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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...

Hey Kevin, Great write up as usual. I particularly like the first paragraph. Normal and steep approaches are getting "boring" huh? ;-) It's not that long ago that you were kicking yourself for not getting them right. Now they're boring! bg It's great that you've got so many other folks...

Hi, Kevin, I'm a full-time writer and (what feels like) a full-time student pilot in the Phoenix area, and enjoy your posts from both perspectives: they're a joy to read, and since I'm just slightly behind you in hours, they're always relevant. And I gotta tell you, your bad days are even better...

Check it out http://pawneeaviation.com/ and http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1083558.html Gaylon

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Recently I was watching "Monster Garage". The challenge on this episode (37) was for the team to build a very fast car out of a jet boat. During the build one of the team members spent six dollars and some change for an expired helicopter piece. Since the part had been expired it was apparently...

Just heard on the news that an R-22 made an emergency landing on top of a sky rise building in down town LA. Apparently both people walked away but the helicopter was "severely damaged' Heard it on internet upstream of KFI Radio. Am 640. PJ ============================================

From the Okanagan Saturday PENTICTON -- Two helicopters abandoned on the Penticton Indian reserve Thursday, less than a quarter of a mile apart, have triggered an investigation by the RCMP, Canada Customs and Transport Canada. "Yesterday, I believe in the afternoon, there was two of our band...

First of all i want to say hi all of you because i am new here and i wish that you accept my apologies about my mistakes. I am currently studying aeronautics and i am very intrested in mechanic of helicopters and helicopter aerodynamics. But while i was surfing on net i realize that i can not find...

Hey Kevin, I'm taking a ship from Anchorage to Idaho. Leaving Sunday or Monday. Drop me a note if you're interested. PJ ============================================ Here's to the duck who swam a lake and never lost a feather, May sometime another year, we all be back together.

Only a few bytes are coming through, file ok? "Iwan Bogels" wrote in message ... After having shown about a dozen "lucky crashes" without casualties it's becoming hard to avoid a fatal crash. Although no casualties are shown in this...

Hi! In IFR flights rotorcraft are sequenced together with airplanes on the approach path, i.e. they use the same procedures as airplanes. Because they are much slower than aircraft, they hinder the traffic flow. To alleviate airport congestion they could intercept the glide path nearer to the...

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I,ve heard of many fixed wing flying clubs around the Phoenix/metro area, but has anyone heard of a helo flying club around Phoenix?

I have a question: (and the answer may be pretty basic) We all know that you can't land a gyrocopter in a crab angle because you might tip over. Why, then, don't they use castor type wheels, or some other wheel setup where all wheels can swivel in any direction? I think that this would allow the...

Well it appears this board needs something to stir some activity. So, let's talk about touchdown autorotations. Just like spins in the phyxed wing world, there are those who argue for/against touchdown autos. I've been flying helicopters since the mid 60's and have done quite a few touchdown autos...

Does anybody know the markup of new Enstrom helicopters? With a retail price of say $340,000, I would like to know what the dealer paid. TIA

fyi...Joe Souza, maker of Bandit gyroplanes, is cheating the government - he funnels money from his business, Precision HiRail Alignment, into his gyro company which he then claims as REVENUE (illegally) so he can avoid paying lower taxes..the oldest trick in the book - is the IRS aware of this ??