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Bell 47's ??? by
Badwater Bill
I have seen a few Bell 47's lately and they look cool. Does anyone
out there on this group own one? I hear that the model G or G2 is a
good one and they sell pretty reasonable.
How fast are they? How about altitude performance. Can a guy land
them at 10,000 msl with a couple people on board...
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Bell Factory tour by
jOsHuA
Hi All,
Some friends of mine are going over to Fort Worth (from Sydney) in a couple
of months to do some ground tuition courses at the Bell Helicopter Pilot
Training facility there. I've been asked to come along with them (just for
the fun of it), but I don't want to do the $US1500 (and 5 days)...
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by B4RT
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Bell G47 with turbine Conversions by
Rod
Does anyone know how the bell g47 and other similiar models are going with
turbine conversions
as a matter of interest
Cheers Rod
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Bell Helicopter Wins ARH Contract for 3 Billion by
CTR
The Army announced today that they have selected the Bell Helicopter
Model 407 as the winner for the ARH contract beating out Boeing. The
Army contract is for 380 light armed recon helos to replace the OH-58
Kiowa Warriors.
The Shinerbock and Lone Star beer is flowing in Fort Worth...
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Bell Jetranger cockpit dimensions by
HW
Hi,
I'm considering building a full-size cockpit replica of the Jetranger in
my garage, and running MS Flight Sim visuals through a projector.
However one of my initial stumbling blocks is obtaining data about the
internal dimensions of the cockpit (eg rudder pedal dimensions, distance
from pedals...
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Bell Textron D-314 tiltrotor designs. by
Charles Gray
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...
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Bendix sign - Los Angeles by
Alex Calder
So.... In downtown Los Angeles, at 12th & Maple, stands the old
Bendix Aviation building. The "Bendix" sign is visible for miiles.
More info:
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/pubart/neon_signs/bendix.html
So, flying by it the other day, the pilot of the news helicopter I
work in mentioned...
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Bensen Days Fly-In by
GyroMike
Sunstate Wing and Rotor Club (EAA chapter 1192 and PRA chapter 26) will
be hosting the annual Bensen Days Fly-In in Wauchula Florida, March 29
- April 2, 2006.
More information can be found at Sunstate's website:
http://www.pra26.com/content.php?content.9
Mike
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Biannual check ride question? by
Eric D
Can a flight instructor that lost his/her medical still give a biannual
check ride? Is the person that received the check ride the pilot in
command or the flight instructor who is giving the biannual?
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BJ Schramm Lost In Helicycle Crash by
RoadRunnerNews
The Gem County Sheriff's office has confirmed that BJ Schramm was lost in
the crash of his Helicycle, Tuesday, 04/27. BJ was an amazing man and his
passing is a heckuva loss for the sport rotorcraft movenent...
Aero-News Network, http://aero-news.net
POB 9132, Winter Haven, FL,...
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October 22nd 04 12:42 AM
by Micbloo
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Blackhawk by
brien
If a Blackhawk has a tail rotor failure how fast does it have to be going at
max weight to trail in the wind and at what speed do they do a running
landing?
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Blade de-lamination by
Stu Fields
Recently there was an accident with a very low time (3hr TT)RotorWay
helicopter being piloted by a high time RotorWay experienced instructor and
the owner a commercial rated helo pilot. They were hovering at a 3' level
with the owner at the controls when it snapped rolled to the left so hard...
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Blonde pilot by
Greg
I received this in an email, thought this group might enjoy :-).
Greg.
Blonde pilot
A blonde pilot decided she wanted to learn how to fly a helicopter.She
went to the airport, but the only one available was a solo helicopter.
The Instructor figured he could let her go up alone since she...
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September 13th 03 03:20 PM
by Greg
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boB and helicopter fly-in by
Stuart Fields
boB in one of your earlier posts you asked if there was someplace to go and
see all the small helicopters. There are two major gatherings for the
experimental helicopters. Homer Bell's in Hillsboror Ohio in July and John
Spurling;s in Cleveland Ok. in October. Both are a must for...
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February 14th 06 07:54 PM
by Steve R
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Bob B and the FH1100 by
160thfan
Anyone know what happened with these two? I remember things were going
to be great and never heard much again.
Thanks
Clayton
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September 24th 05 08:08 PM
by Shiver
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BoB Barbanes repost #2: 3/22/2002 by
[email protected]
Marc Whisman worried:
My glider instructor used to say that the though of actually having to bail
out of a glider just scared the crap (he used another four letter expletive)
out of him. I agreed. Now I feel the same way about having to do a real
auto.
Have no fear, Marc. Or at least...
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