Hello all... ...!
Aircraft spotters... 8)...!

Pictures of these two big lumps of metal, with whirling rotors on top, appear in this months "FLYER" magazine...
Can someone identify them for me please...?

...not that I really want to fly them, 'cos they generally have a mind of their own, and firmly refuse to respond to what I want them to do... ...!

..plus the fact that when all finally goes pear-shaped, and the seat of my trousers has suddenly become moist, they have no wings to keep them aloft, unlike birds... ...!
...but I am curious to know what they are... ...!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!





Pictures courtesy of "FLYER" magazine.
http://www.flyer.co.uk

Thanks all... ...!
Paul.
(England).

An RAF Puma and a Chinook Paul. You should like the Chinook, it doesn't go all over the place thanks to those contra-rotating rotors (no tail rotor to induce your favourite spining round-and-round like a drunk ice-dancer problem)

Mark

You bet I'm watching.

I have to agree on those flying threshing machines. One thing though Foz, surely any self-respecting magazine would tell you the name of those choppers. Maybe you need new glasses as well as a hearing aid. LOL 8)

The SAAF used to use the Puma, they still do, but in an upgraded form called the Oryx.



There's some more information available at http://www.ipmssa.za.org

Regards,
Stratobat

Mine is larger



Nothing beats the Mi-26 (perhaps the Mi-12, but that's a prototype which never got to fly)

cough Airwolf Cough mach 1.5

before anyone abuses me i know airwolf isnt real its some sort of bell 430 but i would like to think it could go faster than a jet lol

Hi Foz-Hows about a shot of you in that Cessna 150-How many hours have you got in so far?

(always thought joysticks were things honeymooners used )

                   Regards
                   Jerry Hatrick
 
PS Hi Foz- There's a few vacancies at Hoversafe Academy      

                     

What is the biggest helo alive and has one ever really broken the speed of sound?

Suspect that possibly that Ruskie freight carrier is/was the largest-can't recall the name but it has a bit missing underneath,probably to accomodate a Bungalow

Not sure of the speed record,but has anyone tried looping the Bell? ???

Biggest flying (size and weight): Mi-26 (100-200 passengers depending on the overload factor the pilot accepts 26 000 kg cargo inside or on a hook. firefighting version has a 16 000 liter water container)

i think all those guys can get in this thing whitout overloading it

Biggest flown-a-few-times. this is still the absolute record holder in size and cargo capacity: Mi-12 (take 2 Mi-6 drivetrains, put them on wings and add the largest fuselage you safely can get in the air with those)
max load: 40 000kg


Previous record-holders:
Size: Mi-6


Cargo: Mi-10

now you probably got the reason why its illegal to use russian helos in the USA... they cant stand that they are bigger than the ones they make themselves