Hi, I am wondering what the consequences of a broken rotating pitch link of a = 4-bladed rotor will be. From my understanding, the free-to-pitch blade will eventually come to a high angle of attack that the airloads will crush its structure and if not the debris will destroy the other rotor...

Lottery money still burning a hole in my pockets...... I was wondering what I could expect to get hourly from a TV station for an R44 ENG news copter. A station here is looking into contracting a helicopter for 10-15 hrs a month and I thought "Mmmm, maybe a way to get someone else to pay for my...

From: "tony" Newsgroups: rec.aviation.rotorcraft Subject: Helicopters for civil engineering job Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 12:54:47 -0700 We were recently qouted for renting helicopters for a civil engineering job. The price was high. We are therefore considering investing to...

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

Anyone out there using the Garmin 96c handheld GPS? I have discovered a glitch that may be a significant firmware problem on the 96c (and maybe the 96). When projecting a waypoint on a bearing from between 165 to 181 degrees FROM any existing waypoint in the 96c's internal aviation datatbase on...

Was flying Bell 206 in Johannesburg, early 1970's. At the time there were only five civil helicopters registered in all of South Africa. I forget the exact reason for this event, but it included a lot of the local politicians at the Britstown Tower in downtown Johannesburg. The tower is similar to...

I'm looking into (financial) alternatives to doing my CPL(H) training in the UK. Heli Adventures offer a JAA course in Florida (plus FAA and a work visa for a year afterwards, which may or may not be useful). Anyone have any direct experience of them? Si

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...

Are those guns visible from Google Earth? Those of us over here on the East Coast want to see how it's done. We don't have mountains near the coast, just sand dunes. ron "The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in message...

Hi, I need a helo add-on in R22. Could anybody recommend a part 61 helo school in California, in L.A. or in vicintity of L.A., operating R22? Tom

I am looking for a best practices doc from anywhere re helicopter work on power lines. Anyone?

Don't know if you have seen this but another helicopter took a bath in New York today. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159939,00.html

The OTHER Kevin said I'm kinda hoping we can fly over to my kid's school and circle overhead while they're at recess. My kids got so tired of it, I don't really do it much anymore! Of course my wifes (and mine to if I have to admit it) dog runs and goes crazy every time he hears a helicopter. ...

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Hello, I am currently serving with the US Army overseas and oneday (gotta be soon since I am cutting close to age limit) I am hoping to go to Flight School in the Army, I'd like to meet Army Aviators and talk about their experiences in the Army as pilots. Thanks ...

I bought a Chadwick 177M-6A on e-bay does anybody have the manuals that I could get a copy of for the 177M-6A , and 135M-11 strobe, and model11 cal box. Brien

Hi All new to the group. Helicopter Shares Yorkshire/Lincs New PPL (A) and (H) pilot looking for 1 or 2 like minded individuals to share Helicopter preferably Robinson R44. Capital dependant on age and condition but circa £110k for a half life Astro. Flexible and open to suggestions, happy to...

Being an Editor/Publisher of the Experimental Helo magazine has some advantages. In three days, I flew 5 different helicopters. #1 Hummingbird: A 4 seat nearly certified kit helicopter based on the Sikorsky S52. An article about this smooth load hauler will be in the March issue. No hydraulic...

Kev The Clarks are OK, BOSE way expensive. I discovered a long time ago that ear plugs under the headset did the same thing and a lot cheaper! BTW, there is a question over in Just Helicopters in the new forum regarding simulators. Thought you could give some good input there if you choose to go...

The Second Edition of "Military Aircraft Designations and Systems" is now available from AeroFile. This edition is completely reworked and updated over the 1995 edition, and now features designations from six countries including Canada, United States, Japan, Russia, Germany and Sweden. In all,...