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Postby Fozzer » Mon Sep 29, 2003 1:27 pm

Hello all... ;D...!
Aircraft spotters... 8)...!

Pictures of these two big lumps of metal, with whirling rotors on top, appear in this months "FLYER" magazine...
Can someone identify them for me please...?

...not that I really want to fly them, 'cos they generally have a mind of their own, and firmly refuse to respond to what I want them to do... ::)...!

..plus the fact that when all finally goes pear-shaped, and the seat of my trousers has suddenly become moist, they have no wings to keep them aloft, unlike birds... :'(...!
...but I am curious to know what they are... ;)...!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!

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http://www.flyer.co.uk

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Re: Big Whirly-Birds...?

Postby Craig. » Mon Sep 29, 2003 1:47 pm

come on mr fozzer:) your kidding right??
the first looks like a puma, maybe the super puma.
the second is a chinook
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Re: Big Whirly-Birds...?

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Sep 29, 2003 1:50 pm

An RAF Puma and a Chinook Paul. You should like the Chinook, it doesn't go all over the place thanks to those contra-rotating rotors (no tail rotor to induce your favourite spining round-and-round like a drunk ice-dancer problem) ;)

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Re: Big Whirly-Birds...?

Postby Fozzer » Mon Sep 29, 2003 2:03 pm

Hi Craig and Mark...!
Thanks for your replies...!
Whirly things are a mystery to me... ::)...!

You know me, I get into these whirly thingies every now and again, hover, spin round and round, until my eye-balls explode, then land, get out and go for a nice quiet chuff around in my little Cessna 150... 8)...!

LOL...LOL...LOL...!

I'm still not convinced of flying machines that don't have any wings... ;)...!
...and just go round and round, until they finally disappear up their ...... :o...!
LOL...LOL...LOL......!

Cheers both... ;D...!
Paul.
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P.S. Correction...."Disappear" = 1x "s", 2x "p".....LOL...!
(Hagar is watching...).... ::)...!
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Re: Big Whirly-Birds...?

Postby Hagar » Mon Sep 29, 2003 3:46 pm

You bet I'm watching. :P ;D

I have to agree on those flying threshing machines. One thing though Foz, surely any self-respecting magazine would tell you the name of those choppers. Maybe you need new glasses as well as a hearing aid. LOL :P :P :P 8)
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Re: Big Whirly-Birds...?

Postby Fozzer » Mon Sep 29, 2003 4:16 pm

You bet I'm watching. :P ;D

I have to agree on those flying threshing machines. One thing though Foz, surely any self-respecting magazine would tell you the name of those choppers. Maybe you need new glasses as well as a hearing aid. LOL :P :P :P 8)


Hi Doug... ;D...!
NAH...
It was an excellent article, (as always), dealing with maps of military Low Flying Areas, altitudes, and the possibility of Airprox's.
Also time of the day when to avoid military aircraft.

Mags with a source of good GA information.>>>

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Costs me a fortune every month, but makes good bed-time reading, (when there's nothing else to hand...)... ;)... ;)... ;)...!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!

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Postby Stratobat » Sat Oct 04, 2003 1:33 am

The SAAF used to use the Puma, they still do, but in an upgraded form called the Oryx.

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There's some more information available at http://www.ipmssa.za.org

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Re: Big Whirly-Birds...?

Postby Fozzer » Sat Oct 04, 2003 3:52 am

I've downloaded the Puma, tried it out, spun round and round, crashed.
No change there then... :'(...!
Downloaded the Chinook, couldn't even get off the ground.... :'(...!
Took off in the Cessna 150, reached 2000 feet, swopped over to the Chinook.
Problem solved... ;D...!
But I can't keep doing that... :'(...!

Parked the Puma and the Chinook in the Hangar, drained the fuel, remover the batteries and covered them up..... ;)...!

Wheeling the Cessna 150 out again.....Joy... 8)...!

LOL...LOL...LOL...!

Cheers all... ;D...!
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Re: Big Whirly-Birds...?

Postby Ivan » Sat Oct 04, 2003 4:15 pm

Mine is larger

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Nothing beats the Mi-26 (perhaps the Mi-12, but that's a prototype which never got to fly)
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Re: Big Whirly-Birds...?

Postby chomp_rock » Sat Oct 04, 2003 7:47 pm

Yours may be bigger but mine are far faster and quite a bit more maneuverable ;D !

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But they are also harder to land ::).

P.S. Ivan I regret to tell you that both of these can beat your Mi-26 hands down, in their own way ;D
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Re: Big Whirly-Birds...?

Postby Daz » Sun Oct 05, 2003 11:07 pm

cough Airwolf Cough mach 1.5 :D

before anyone abuses me i know airwolf isnt real its some sort of bell 430 but i would like to think it could go faster than a jet lol
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Re: Big Whirly-Birds...?

Postby chomp_rock » Mon Oct 06, 2003 8:36 pm

Good thing you mentioned that the airwolf is fake or i'd have ripped your head clear off ;D!
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Re: Big Whirly-Birds...?

Postby aeronut » Tue Oct 28, 2003 9:47 am

Hi Foz-Hows about a shot of you in that Cessna 150-How many hours have you got in so far?

(always thought joysticks were things honeymooners used :o)
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Re: Big Whirly-Birds...?

Postby flyboy 28 » Fri Nov 07, 2003 9:22 am

cough Airwolf Cough mach 1.5 :D




NEVER in my 14 years on this planet have I heard of a helo or any prop break the speed of sound...
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Re: Big Whirly-Birds...?

Postby Wing Nut » Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:49 pm

What is the biggest helo alive and has one ever really broken the speed of sound?
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