Hover-Pig Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 :up: :shock: :up: oh my gawd....I stared at it like a starving man at a steak dinner..... have a look at the panel I fly with at 40 feet over the churning ocean at night to dip my sonar and chase submarines....don't bother looking for any autopilot, HSI or even a standard T...there isn't any...... Beautiful machine, thanks for sharing heli :up: :up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firehawk Posted November 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Heli what sort of work do you use the 109 on? Looks like a sweet machine, I'll be in a power house myself tommorrow, ripping up the sky in a Bell 47. :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
407 Driver Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 FireHawk, what are you doing in a 47? Don't you know that you're a 212 pilot, and possibly too large to be in a 47, (unless it's a G3B1 or larger). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firehawk Posted November 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 407 driver, It is a top secret mission and I have been the chosen one, It will be our new monashees private group machine, You know at one time the 47 was a great ski machine and it will be replacing our 407 this year :shock: 1 GUIDE, 1 GUEST. 2 TRIPS, Should take all day to do 3 runs. Your recurrent training will be done also on it Im told, Class D external load training with Parks. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
407 Driver Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Is this some historical deal? Flashback 1965, Jim Davies pilots a Bullock 47G3B1 with Hans Gmoser and 1 guest to the Bugaboos, total vertical skiied, 6,000 feet per day...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawddawg Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Firehawk :Is there any Turbo Bell 47 still working in Canada? How about a photo Let us know how it goes. Any chance for a tour? :up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heli Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Vortex Ring, Been there, done that, got the T shirt In a previous life, ASW Sea Kings for Aunty Betty when they were new and shiny, and I was young enough to think that Ripple 3 for two weeks was challenging with 150 yards vis in fog, at night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
407 Driver Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 mawddawg, are you referring to "Turbo" or Turbine....big difference. Most of the later Bell 47's had a turbo, or more correctly a Turbocharger, that exhaust driven boost system with a pesky milli-second lag. A choice few Bell 47's were fitted with the Soloy Allison C-20 Turbine, great lifter, short range, but still as slow as a ............. ! I personally don't know of any out there. I have seen a few Soloy Turbine powered Hiller 12E(T)'s still around though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawddawg Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 407: I has asking about turbocharged Bell 47 helicopters . Is this what Firehawk would be flying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
407 Driver Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 I would assume that it would be turbocharged, I have no idea where 'ol Firehawk would have found a Bell 47, but I sure wish that it was me flying the old beast today, Hey Firehawk 'ol buddy I have a request.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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