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...

MDHI (makers of the MD500, 600, 900 series) has been dormant for some time and is on the brink of bankruptcy. Replacement parts are unavailable and they're delivering three or four helo's a year. Anyone care to speculate what's going to happen? They have refused two or three buy-outs in the past...

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

Just got word of a Piasecki crash that involved Joe Pike and to other people who were on board. Joe had re-stored the twin rotor ship. Initial data seems to indicate an engine failure with the ship hitting power lines and burning. Joe was an outstanding wrench and pilot. Joe did a BFR for me...

During the 1970's, Bell came up with a variety of Tiltrotor concepts, including several gunship models. Does anyone know where a good place to start looking for conceptual art or planned specifications would be? Also, isn't a tilt-rotor considerably less effecient than a helicopter in vertical...

I sure miss the old days when we had a lively discussion group with some very experienced pilots opining upon matters. Poster were for the most part civil and if you could ask the right questions then listen a guy like Nick Lappos (or many other very experienced pilots) would respond. Happy...

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...

Are any of you guys flying for "small" SOs that have received their helicopters from the military? How is your program set up? What are pilot requirements?

Just completed checking the wheels of 84 Surplus Solar T-62 turbine engine sets of wheels for cracks. Only found two turbine wheels with small cracks. No cracks found in the compressor wheels. These engines seem to be quite sturdy. We started several and looked at vibration levels with a...

The previous thread was closed, and all the links in it are dead. I'm looking for a Bell 206L4 Flight Manual (digital version, preferably pdf) I'm currently trying to get it from Bell. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Weather going to **** and I had to make the runway with winds blowing 40kts and cloud deck down to 200. what to do...WHAT TO DO.. and I remembered my old USMC instructor telling me to just go inverted and autorotate to get some altitude. Broke out on top, rolled right side up and continued to an...

Han Han, Kevin Tsai, Niu Er, I would not say that three is the world's most famous contemporary figures, say the whole line of China's most famous characters. Gestures, words, an movement, have a amazing affect . thought to open the software, but when I resolved long ago and today, Niu Er is the...

Has anyone ever run a AS 350 or 355 without the Main rotor blades fitted? We do it all the time with our 315 but I've never heard of it with a Squirrel / A Star. It would make tail rotor balancing a lot easier for a start - i.e. no pilot needed. That's what we do with our Lama and use to do with...

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There's a rumour going around that Dennis Fetters perished in a Brantly crash in Argentina in July. For a rumour, that's very specific, and I'm going to check it out in Argentina. But it seems to me that it's pretty farfetched for several reasons. Seems like this group might be a place to...

Does anyone know where the kickstarter is for this group? stu

http://stingraysrotorforum.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=126840&p=1 More to follow Regards, Dave

Hi there! I am looking for a list or a library of Disk Loadings and Power Loadings for some rotating-Wing Aircrafts (especially VTOLs). I have found some peculiar data on V22 Osprey (different DL in a site and in a book??), so I wnted to make sure... I need them for a research (comparisons...

ENJOY FOLKS I scarfed the link from an Australian aviation newsgroup. Three pages of fascinating clear decent sized photos from a pilots adventure in the Antarctic. http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/397397-ppruner-john-eacott-antarctica-stu nning-pictures.html

Central Sierra Helicopter Meet was a grand success. There were a couple of R-44s, several R-22s, Two Bell 47s and two Jet Rangers. With all of the certified clutter out of the way, there were two helicycles flying, several under construction showing the various aspects, a Mosquito flying all...