darrel when was that dated? i still wish they picked 407s instead of A119s. then again, UH-60Ls would have been cool too!!Originally Posted by DHG750R
darrel when was that dated? i still wish they picked 407s instead of A119s. then again, UH-60Ls would have been cool too!!
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
I was thinking that too as I looked at their site. The press release is exactly 1yr old ( June 8, 09 )
Is the Koala a twin engined heli?
single, which is probably why it replaced the single-engine 206.
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
darrel when was that dated? i still wish they picked 407s instead of A119s. then again, UH-60Ls would have been cool too!!
You just want -60's everywhere don't you! :borat:
well... yeah!! don't you?
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
Of course! I saw two Army birds over work the other day. One was painted all wacky colors like the fire fighting birds.
At Fleet Week...
"Keep 'em Flying"
Where was that?
North shore suffolk, Kings Park.
Saw one of the 412s yesterday while at the BrewFest. Heard it coming and it flew low right over the trees.
A few shots of the NYPD Aviation Unit from Fleetweek can be seen here
http://fredkopf.smugmug.com/South-Nassa ... 4606_UCrxC
Numbers 412, 315 & 318 in flight.
http://fredkopf.smugmug.com
Speaking of the 206s, I was watching an old Frank Sinatra movie "The Detective" the other evening with Frank as ansingle, which is probably why it replaced the single-engine 206.
NYPD Sgt detective. There is a great scene of an NYPD Bell 206 with yellow fixed pontoons landing at the old Wall Street
Heliport on the East River and Frank getting out of the copter with a suspect. I have to believe this was a real PD ship
used in the movie and not a repainted ship. I mean why bother with the pontoons if you were repainting and i know back
in that time, 1968, PD/AU were flying ships with fixed pontoons including Bell 47s. And Frankie, being Mr. Sinatra, probably
got the full cooperation from the NYPD for realism.
I just saw the SCPD added another Astar B2 which will be its 3rd Astar to join the larger EC-145. The new
ship will replace the MD 900. I liked the MD 900. It had a cool look with the no-tail rotor and its fuselauge
design but the model, for SC, was just nothing but trouble. They had two. One became a hangar queen and
the other in and out of service. One of the big problems was a lack of support from McDonnell-Douglas as the company was in transition due to financial problems.
there is just something about NOTAR MD900s, CALSTAR bought a few and they were delivered from te factory with a fuel leak. it sat on the ramp for a while before it was finally sorted out. they're nice to fly though, lotta power in a little package. they feel a little top-ehavy though.
Bell simply makes a superior helo...
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
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there is just something about NOTAR MD900s, CALSTAR bought a few and they were delivered from te factory with a fuel leak. it sat on the ramp for a while before it was finally sorted out. they're nice to fly though, lotta power in a little package. they feel a little top-ehavy though.
Sky Flightcare in Eastern Pa. been flying one for years now successfully.
http://skyflightcare.info/default.asp
And speaking of PD I was watching the Macys Fireworks tonite and it looked like PD was flying pretty close to the
barges. During the Finale a copter flew below 500 feet between the barges and the Jersey shore. Watching on my DVR
and be the copter "geek" that I am I played it back in slow-mo and as some explosions lit up the sky I got a good look
at the illuminated copter and pretty sure it was one of the Koalas.
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