V welcome PaulMark
Big thanks for organising an excellent day - good fun, informative and perfect weather
Good to see you there
Invite for ride to Air ambulance station. 27 May
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Good to see you there
Back at ya !Pleasure, I think I managed to slip in a bit of exceptionally boring aerodynamics too;
L = Cl 1/2R V2 S
Yes, that bit went "whoosh".
Home for 6.45 after a wander back to Sheffield via as many back roads in Staffordshire and of course the Peak District.
What an absolutely brilliant day and thanks to Guru Gora for disorganising. The whole day went like clockwork and the weather.....has to be THE best of the year so far. Not far off 200 miles for me.
Great to meet everyone and say a big Ta to the crew Mark, they were brilliant.
I will do indeed.
Im back on duty there soon so Ill take a cake in.
Ive written to the chief medical bloke to say thanks, hopefully that will filter down to Chris and Fay the duty Paramedics today
Im back on duty there soon so Ill take a cake in.
Ive written to the chief medical bloke to say thanks, hopefully that will filter down to Chris and Fay the duty Paramedics today
Thanks Mark. What a brill day. Pity we couldn't stay longer. All this came about due to a chance meeting of fellow bikers at Tollerton. Hopefully we will meet up again soon.
Derek & Lorraine
Derek & Lorraine
Hiya D and L
Great to see you both again.
Yes indeed I shall pop along to whatever meets I can get too.
You did fine, we left shorty after you so all worked out nicely.
Always welcome over here, bin the aircraft next time, more chance to eat cake
What an excellent day, thank you Guru Mark – top man.
And a total pleasure to meet fellow Tossers all of whom were such thoroughly nice chaps and chapesses.
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And a total pleasure to meet fellow Tossers all of whom were such thoroughly nice chaps and chapesses.
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You're very welcome, good to have you there, any time.
Pic 1. That's a lovely Guzzi there
Pic 2. The only aircraft in the world that's more complicated behind the pilots seats
Pic 3. "Right, I want us to all hold hands, the words are Ring a Ring of Roses........ready...."
Pic 4.
Me ;
"Right Lorraine, are you now quite happy with how the tail rotor compensates for torque reaction in the low speed flight envelope"
Lorraine;
" Will someone please get this professional bore away from me".
Pic 1. That's a lovely Guzzi there
Pic 2. The only aircraft in the world that's more complicated behind the pilots seats
Pic 3. "Right, I want us to all hold hands, the words are Ring a Ring of Roses........ready...."
Pic 4.
Me ;
"Right Lorraine, are you now quite happy with how the tail rotor compensates for torque reaction in the low speed flight envelope"
Lorraine;
" Will someone please get this professional bore away from me".
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Well done Mark, that looked like a cracking day out.
Hiya
Thanks , yes things are always better in great weather
If there is interest I’ll happily do it again.
Good thing about here is the access you can get.
Being a small airfield we are able to get great access to the aircraft …… even though they had 4 shouts whilst we were there.
Thanks , yes things are always better in great weather
If there is interest I’ll happily do it again.
Good thing about here is the access you can get.
Being a small airfield we are able to get great access to the aircraft …… even though they had 4 shouts whilst we were there.
A few people asked me about nights. Id said Id get back to you.......
Short answer is yes,
Some units are qualified, some not.
Its expensive, and clearly there is more risk involved, but yes we can land at night.
If by day you're looking at a tennis court ish size to land in; by night you're looking at a tennis court with a normal distance fence around it.
Your field of view is about 40 deg as opposed to the normal 190 ish, and the world is green
It looks like this.............
The paramedics get trained to a high level to act as co pilot in the front, here's me passing on my knowledge whilst teaching one of the guys from Hampshire and IOW AA, I was done in 15 seconds
Unlike the Apache which has a monocular sight over one eye, we wear goggles.
Pros and cons to each, gun to my head.........goggles please.
Short answer is yes,
Some units are qualified, some not.
Its expensive, and clearly there is more risk involved, but yes we can land at night.
If by day you're looking at a tennis court ish size to land in; by night you're looking at a tennis court with a normal distance fence around it.
Your field of view is about 40 deg as opposed to the normal 190 ish, and the world is green
It looks like this.............
The paramedics get trained to a high level to act as co pilot in the front, here's me passing on my knowledge whilst teaching one of the guys from Hampshire and IOW AA, I was done in 15 seconds
Unlike the Apache which has a monocular sight over one eye, we wear goggles.
Pros and cons to each, gun to my head.........goggles please.
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Just to close the loop as it were……
My first time back since visit so I’ve handed over the very generous donation.
A rear K60 scout was tempting but my honesty got in the way
Thanks again.
My first time back since visit so I’ve handed over the very generous donation.
A rear K60 scout was tempting but my honesty got in the way
Thanks again.
Nice one 
Bloody cracking day was that .
Bloody cracking day was that . 
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