• Posted by Tim Gilbert in on 11 15th, 2010 | No Comments
    Desert Island Beach Refuelling Share The island is called Pulau Mules, and the guide book says it’s well known for its colourful massacres of visiting foreign helicopter pilots. The first beach we came to...
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  • Posted by Tim Gilbert in on 11 15th, 2010 | 4 Comments
    Night Flying Helicopter Cockpit Share We had 230 miles of sea to cross before we got to Kupang and it was already 4.30pm. It would get dark at 6 o’clock. We were going to be landing when the light had gone....
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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 Landing 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 | No Comments
    Robinson R44 cockpit view ATC Share We also wanted to avoid straying across the Saudi border, only 15 miles or so south of Aqaba. The air traffic controller’s first question whenever we spoke to him was to...
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  • Posted by Tim Gilbert in on 11 15th, 2010 | 2 Comments
    R44 Helicopter Cockpit Video Share “Good morning. This is Kuala Lumpar International. You are flying across the approach to our main runway.” The controller was calling on the KL approach frequency I...
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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 Rearranging our route led us to do a few calculations. We had flown about 8000 miles so far. To reach Troughton Island, where we wanted to make landfall in Western...
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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
Night Flying Helicopter Cockpit

Night Flying Helicopter Cockpi...

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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 Landing

Helicopter Desert Landing

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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 – Exercise ...

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11 15th, 2010

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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