Rotorheads Around the World (incl 'Views from the Cockpit')

[212man]

Bernouli, you seem to have the Anduki NDB frequency set (top left): an omen perhaps?

[TeeS]

Sunrise

Early start this morning!

and

TeeS

[Bernouli's what?]

212man,
It was my density! That signal from Anduki's stronger than you think! I wonder if I set the NBD for that place in Mexico with the nude chick I'll end up there too? (actually, it's the VHF FM radio and it's set on XX.250MHz but I see where you're coming from)

[Bernouli's what?]

A few more from my collection:
Ahhh....Paris in the springtime!



Gazelle role no.5: Limited movement of men and materiel.....TAXI !!!!

[Max Shutterspeed]

I vote for the first shot by TeeS for a monthly calendar shot soon!

MS

[Brilliant Stuff]

Now the second Gazelle shot is what I call a helipad.

Paris Springtime

[scruggs]

I vote for the first shot by TeeS for a monthly calendar shot soon!

I concur. Fantastic shots TeeS

Cheers

S

[TeeS]

Thanks, but I can't take the credit for these. They were taken by Chris Harris, one of our Aircrew Paramedics. He used a Canon EOS 350d with Canon EF75-300 Zoom. Despite looking like it has been 'oranged up' it actually came straight off the camera with standard settings. Not bad seeing as he is new to this photography stuff!

Cheers

TeeS

[K48]

Strimmer adventure

I know everyone slates an R22.. but it does the job.. here are some pics of my 6hr trip from Kent to Snowdon and back..

Ideal weather over Snowdon..

Caernarfon Castle

Return Journey.. Kiwi style saddle hopping.

A cool looking R22! (bracing for comebacks)
It was 3hrs flight time each way, stopping in at Welshpool, we stayed at Stables Hotel (in Pooleys) who have a helipad (nice grass field) and top restaurant/bar.. just SE of Caernarfon airport. A recommended area to visit on the rare occasion you get good weather.

[Choppie]

Why such bit instrument panel on that R22?

[Pandalet]

It has a GPS mounted on top of the standard panel, I think?

[4ftHover]

Some 22's have originally been spec'd as IR trainers which have an extended instrument panel. Maybe this is the reason ?

[Brilliant Stuff]

K What a nice trip you had there. Reminds me of my trips to Germany and back 6 hrs one way. Excellent fun.

[K48]

re: big instrument panel..

Choppie, here is the panel from the other side.. it will answer your question.

[Capt Fathom]

That is a huge display of the outside world. Looks remarkably similar to the view out the big window!

[rotorrookie]

If u can't be the biggest..... just fit it with the biggest gps there is
and u feel secured while u fly

[Bushfiva]

Despite looking like it has been 'oranged up' it actually came straight off the camera with standard settings.

Great shots. Since you say he's new to the camera, he may not realise he's got

Contrast - High , +1
Saturation - High , +1
Sharpness - High , +1

dialed in. Or maybe he does realise it

[TeeS]

Hi Bushfiva

Thanks for that, I may have been a little rash saying 'standard settings' but I am pretty sure that he didn't set them for these photo's. That is on the basis I spent half an hour with him explaining the association of 'aperture' to 'depth of field' on the same day. Would those settings make much difference to the colours shown, i have to confess that I am not really very familiar with digital camera technology as I am still a film man!

We went out the next morning and took some more shots, since the sunrise was almost identical. I used the aircraft 'point and shoot camera' and got these results - bit of an arty-farty sort of morning all in all!





Cheers

TeeS

[K48]

Stunning Pic

Stunning Pics those... where and when Tees?
I was going to make the ole joke... 'I don't know how it works but if you look really hard at this picture you can see a helicopter'..
but it's too nice a pic to Teese.

[Bushfiva]

Would those settings make much difference to the colours shown

Maybe make them slightly stronger. I don't want to provoke thread drift here, but one reason to leave the settings at their defaults, or even dial them down a bit, is because the in-camera algorithms have to do their thing really quickly. If you do the post processing in a computer, you've got more control over the final look. Having said that, if he's shooting RAW+JPG, then the settings don't matter since they only apply to the JPG, not the RAW original.

Nice piccies. Olympus have always made nice kit.