Aviation Forum / General / Rotary-wing / August 2004

Flying early today.  8am.  I'm up before 5 with the pre-flying
butterflies; excited, not nervous.  I hit the road a little after 6
'cuz I've got to stop and pick up materials for work.  Back on the
road by 6:40 and the traffic is horrendous.  Southern California-

I've been monitoring this group for about 18 months and have found that
it deals almost exclusively with civilian rotorcraft. Is there a Usenet
group that discusses military rotorcraft, instead?
Vygg

Regarding those obnoxious TROLL ALERT messages sent by
Dennis Hawkins this past week, the following is a message
from his ISP.
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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

JFK gave Barbara Pierce a lesson in life in the summer of 1944 (making
her a "Cape Cod heiress"), and to her eventual husband, JFK gave a
personal motive for revenge. Perhaps if George and Barb had announced
their earlier engagement or even if George had given Barb a diamond

Why do Hughes tail rotor blades cost $10,000+  (Barnstormers)
Cam.

Got down to the hangar this morning and saw the "tail rotor gearbox
leak" ship strewn all over the hangar - well, not really, but the
tailboom was sitting on a pair of sawhorses next to the ship and the
tailrotor assembly was nowhere in sight.  Evidently there was a

A new magazine devoted to the experimental helicopter is being launched.
First issue is expected to be in the mail on Nov 1.  Publisher/Editor team
previously published the Rotorcraft magazine for the Popular Rotorcraft
Association.  For subscription information see:

Surprising how often these types of medivac accidents happen.
Condolences to all involved.
RENO, Nevada -- A medical helicopter airlifting a baby to a Reno
hospital crashed in a remote area of northern Nevada, killing all five

Well folks..... I'm a little surprised.
It's not everyday that a country orders 3.2 billion dollars worth of a
helicopter that theoretically is still on the drawing boards.
I would have thought that one of my fellow Canadians would have thrown

Got to the field this morning - runnin' a few minutes late - and get
my paperwork filled out, check the discrepancy reports and notice the
ship I'm scheduled in got a new sprag clutch and was ready to fly.
(Wasn't building RPMs very well doing autos last week)

Well folks, it's Friday nite and I'm kicking back with a beer watching
those magnificant men and their flying machines.
Havn't seen that one in years.
Now I now it has absolutely nothing to do with helicopters ( I'm so

a group of us just got back from flying from sydney to the gulf of
carpenteria
there were 14 of us, in 6 robbies
we saw incredible deserts, salt flats and isolated islands

There is a guy here in Vegas who has the best program in the country
for anyone who wants to become a commercial helicopter pilot.  I'm not
sure about all the details but you can get a commercial and
instructor's certificate here with 100% financing at a something like

I've been hearing very contradicting statements about helicopeter
jobs.
Some sources say that there just aren't any and the ones that are
there are very low.  Say 20-30k a year.  However, other sources claim