Hi, New here Im am working on getting my license. All that is left is the check ride. Does anyone know where I can download a pdf of copy of the R22 POH? thanks in advance

Can someone provide the tailrotor RPM of the R22? Main rotor is 520rpm correct? Thanks, John

Hi everybody i'm 29 and i'm a helicopter pilot, i fly Bell212. this year i reached almost 900 hours total, and i'm thinking of looking for a job in the states. i would like to work for some helicopter transportation company or something ... but i have no idea if i could get a permission to work as...

Who's going to be in Reno in November?

I am compiling information on wire strikes for both airplanes and helicopters. If you have any personal info you'd like to share I'd appreciate hearing about it. For those who access government sources perhaps you'll share directions with us? NTSB has sent some info but I suspect there is a lot...

In a previous post I had problems balancing my tail rotor on my Baby Belle helicopter and received a lot of feedback on possible causes. I've since got the bugger balanced and discovered a few things about both mechanical vibrations and some characteristics of my ship. In the process I found...

Don't know how many of you caught the story out in California about a has been rock star named Tommy Lee whoes main claim to fame seems to be screwing Pamela Anderson on a well known and universally distributed home movie type video tape. Seems Tommy wanted to go to a rock concert being held...

Hi guys, Got my CPL(H) in the last few months, now what!! Got no idea where to start looking for work and collecting those wonderful hours.. I'm based in Australia, any ideas ?? Jad

Hi All, Some friends of mine are going over to Fort Worth (from Sydney) in a couple of months to do some ground tuition courses at the Bell Helicopter Pilot Training facility there. I've been asked to come along with them (just for the fun of it), but I don't want to do the $US1500 (and 5 days)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKZFNeXL8xM

I presume it's not "em eye", as the "i" is often in lower case. So what it is? Me, mih, my? Thanks, Justin.

Hello, I wonder if someone here knows Alan Radecki, the owner of http://www.mojavebooks.com , a photographer and maybe a pilot. I ordered from his webshop the book Helicopter Aerodynamics by Ray Prouty which I could hardly find anywhere else. My credit card was charged instantly 2 months ago,...

Looking at 14 days without activity on this forum. Will that qualify as dead? I think so. I'll be spending my time over on Just Helicopters from now on and delete this forum from my favorites. Rocky

Hot hot hot up here in Alberta. Lots of fires, lots of planes in the air. As the subject says.... 3 bell 206 helicopters have crashed within the past few days, and 2 pilots have been killed. Speculation has been made that high temps on the ground have made take off and flying difficult..... and...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AS3bVqcq_0&search=helicopter Looks like a two seater (tandem) CH-7 Kompress. Anyone with details on this flight? Monk

I'm back up in west central Minnesota for the season. Looks good and plenty of work with nice big clean fields to spray. Helicopter just came out of a 1200 with new engine/trans/blades and misc other high speed parts. What a great way to finish out over 40 years of crop dusting/spraying. I find the...

Over on the rec.aviation.military forum a discussion got around to the doppler effect and/or helo rotor blades, and the following exchange took place: ------------------------------------------------------ if the air reaches M 1.0 going over the thickest part of the airfoil, bang!. Whop,...

Greetings, I just purchased plans for the Little Wing, and am trying to get an idea of how many of them are flying. I really like the idea of a tractor configuration, but there just aren't many of them around. Thanks, Rusty

I am looking for a best practices doc from anywhere re helicopter work on power lines. Anyone?

Dear, I disperse a lot of original builder pictures Size 13 x 18 cm ; 15 X 21 cm ; and 28 X 22 cm Aerospatiale, Sud Aviation : Djinn, Alouette III, Puma, Super Frelon SA321F... Bell : Huey, UH-1B , AH-1G Huey Cobra , UH-1 Iroquois