Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
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Bird of Prey 1-0 Addenbrookes Hospital
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hifilover1979
Bigger than you...
Bloody hell... They're lucky nothing got caught up in the rotors!
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
That explains why we saw one up in the air yesterday. It would seem that the air ambulance pad at Addenbrookes is not designed for an aircraft with such a large downwash. Whodathoughtit? Maybe they need to produce a proper asphalt pad.
One for 'Airclues' I think.
One for 'Airclues' I think.
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
A few are based at Mildenhall, and are frequently in the air, so they’re not an unusual sight in the east of England.
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Mildenhall & Lakenheath seem to use Northants as a way marker then. There were some F-15s circling around here a few weeks ago. I'd forgotten how epic they are for a 30+ year old plane.
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
45 years ago they entered service!
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
eternumviti
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Tony, I'm trying to work out the bird of prey connection?
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
The V22's code name is the Osprey.
50 mil $
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
They work on the principle of a careful balancing of a considerable number of substantial forces, mostly working in opposition and held in equilibrium by the skill of a pilot whose key attribute is their ability to ensure hope continues to transcend logic.
Didn't the Osprey take nearly as long to get into service?!
I was going to post this yesterday.. Didn't think it would be of much interest here.
Something that hasn't been mentioned is that this has taken out the helipad at the regional MTC. Fortunately Cambridge Airport is close, but that's still an ambulance transfer to Addi's
I'm sure they'll have a new one layed down by the end of tonight.
Something that hasn't been mentioned is that this has taken out the helipad at the regional MTC. Fortunately Cambridge Airport is close, but that's still an ambulance transfer to Addi's
I'm sure they'll have a new one layed down by the end of tonight.
The book that you want is this:
https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Helicopter-Flight-W-J-Wagtendonk/dp/1560276495
Nagraboy
Ausculta fili
I’ll probably be best with a quick YouTube search and a “F*** that!” exclamation afterwards.
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
The Osprey is a long way from being a helicopter!
I’ve been turning spanners on helicopters for twelve years now, and they’re complex machines. Fixed wing aircraft are quite simple things, made complex the the tech. Even a simple helicopter is a weird thing.
I’ve been turning spanners on helicopters for twelve years now, and they’re complex machines. Fixed wing aircraft are quite simple things, made complex the the tech. Even a simple helicopter is a weird thing.
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Following the debacle of the failed rescue during the Iran hostage crisis, the US decided it needed to move SOF fast at a long distance and then land in a small space when it got there. The Osprey is an example of meeting a need w/out pesky things like complex design and probably having a high maintenance demand getting in the way; just chuck money at it, it's worth it.
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
Just don’t try to land it like a fixed wing aircraft. It’ll get messy. Vertical only.