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mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

256 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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There's a Huey working on the Woodhead Pass, re-seeding heather on the top. Funded by the EU (spit)....

LukeBird

17,170 posts

210 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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magpie215 said:
Just wait till he gets his AH-1 Cobra :-)
Out of interest, how do you know that?
I've only seen the Huey, not seen the OH-6.

Condi

17,234 posts

172 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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mrloudly said:
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&amp...

This'll be it, another poor farmer LOL
Your google cant be working very well.... although he lives on a farm I doubt he made his money in farming...

http://www.huey.co.uk/crew.php

'Most of my time was spent offshore in the North Sea where I progressed to a Construction Superintendent and then to an Offshore Project Manager. This thenled me to form my own company in 1983. This company turned out to be a successful business and today MSS Holdings (UK) Ltd operates Huey 509 on a part-time basis which is mainly weekends or evenings when weather permits. '

Zaxxon

4,057 posts

161 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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LukeBird said:
Out of interest, how do you know that?
I've only seen the Huey, not seen the OH-6.
It was in Flypast a year ago. Not sure if he has it yet or if is approved.

mrloudly

2,815 posts

236 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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Condi said:
mrloudly said:
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&amp...

This'll be it, another poor farmer LOL
Your google cant be working very well.... although he lives on a farm I doubt he made his money in farming...

http://www.huey.co.uk/crew.php

'Most of my time was spent offshore in the North Sea where I progressed to a Construction Superintendent and then to an Offshore Project Manager. This thenled me to form my own company in 1983. This company turned out to be a successful business and today MSS Holdings (UK) Ltd operates Huey 509 on a part-time basis which is mainly weekends or evenings when weather permits. '
My neighbour is a retired partner from Price Waterhouse, he lives on a 250 acre farm and receives nearly £90,000 year in single farm payments, another poor non farming farmer LOL

Oakey

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27,593 posts

217 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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mrloudly said:
My neighbour is a retired partner from Price Waterhouse, he lives on a 250 acre farm and receives nearly £90,000 year in single farm payments, another poor non farming farmer LOL
are these subsidies where we pay farmers not to farm?

mrloudly

2,815 posts

236 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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Oakey said:
mrloudly said:
My neighbour is a retired partner from Price Waterhouse, he lives on a 250 acre farm and receives nearly £90,000 year in single farm payments, another poor non farming farmer LOL
are these subsidies where we pay farmers not to farm?
Oh no, he farms with about 100 cows and 200 odd sheep. The payment is a little "top me up". Whilst I'm not saying all farmers don't need it,
why's it not "means tested". My neighbour has a collection of vintage cars drives a 911 for his day to day running about has a villa in the Algarve yet receives nearly
£90k each year from the EU! Madness...

anonymous-user

55 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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mrloudly said:
200 odd sheep.
What's odd about them?

Oakey

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27,593 posts

217 months

Tuesday 1st May 2012
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Crossflow Kid said:
What's odd about them?
They're pink

NDT

1,753 posts

264 months

Tuesday 1st May 2012
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TheHeretic said:
I saw one of those Bell UH-1 things on TV when it was in east Sussex. Huey Lewes in the news.
Groan.

grasum

51 posts

198 months

Sunday 6th May 2012
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Saw both the guy's helicopters last october half term when he landed them both on the front at Lytham St Annes! he was doing his bit to raise cash for the local Air Ambulance! The sound was amazing!




Z06George

2,519 posts

190 months

Sunday 6th May 2012
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What's the second helicopter called? I've been told before and can't remember, also having watched Black Hawk Down earlier is it essentially the same as the small ones in that?

magpie215

4,404 posts

190 months

Sunday 6th May 2012
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Z06George said:
What's the second helicopter called? I've been told before and can't remember, also having watched Black Hawk Down earlier is it essentially the same as the small ones in that?
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse (nicknamed "Loach", after the requirement acronym LOH - Light Observation Helicopter)

Z06George

2,519 posts

190 months

Monday 7th May 2012
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magpie215 said:
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse (nicknamed "Loach", after the requirement acronym LOH - Light Observation Helicopter)
Ah brilliant, that's been doing my head in all day, cheers. smile