Wonderful. Like the other fellah, I was a humble oil rig passenger on 61s from 79 to 97....North Sea. Bristows mainly, but also BA (no survival suits for the pilots!!!) and B Cal. In the early days, when coming back to Aberdeen, the pilots would carry out engine checks cutting one engine back at a time..not loved by us passengers. Other memory was pre flight radar. There was a moving scroll of paper which (I think) marked out the roots to various installations. Going back to Aberdeen, you could watch all the black route lines converging back to te single point which was Dyce heliport. We briefly transferred to Bell 214s before ending up on Super Pumas. The 61 was slower, but so roomy compared to the others. Kept me safe for my 18 years out there, so God bless the 61.
God, if there's anything I like the most, it's the sound to the transmission. Right when he released the rotor brake. P.S. Thanks for not adding music!
I love the Sikorsky H-3 ( Military version of the S-61) as I have logged over 4K hours in 4 different models during my 23 year career in the Navy's Active and Reserve Service .
Thank you so much to the person who took this video shot of this wonderful S61. Use to fly for 10 years in the80’s to the oil rigs offshore Terengganu Malaysia ( I was a oil rig worker then). Bristow’s and Malaysian Helicopter Services (MHS) S61N.
Monsoon_96 on a lot (if not all) Sikorsky's, yes. This one in particular has a bunch of control tests that need to be done with the rotor stopped. You can also bring the rotor to a dead stop with the engines running!
Wonderful. Like the other fellah, I was a humble oil rig passenger on 61s from 79 to 97....North Sea. Bristows mainly, but also BA (no survival suits for the pilots!!!) and B Cal. In the early days, when coming back to Aberdeen, the pilots would carry out engine checks cutting one engine back at a time..not loved by us passengers.
Other memory was pre flight radar. There was a moving scroll of paper which (I think) marked out the roots to various installations. Going back to Aberdeen, you could watch all the black route lines converging back to te single point which was Dyce heliport. We briefly transferred to Bell 214s before ending up on Super Pumas. The 61 was slower, but so roomy compared to the others. Kept me safe for my 18 years out there, so God bless the 61.
God, if there's anything I like the most, it's the sound to the transmission. Right when he released the rotor brake. P.S. Thanks for not adding music!
I love the Sikorsky H-3 ( Military version of the S-61) as I have logged over 4K hours in 4 different models during my 23 year career in the Navy's Active and Reserve Service .
Thank you so much to the person who took this video shot of this wonderful S61. Use to fly for 10 years in the80’s to the oil rigs offshore Terengganu Malaysia ( I was a oil rig worker then). Bristow’s and Malaysian Helicopter Services (MHS) S61N.
The inside of the S61 sounds a bit like being in an Airbus A320 with CFM56 turbofans on idle. Except for the extra whirrr of the rotor spin.
Great memories.....love H3’s
The flying boat 💪👌😎
Jim M and Gordon W? Hell yes!
It would be good if we could listen to the radio conversation. Routine or instructional flight?
yes. Required
DCS got a patch? Nice graphics
Is it common procedure to start the engines with the rotor brake still engaged?
Monsoon_96 on a lot (if not all) Sikorsky's, yes. This one in particular has a bunch of control tests that need to be done with the rotor stopped. You can also bring the rotor to a dead stop with the engines running!
Who in the hell installed that windshield wiper?
Do you own this aircraft ?