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JW911 said:
The best quote I came across was "The ingenuity of man overcoming the laws of physics."
Yes, but the place you stumbled across that quote is in the Airbus Pilot's Operating Handbook - see the section on "Emergencies - Total Generator Failure + Total Hydraulic Failure + RAT Failure (Innsbruck Approach) : Prayers / Mantras To Be Chanted - Part 1".rhinochopig said:
Read Robert Mason's Chickenhawk for an amusing account of learning to fly a Helo. His theory: you start in a big field and they gradually put you into smaller and smaller fields until you can hover in one place.
A very funny and sometimes moving account of flying Huey's in Vietnam.
The BEST book I have ever read. Fantastic, and well worth a read. Good shout rhinochopig!A very funny and sometimes moving account of flying Huey's in Vietnam.
rhinochopig said:
Read Robert Mason's Chickenhawk for an amusing account of learning to fly a Helo. His theory: you start in a big field and they gradually put you into smaller and smaller fields until you can hover in one place.
A very funny and sometimes moving account of flying Huey's in Vietnam.
+1.A very funny and sometimes moving account of flying Huey's in Vietnam.
It's one of those books I re-read over and over.
RizzoTheRat said:
My e-bay copy arrived in the post today.
Picked mine up yesterday from the delivery office, bloody Royal mail, wife was in all Tuesday tiling the front porch of all things, she went to get a drink (within hearing of the front door) got back and there was a "sorry you were out" card stuck in the grout!!!!!!Great read so far, cheers for the recommendation guys.
this is a cool piece of helicopter flying. Two guys flew to Australia in an R44! Nutters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdcOF9OyTA0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdcOF9OyTA0
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 26th November 12:57
I'm not a great fan of the Robinsons, but Jennifer Murray flew one around the world (albeit with a back up team)!
Low flying is what helicopters do well (although you are supposed to stay out of the 'avoid curve') and that video would be quite legal even in the UK, so long as you remained 500ft clear of any person, vehicle, vessel or structure.
Low flying is what helicopters do well (although you are supposed to stay out of the 'avoid curve') and that video would be quite legal even in the UK, so long as you remained 500ft clear of any person, vehicle, vessel or structure.
Heli's are great. Apart from Aero's then they are a shed load more fun than any fixed wing. Just don't try to go any distance in them.
I spent 6 hours flying about in an R22 in one day. I was truly exhausted after that.
There is little more challenging than stuffing a helicopter into a confined area. Hovering is great fun too and ANY helicopter pees all over your average spamcan Cessna or Piper.
I spent 6 hours flying about in an R22 in one day. I was truly exhausted after that.
There is little more challenging than stuffing a helicopter into a confined area. Hovering is great fun too and ANY helicopter pees all over your average spamcan Cessna or Piper.
Thanks for the reccomendation on Chickenhawk, finished it last night. Very good read, quite sad when you get to the last chapter on him coping with life after Vietnam. Anyone read his sequel "Back in the world"?
He's got a wesbite with the photos he took
http://www.robertcmason.com/gallery.html
Particulalty like this alternative use for knackered parts
He's got a wesbite with the photos he took
http://www.robertcmason.com/gallery.html
Particulalty like this alternative use for knackered parts
bulldong said:
this is a cool piece of helicopter flying. Two guys flew to Australia in an R44! Nutters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdcOF9OyTA0
Held up in the air by three fan belts.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdcOF9OyTA0
Edited by bulldong on Thursday 26th November 12:57
No thank you.
RizzoTheRat said:
Thanks for the reccomendation on Chickenhawk, finished it last night. Very good read, quite sad when you get to the last chapter on him coping with life after Vietnam. Anyone read his sequel "Back in the world"?
He's got a wesbite with the photos he took
http://www.robertcmason.com/gallery.html
Particulalty like this alternative use for knackered parts
Thanks for the link. I love that book.He's got a wesbite with the photos he took
http://www.robertcmason.com/gallery.html
Particulalty like this alternative use for knackered parts
RizzoTheRat said:
Anyone read his sequel "Back in the world"?
He's got a wesbite with the photos he took
http://www.robertcmason.com/gallery.html
FFS, another one to buy. I've almost finished Chickenhawk and I'd recommended it to anyone.He's got a wesbite with the photos he took
http://www.robertcmason.com/gallery.html
Cheers for the web link.
I wouldn;t rush out and get the sequel. It's more a story into his life going wrong than anything else. A bit depressing really.
Chickenhawk is fantastic, even though many of the stories that Mason attributes to himself are from others, but to me that matters little, according to some people I know who flew hueys and other helis in Vietnam, the book is pretty much spot on, if embellished very slightly in places.
Chickenhawk is fantastic, even though many of the stories that Mason attributes to himself are from others, but to me that matters little, according to some people I know who flew hueys and other helis in Vietnam, the book is pretty much spot on, if embellished very slightly in places.
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