I have some pics from the 2005 Rotorfest held at The American Helicopter Museum and Education Center posted at http://www.geocities.com/pmh7inpa/ ROTORFEST2005.html

Can someone provide the tailrotor RPM of the R22? Main rotor is 520rpm correct? Thanks, John

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...

Go to the link http://www.webspawner.com/users/hwww/rotorfest20063.html

hi there! i am a rotorcraft rated pilot inthe army. i want to talk to pilots who fly for offshore oil rig companies. i have a few questions in my mind to ask about the difficulties of this type of flight. thank you very much.

GREAT AVIATION READS Ran across two great aviation books at Amazon.com that may be of interest. One is entitled THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE BLUE GOOSE at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1413706843/qid=1094831904/sr=ka-1/r ef=pd_ka_1/104-0160304-5111104 It`s about B-24 bomber that simply...

http://www.collegehumor.com/?movie_id=42836 Good to see the US. ARMY is puting there Helicopters to good use Ryan McPherson -- Private Helicopter Pilot

In case anybody hasn't heard: http://www.aero-web.org/specs/boeivert/xch-62.htm

Hot hot hot up here in Alberta. Lots of fires, lots of planes in the air. As the subject says.... 3 bell 206 helicopters have crashed within the past few days, and 2 pilots have been killed. Speculation has been made that high temps on the ground have made take off and flying difficult..... and...

Hello All! Looking for past employees of the following companies that were employed between 1947-1988: Okanagan Helicopters - Haida Helicopters - Canadian/Lac St. Jean Aviation - Dominion Pegasus Helicopters - Associated Helicopters. Please contact me at for details...

Anyone have details? Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

The helicopter database had been updated check it at http://www.helis.com/database Helis database is a collaborative project to present helicopter related information, where any registered visitor can add or edit an entry. You can enter/search Construction Numbers, Serials, ID of each model on...

There are several helo operators that offer training in the mountain environment there in SoCal. Western Helicopters comes to mind near Rialto. A couple hours dual in nearly any helicopter in the high country will give you an insight into the do/don't of mtn flying. Major difference is in the...

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There is a new helicopter aerobatics DVD available by Dennis Kenyon, world helicopter aerobatics champion. The DVD features many airshow displays by Dennis and a couple others. It is now available in NTSC format, for us in the USA and Canada. It can be ordered from www.datacustoms.com/DennisKenyon.

Hi I need a perspective so this is a general question . If a 6 foot dia. tail rotor is turning 2500 rpm how many pounds of static thrust at a particular pitch angle would be produced???? And is that for a flat rotor blade meaning no helical twist. Any senario close to the above would be a big help....

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

Do any of you remember some terrorist guy that whated to kill Americans buy selling them a Helicopter death trap? i think he did kill a few, any news from Muhammad al Faris.

Hi, we have a problem here. For a small R22 school we need a new CFI. The CFII we want, however, has only 202h in R22 (another 250h in small planes). Our Pathfinder endorsement requires 300h helicopter for CFIs to give instruction! Does anyone here know of a possibility to let this CFI get his...