Planespotting
Feb 23rd 2012 | 12:07 pm
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Feb 23rd 2012 | 12:27 pm
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I have a comma problem
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Feb 23rd 2012 | 9:06 pm
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Re: Planespotting
Just had a go on one of these tiny ****ers just now.
Feb 24th 2012 | 1:57 am
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Feb 24th 2012 | 2:33 am
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Feb 24th 2012 | 3:30 am
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Feb 25th 2012 | 7:19 am
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Re: Planespotting
Feb 25th 2012 | 10:18 am
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Re: Planespotting
Some time back, I was on the flight deck of one of these...
On that trip we did this...
And flew under these...
I didn't do any of this, but the 30 or so Italian troops on board did...
And I didn't have to pay to use the on-board facilities or put up with the awful colour scheme of Ryan Air
On that trip we did this...
And flew under these...
I didn't do any of this, but the 30 or so Italian troops on board did...
And I didn't have to pay to use the on-board facilities or put up with the awful colour scheme of Ryan Air
Feb 25th 2012 | 2:56 pm
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Re: Planespotting
That reminds me. In the dim and distant past I had spent quite some time flying in one of these...
Always interesting flying below tree level and under the pylons. Some aircraft we equipped with external skid mounted video cameras and I remember watching one tape where the co-pilot called out 3 times "wires" while the pilot flew on oblivious to the impending disaster. Suddenly the helicopter altitude drops and you see nothing but grass! Amazingly they didn't crash.
Then there was the time another crew struck a tail rotor while in a low hover hiding out in a wood
Always interesting flying below tree level and under the pylons. Some aircraft we equipped with external skid mounted video cameras and I remember watching one tape where the co-pilot called out 3 times "wires" while the pilot flew on oblivious to the impending disaster. Suddenly the helicopter altitude drops and you see nothing but grass! Amazingly they didn't crash.
Then there was the time another crew struck a tail rotor while in a low hover hiding out in a wood
Feb 25th 2012 | 3:05 pm
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Re: Planespotting
That reminds me. In the dim and distant past I had spent quite some time flying in one of these...
http://www.militaryaircraft.de/pictu...06_005_800.jpg
Always interesting flying below tree level and under the pylons. Some aircraft we equipped with external skid mounted video cameras and I remember watching one tape where the co-pilot called out 3 times "wires" while the pilot flew on oblivious to the impending disaster. Suddenly the helicopter altitude drops and you see nothing but grass! Amazingly they didn't crash.
Then there was the time another crew struck a tail rotor while in a low hover hiding out in a wood
http://www.militaryaircraft.de/pictu...06_005_800.jpg
Always interesting flying below tree level and under the pylons. Some aircraft we equipped with external skid mounted video cameras and I remember watching one tape where the co-pilot called out 3 times "wires" while the pilot flew on oblivious to the impending disaster. Suddenly the helicopter altitude drops and you see nothing but grass! Amazingly they didn't crash.
Then there was the time another crew struck a tail rotor while in a low hover hiding out in a wood
Jim.
Feb 27th 2012 | 10:18 pm
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Re: Planespotting
This was my aunt, on the right
Barbara Kiernan Riggs (WG #19) earned her pilot's license in 1952 and her helicopter rating a few years later. She was a member of the Ninety-Nines and a helicopter test pilot. She competed in the Powder Puff Derby five times.
Barbara Kiernan Riggs (WG #19) earned her pilot's license in 1952 and her helicopter rating a few years later. She was a member of the Ninety-Nines and a helicopter test pilot. She competed in the Powder Puff Derby five times.
