another one

[nickk]

your looking at a rotor mast controll rods and a swash plate the nut holding the rotor on is called the jeesus nut heres the rest of one just dropped in to the moor side caffe for dinner

Roseberry topping in the background?

 

[brightspark]

Roseberry topping in the background?

yep flew round it with my microlight as well saves climbing it

 

[tom2207]

yep flew round it with my microlight as well saves climbing it

I used to hanglide at Merthyr Mountain ,, it was much the same .

 

[brightspark]

I used to hanglide at Merthyr Mountain ,, it was much the same .

did fixed wing gliding for 2 years then hangliding for 3 carlton bank and wetherfell in yorkshire dales 2 of the best sites in uk

 

[Morrisman]

Helicopters just seem so unnatural the way they perform flight and thus overly complicated...not my thing as i get older and think more

Friend of mine who is a private jet pilot: "the only reason helicopters fly is because they are so ugly the earth repels them"



I did hundreds of chopper trips to and from ships, working in the Gulf of Mexico.
Going home I loved 'em, going out to the ship, not so much.
2 hour flights, 150+ miles, no toilet, after a night in Houston or New Orleans on the lash....