RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) I know there is a general aircraft photograph appreciation thread, but understandably it is very plank wing heavy. I thought it might be good to have a thread specifically for rotary wing aircraft. I will start with some of my own, all from work: (Copyright on all images belongs to me) EC225LP EC225LP EC225LP S-92A Best Scott Edited December 22, 2020 by scottystitch 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Unloading wagons by helicopter in Switzerland - on the line from Zermatt to Gornergrat Jon 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 it was working in partnership with a wacky Kamen K-Max 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Bournemouth airshow lynx 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Merlin 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Chinook 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Lynx again, probably one of my favourite photos. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted December 22, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 Scout, Fife Airport 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted December 22, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 Iroquois, Omaka - Practicing wter dropping prior to being deployed to the Victoria, Aus. fires of 2009. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted December 22, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) SH-2G, the last RNZAF Wigram airshow, 2009. Note the unusually offset Tail Rotor Drive Shaft assembly. Edited December 22, 2020 by scottystitch 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted December 22, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 Wasp, RNZAF Wigram Airshow, 2009. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) Sikorsky UH-34G Seabat at Edwards AFB museum area September 2003. I've never been able to pin down it's exact identity. Edit: I just found this which says it started life at USAF 57-1726 http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=10064 Edited December 22, 2020 by Metr0Land 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 RAF Woodbridge, 1980..... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Hungarian Air Force Mil Mi-8 2656, Szentkiralyszabadja airbase, September 1997. This was somewhere near Lake Balaton and seems to have closed since my visit there. Our group had a flight in this example over Lake Balaton...... Hungarian Police Mil Mi-2 helicopter R-14, Siofok, September 1997. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Q. How does a helicopter stay in the air? A. By being so noisy and so ugly that the Earth repels them. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2020 Cornwall Air Ambulance landing at Godrevy beach 19th April 2019. Thankfully no one was badly hurt in the end. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold StuAllen Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 Caught this flying over our house just after the start of the first lockdown 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Sinsheim museum 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Speyer Museum 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 and Speyer again 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 and again 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2020 A couple of photos taken by my parents from their home, earlier this month. Apparently there were 10 in total. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2020 A video I came across of some very good and skillful flying . 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Sidecar Racer said: A video I came across of some very good and skillful flying . Amazing flying - but sooner or later he's gonna get that wrong, and it'll hurt.... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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