have a good day and stay out of the trees! See ya on Sport Aircraft group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/

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