Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[generationx]

DJFish said:

The Jet Ranger is such an iconic design.
They look so familiar to anyone who has ever watched a US action film or series set in LA, ever...
And since we’re on the subject of Jet Rangers & Fenestrons, I noticed Blue Thunder was on telly the other day...



Nowadays they’d do it with CGI...

And currently available on Netflix (last time I looked )

[anonymous-user]

DJFish said:

The Jet Ranger is such an iconic design.
They look so familiar to anyone who has ever watched a US action film or series set in LA, ever...
And since we’re on the subject of Jet Rangers & Fenestrons, I noticed Blue Thunder was on telly the other day...



Nowadays they’d do it with CGI...

I’m sure you know but blue thunder was a gazelle with bits stuck on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Thunder_(helico...

[Eric Mc]

Wasn't there a rival TV show about a super helicopter?

[Ayahuasca]

Eric Mc said:

Wasn't there a rival TV show about a super helicopter?

[RizzoTheRat]

El stovey said:

I’m sure you know but blue thunder was a gazelle with bits stuck on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Thunder_(helico...

Interestingly the civilian SA341G, pictured on that page has it's tail shaft enclosed too, so it does look like exposed shafts is a military thing


Thinking of helicopters...

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Thursday 10th December 15:39

[Eric Mc]

Ayahuasca said:

Thanks - I had a dim memory that there was one. They used a Bell 222 - and the late Jan Michael Vincent.

[DoubleD]

They didn't, they used an Airwolf, it was a 1 off super helicopter, other helicopters were all



It certainly made up for the terrible acting!

[Eric Mc]

It was obviously on a much lower budget than "Blue Thunder" because the "Super Helicopter" Airwolf looks awfully like a Bell 222. I hope Bell sued for copyright infringement

[tog]

RizzoTheRat said:

Thinking of helicopters...

Is that right? It is presumably a photoshop unless they were pushed together for a photo.

[The Road Crew]

tog said:

Is that right? It is presumably a photoshop unless they were pushed together for a photo.

Twice the height, 5 times the length. It's about right I think?
Obviously manually positioned like that for the picture rather than flown in.

[RizzoTheRat]

40m long, one came to Farnborough some years back, they're flipping huge.

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Thursday 10th December 22:28

[anonymous-user]

RizzoTheRat said:

40m long, one came to Farnborough since years back, they're flipping huge.

The mi 26 is huge




Still looks small compared to the ridiculously big v 12

[tog]

El stovey said:

The mi 26 is huge

Crikey.

[Eric Mc]

RizzoTheRat said:

40m long, one came to Farnborough some years back, they're flipping huge.

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Thursday 10th December 22:28

1992.

[KloppsBarmyArmy]

Eric Mc said:

It was obviously on a much lower budget than "Blue Thunder" because the "Super Helicopter" Airwolf looks awfully like a Bell 222. I hope Bell sued for copyright infringement

Sad ending to this story I'm afraid 😒

"The flying Airwolf was derived from a Bell 222, a twin-turboshaft helicopter produced for the civilian market and typically employed for corporate, emergency medical or utility transport missions.

The airframe used for Airwolf was serial number 47085 (registration number N3176S), of the initial production version, sometimes unofficially called a Bell 222A. During filming of the series the helicopter was owned by JetCopters Inc. in Van Nuys, California.

After the show was canceled, the modifications were removed from the aircraft and are now owned by a private collector. The helicopter was repainted and eventually sold to the German helicopter charter company, Hubschrauber-Sonder-Dienst (aka HSD Luftrettung and Blue Helicopter Alliance), and given the registration number D-HHSD. While operating as an air ambulance the helicopter crashed into a mountain because of fog on June 6, 1992, killing all three of its occupants."

[KloppsBarmyArmy]

tdm34 said:

Ray Hanna?

It certainly is.

[KloppsBarmyArmy]

Mil Mi-10 (NATO reporting name Harke)

[KloppsBarmyArmy]

Mil Mi-10 (NATO reporting name Harke)

[magpie215]

Eric Mc said:

Ayahuasca said:

Thanks - I had a dim memory that there was one. They used a Bell 222 - and the late Jan Michael Vincent.

Metpol used to operate iirc a pair of B222s

[KloppsBarmyArmy]

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