[QUOTE="Champ"] Poof. They're fantastic machines.[/QUOTE] To watch, yes
Oddly, not in an official capacity but sort of, yes. I'm in Manchester week after next - that's when the real fun starts.
Conclusive proof that Americans think Americans are stupid. http://www.geocities.com/madmaximages/ Dialogue bit at the bottom of the page
I love 'em. Low flying with a skilled pilot is the canines cojones. My first really brill experience was is in a Huey with a Vietnam vet at the controls, flying near the Inner German Border as the Iron Curtain was known at the time. Twenty-five minutes of sheer terror, 'kin ace.
The exhaust clag is wondrously Soviet. Works for a living but really is a bit shit. I have pictures of BR locos that look like that a few weeks ex-works. Someone made the effort to make it look pretty but really were wasting their time. It makes me all misty eyed.
Oh I'm right behind you chum....throwing up into your hood TBF that would be ok. It's the Robinson 22's that are horrible.
This should put you off then. (I think it'll work, the pics that is) http://www.my-webpage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/heli1.jpg http://www.my-webpage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/heli2.jpg not sure about line in pic http://www.my-webpage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/heli3.jpg All switches are in the off position. He swithched them off after impact!! http://www.my-webpage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/heli4.jpg Brit sense of humour.
Unlikely I'll get away as there's a lot to be done; both morning and night. We moan about our lot but who actively tries to change it?
I think it was the way his dismounted it which caused more problems but he's still around, inne? Also: Post at the bottom.
I had a lesson in one, suprisingly sitting on a foam pad in a plastic bubble at several thousand feet is not terrifying -- Chris *< Downhill Good, Uphill BAD! www.suffolkvikings.org.uk
This reads better if you revise the punctuation "Thanks Ace, you've helped me make up my mind to sell my bike, wife and kids. Very pleased. Apart from my obvious flippentry I am very glad that Ace survived such a horrendous accident with little apparent long term damage and will be able to continue his informative posts. John