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South Korean UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters fly into Seoul after President declares Martial Law.

22 Comments
2024/12/03
21:48 UTC

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Helicopter flight training Loan for international student

Hi everyone.

I want to start my helicopter pilot training in the USA probably at the end of 2025.(I am from the Netherlands.) Right now my wife and I are saving up as much as possible but we'll only be able to cover 50% of the costs, around $65K or €60K. Since it's about $110K or €100K in total we're looking into student loans or personal loans, but I can't seem to find good ones for internationals on an F1 visa.

Does anyone know good sources? Banks or organisations or anything?

For my application process I need to verify that we're able to pay for our time being in the country.

Also my wife is a nurse, will it help to mention that we want to look for a job for her once we've moved to the US? And how great are the chances of finding her a job and it making an impact on my application? We're 23 and 24 years old respectively, does that work in our favour for saving up a lot of money already?

I would really like your help to find anything!

12 Comments
2024/12/03
21:07 UTC

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What helicopter is this?

14 Comments
2024/12/03
18:06 UTC

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Mil Mi-24 with PLA markings, Jingmen AVIC Town Park, China. Afaik, China never used the Mi-24, don't know how it ended up with Chinese markings, there are around 5 Mi-24s in China, only this one has PLA markings. Does anyone know any backstory"

3 Comments
2024/12/03
04:25 UTC

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Tom Cruise Saves Elizabeth Shue from walking into the Tail Rotor

Not that I am a big Hollywood buff but I thought this was a good story of Cruise saving Elizabeth Shue from a camera chopper's tail rotor. Good job Tom.

Scary how often people forget about or don't see those spinning things.

https://sierrahotel.net/blogs/news/tom-cruise-saves-elizabeth-shue-from-the-tail-rotor-of-a-helicopter

https://preview.redd.it/eg3gqiicji4e1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e6e78602662130f560672c4f79d3a722e883cb3d

3 Comments
2024/12/02
22:41 UTC

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National FLT Regulations for Helicopter Pilots

I’m doing some research into FLT rules, I found Swiss, German, Irish and Greek national regulations.

Can anyone tell me what exactly regulates FLT rules for helicopter pilots in UK or other EU countries?

UPD: UK rules found

0 Comments
2024/12/02
09:09 UTC

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Interesting Question: Why do helicopters with asymmetrical airfoil main rotor blades, such as the S-76, not lift off the ground when at flat pitch with the collective fully down?

Came across an interesting question today while discussing airfoils. The HFH says (and most of us would agree) that symmetrical airfoils like the ones found on the Robinsons MR do not produce lift at zero AOA. It says shortly after this that asymmetrical airfoils do produce some lift at zero AOA. If this is the case, and I believe that it is, why don't these larger aircraft with asymmetrical MR blades lift off the ground at zero AOA? The only thing I can think of is that these larger helicopters are so heavy that the small amount of lift produced by a cambered MR blade at flat pitch is still not enough to lift it off the ground.

12 Comments
2024/12/02
06:20 UTC

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MV-22s, MH-60s, UH-1Y and AH-1Z fly over the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), Nov. 22, 2024.

21 Comments
2024/12/02
02:31 UTC

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Spanish national police H135

5 Comments
2024/12/01
23:34 UTC

43

What's up with the "little door" on the UH-1Y? (Check comments)

36 Comments
2024/12/01
22:54 UTC

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Feedback request on new video on the future of vertical airports.

7 Comments
2024/12/01
22:08 UTC

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Another Kiowa Warrior displayed next to the 101st Airborne Division Headquarters

1 Comment
2024/12/01
19:11 UTC

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Impressive conversion on fly crane for this old Sikorsky S58 (1958). The S58ET is a turboshaft-powered conversion of the S-58E using Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3 Twin-Pac turboshaft with special nose cowling featuring distinctive twin rectangular air intakes. Lifting a school panel at Carmel Valley

3 Comments
2024/12/01
19:00 UTC

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Ugly and dangerous. The only rival of my ex...

8 Comments
2024/12/01
18:44 UTC

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UH-72A Lakota (07-72042/EPIC 42) departing the West 30th Street Heliport (JRA) after stopping by for fuel

29 Comments
2024/12/01
16:28 UTC

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Start up and takeoff CH-46D

1 Comment
2024/12/01
16:04 UTC

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Agusta AB-212 Austrian Air Force 5D-HJ flying Display Airpower 2024 Zeltweg LOXZ

1 Comment
2024/12/01
15:28 UTC

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An OH-58D Kiowa Warrior "008"

Displayed across the street from the Dom F. Pratt Museum in Fort Campbell, Kentucky

50 Comments
2024/12/01
05:29 UTC

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Lost bucket

Mountain fire in Paarl South Africa. Chopper lost the bucket.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=7815514435151627&id=100000794432882

6 Comments
2024/11/30
15:29 UTC

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Bangladesh Army Aviation Mil Mi-171Sh

0 Comments
2024/11/30
09:40 UTC

0

Can someone give me some free helicopter database site

I am looking for free helicopter database site which has both civilian, military helicopters (including all types of military helicopter ) and it has filter option for searching helicopters with wheeled landing gear and retractable wheeled landing gear and exclude helis. Com and wikipedia Tia

16 Comments
2024/11/30
09:38 UTC

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