"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in message ... I get the ship cooled down, shut off and secured and walk back to the hangar. As soon as I round the corner, there's Q.. "What was that mess all about?" ****,...

I was thinking about going to the fly-in, anyone else from here going to be there?

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...

It's typical... as I look out my window right now, at 6PM there's a bright blue, calm and cloudless autumn sky. Perfect flying weather. When I turned up at the airport this morning it was raining, 8/8 cloudbase at 300 ft, with about 1 mile horizontal visibility. No good. I was about to turn...

The Army cancelled the Comanche 'cause it had so mis-managed the program that production became untenable. Given a choice of a Low Observable armed recon helicopter or essential equipment for a wartime fleet, the choice itself was sort of obvious. That doesn't mean the armed recon mission is...

Continental Airlines, PDX-HOU-GPT. Got home and discovered my "Pub Bag" was missing from one of the checked bags. Held my GPS, Jep CR5, sectionals, knee board, flashlights, gloves, knife, Leatherman, signal mirror, misc other items that accumulate in a pilots flight bag. A call to Continental told...

I'm really interested in these new ZOCHE aero-diesels www.zoche.de. They are air cooled, piston ported, radial configuration, turbo- and supercharged, high pressure direct injection 2-stroke diesels. The 70hp weighs 55kg (121lbs) and uses 10.1L (2.68gal) per hour @75%. The TBO is expected to be...

Just a question-- how does the X-15 or the V-22 compare to a real helicopter when hovering? Can they do helicopter style manuvers, or are we talking more just up and over on the way to horizontal flight?

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in message ... Tune in next week for the exciting conclusion (I hope!) of my quest to become a licensed Helicopter pilot! All the best with that Kevin. Sounds like you're more...

Since the subject of night flying came up, I thought I'd toss out a little about night spraying with helicopters and airplanes. I've done both and prefer the helicopter. Both are OK when properly equipped but the airplanes move faster and take more time to cover a given field with their long...

Hi Tim, When Hughes Tool Co., Aircraft Division experimented with the OH-6A to make it very quiet, the engineers knew that a big source of noise was the tail rotor. To make the tail rotor quieter, they decided to increase the blade area and decrease the rpm. The most convenient (i.e., least...

Has anyone got one of these for sale? If you do, please quote me in £GBP please! Regards, Ralph

We are exploring the practicality of producing a magazine dedicated to the builders and owners of experimental helicopters. As a part of this exploration we need to have a rough estimate of the number of possible subscribers. The present plan is for 6 issues/yr. at a subscription cost of no more...

I am researching a feature on autogyros, and would like to know the number of J-2s still flying anywhere in the world. The last information I had was 10-15 in the U.S, and 2-4 in Europe. Any information will be appreciated. Thanks, Richard T.

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

Anyone jumping on doing ths SB91? I'm a little hesitant in anticipation of a near future change, again.

Hi NG! Do anyone know a company in South Africa that offers Gyroplane-Safaries. I heard there meight be someone in Johannesburg. I think they offer Krueger Park and area around. But Google found nothing. Perhaps here someone knows something about it. thx for your answers jan

Does anyone know of a source of renters insurance for a student R22 pilot? I was on AOPA's website and they only cover fixed wing. I'm not comfortable with the amount of insurance my school carries. Thanks Dave

Thinking of making a wind generator out of my Scorpion . It has been sitting in my barn for the last 10 years and only had 50 hours on it . I had thought of selling it but the liability of whoever I might have sold it to prevented me from doing that. Anybody have an idea of what kind of power I...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me with regard to the following... I am planning to build a radio controlled scale helicopter and I'm looking for info on navigation and anti-collision lights; position, colour, flash rates etc. I appreciate the exact positioning will vary between aircraft, but...