Classic British Flight Sim

Sunday 4th June 2017...Weather lovely so I went flying...Real Flying!


Base...The flight starts here and finishes back here.


Ready to go,


Lift Off.


Climb out.


On Course.


Cruising.


Salcombe-Kingsbridge Estuary


Burgh Island.


Burgh Island.


Burgh Island Hotel.


Burgh Island Hotel.


Bigbury on Sea.


Hope Cove.


Hope Cove.


Pretty cliffs.


Our excellent Pilot.


Salcombe.


Start Point.


Twin Aerials near Start Point.


Start Point Lighthouse.


Start Point Lighthouse.






Stoke Fleming.








Dart.










Noss.


Dart Marina.


Darthaven Marina.


Darthaven Marina.


Approach.


Touchdown.


Here is what it looks like from outside.

Hi Peter,
Thanks for that series.
Great scenery!
Would have been good to see an exterior view of the aircraft.

DaveB will be over the moon with all those white houses to look at.

Airspeed wrote: ↑

06 Jun 2017, 08:56

Hi Peter,
Thanks for that series.
Great scenery!
Would have been good to see an exterior view of the aircraft.

DaveB will be over the moon with all those white houses to look at.

LOL!...Yes I forgot to take an exterior view...It is a Robinson 44.

OK Mike I have added an outside shot that I took a few years ago

Raven II no less

Yes.. I was just going to comment on the fact you'd not posted a single outside shot of the helicopter but we all know what Robbie 44's look like

Lovely day for it too Peter and thanks for posting
ATB
DaveB

Great pictures, brave man flying in a Robo.... after years of flying in MD902 and EC135-P2's I never fancied a flight in one especially taking off in a x wind (looking at the bits of coloured string on the airframe)

Absolutely brilliant shots Peter, thoroughly enjoyed looking at them as much as you thoroughly enjoyed the flight.

Regards
Nigel.

Very nice , Peter. Thanks for sharing the scenery of the area.

tonymadge wrote: ↑

06 Jun 2017, 11:06

Great pictures, brave man flying in a Robo.... after years of flying in MD902 and EC135-P2's I never fancied a flight in one especially taking off in a x wind (looking at the bits of coloured string on the airframe)

Actually Tony, it was the landing in that crosswind...At take-off the wind was calm

My Helicopter flying in the RAF was confined to the Sycamore and I crashed in one of those twice in one week! I found this Robinson very comfortable and I was very impressed with the skill of the pilot. I have to say that this little machine felt very safe to me and I would always say yes to any future offers of a flight in it.

DaveB wrote: ↑

06 Jun 2017, 10:18

Raven II no less

Yes.. I was just going to comment on the fact you'd not posted a single outside shot of the helicopter but we all know what Robbie 44's look like

I have added one at the end Dave.

Great photos Peter!

As for the Robbie - I was fortunate enough to see a bunch of them in close proximity and various states of disassembly after Silver State Helicopters folded (a bunch were stored in a hangar at my home airport) and they look no less well manufactured than the Bell 206 (also seen in various states of disassembly). In fact, in some ways, the R44 is better built than the 206 as the engine is cantilevered off the back of the airframe instead of on a turtledeck above it and as such, the way the frame is built around the bottom and rear is more sturdy and seems to "ride" better than the 206. Neither of them hold a candle to the 412 though (the only other helo I've flown in), and I would love to compare them to the Mi-2, but that's more of a 407 analog, and I've only been around an Mi-2, not yet gotten a flight in one.

Oh yeah - I'll take a Robbie any day over a Schweizer/Hughes 269.