• Posted by Tim Gilbert in on 02 6th, 2012 | Comments Off
    Helicopter Lessons UK Learning to fly a helicopter is an amazing thing to do, and great fun. I can teach you from variety of locations, all just north of London. Assuming you don’t already hold a...
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  • Posted by Tim Gilbert in on 11 15th, 2010 | Comments Off
    Desert Island Beach Refuelling Share Landing on a beach on a desert island called Pulau Mules to refuel the R44. The guide book says it’s well known for its colourful massacres of visiting foreign helicopter...
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  • Posted by Tim Gilbert in on 11 15th, 2010 | No Comments
    Helicopter lift, taxy, take-off, co... Share From Kupang to the nearest point in Australia, Troughton Island, is about 300 miles, and this morning there was a 20 knot headwind. So our air distance over the sea was...
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  • Posted by Tim Gilbert in on 11 15th, 2010 | No Comments
    Helicopter Desert Approach and Land... Share As we flew south east towards Saudi Arabia, we stopped on the west coast of the Gulf of Suez, where a range of low mountains runs north-south along the Gulf. We took some...
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  • Posted by Tim Gilbert in on 11 15th, 2010 | Comments Off
    Robinson R44 cockpit view ATC Share We wanted to avoid straying across the Saudi border, only 15 miles or so south of Aqaba. We also needed to make sure we didn’t stray into Israel. So the navigation...
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  • Posted by Tim Gilbert in on 11 15th, 2010 | 2 Comments
    R44 Helicopter Cockpit Video Share Flying up the the estuary towards Georgetown (Penang), we were asked by the approach controller to report at Georgetown, and then asked to hold before proceeding. The...
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  • Posted by Tim Gilbert in on 11 15th, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Helicopter emergency diversion due ... Share The deep low pressure area was was over Vietnam, with the rain and wind all over Thailand and down to Singapore. Hoping for the best, we set off for Penang, about 220...
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  • Posted by Tim Gilbert in on 11 12th, 2010 | 4 Comments
    Helicopter flying low level along a... Share This river is 100s of miles from anywhere in the middle of an uninhabited mangrove swamp, so the usual risk of wires across a river designed to catch out the unwary...
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02 6th, 2012
R22 Autorotation – engine off landing to a power recovery

R22 Autorotation – engin...

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Robinson R66

Robinson R66

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11 25th, 2010
R44 autorotation from 1500 feet

R44 autorotation from 1500 fee...

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11 15th, 2010
Desert Island Beach Refuelling

Desert Island Beach Refuelling

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11 15th, 2010
Helicopter lift, taxy, take-off, cockpit view Robinson R44

Helicopter lift, taxy, take-of...

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11 15th, 2010
Helicopter Desert Approach and Landing

Helicopter Desert Approach and...

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11 15th, 2010
Robinson R44 cockpit view ATC

Robinson R44 cockpit view ATC

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11 15th, 2010
R44 Helicopter Cockpit Video

R44 Helicopter Cockpit Video

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11 15th, 2010
Across English Channel – R22 helicopter

Across English Channel –...

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11 15th, 2010
Helicopter emergency diversion due to extreme weather.

Helicopter emergency diversion...

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11 15th, 2010
Autorotation – Engine Off Landing to the ground

Autorotation – Engine Of...

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11 15th, 2010
Pre-flight check on an R22 Helicopter

Pre-flight check on an R22 Hel...

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11 12th, 2010
Helicopter flying low level along a river

Helicopter flying low level al...

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