Gazelle Aircrew Manual
Buongiorno Carlo, un caloroso benvenuto in Aviafora! / Good Morning Carl, a very warm welcome to Aviafora!We are glad to have you aboard. Thank you too for the photos.Our aim is to create a family atmosphere on the forum, in particular between our members.We have had a number of people who have bought Gazelles and spare parts as a result of ads on our 'Gazelles for Sale' pages and/or through direct contact with our members. When it comes to the buying and selling of aircraft and spares, we network our members with those who possess a proven track record of behaving professionally, who value quality and who are themselves dependable.Aviafora currently has 25+ members who are Gazelle owners.Elipix, well done in reaching out to Carlo! This is the kind of pro-active and welcoming attitude we wish to encourage, so again many thanks!
Helipixman - thanks for making contact. I've owned G-BZYD (AKA XZ329) for just over a week and flown 6.5 hours in that time. I read this site cover to cover before making the leap to a Gazelle. So far - loving every minute. Here's some photos.Great stuff Carlo, that's what we like to hear and what a leap it is.
From Enstrom to Gaz! When you have time, we'd love to hear a little about your impressions when you first flew the Gaz and what you think of her handling qualities.Also, and if you don't mind, I'd like to ask you a question about your Gaz conversion. Did the pilot who trained you address something known here as the 'Tail Swing Bite' and which you can read about.Once again welcome aboard. I join Zishelix in wishing you many safe and happy hours with your new craft, and oh. We have a tradition of naming our member's aircraft (a process in which you have no say) so you'll doubtless see this name appear once we choose it!Btw, I 'think' G-CARL may still be available in case this appeals.RegardsSavoia.
This is just the CAA being silly and wanting to keep this sequence for themselves, G-CAAA, CAAB, CAAC and so on, but they are never going to use these registrations and it would be better for them to release them to the public, unless they have some 'compelling' argument as to why they cannot do so. I mean in the 1960's the CAA used to run a number of aircraft - I remember various CAA-owned HS125's, G-ATPC, G-OCAA and G-CCAA spring to mind, but they had plenty of other aircraft also such as HS748 G-AVXJ as well as De Havilland Doves G-ALFT and G-ALFU and many others.Regarding G-MEEK, quite the coincidence really that there were two Meek's with Enstroms! SA341F2 ZU-RED (cn.1285) as seen at Port Elizabeth's Verwoerd Airport on 2nd December 2018 (Photo by Timothy Brandt)SA341G VH-WLS (cn.1361) as seen at Bare Island in Australia on 23rd September 1977This Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service Gazelle is pictured engaged in one of its first ever assignments, and which involved the removal of dumped cars from Bare Island in south-eastern Sydney. The recovered cars were thereafter loaded onto trucks and taken to Menai tip. The Gazelle pilot was Richard Howell and the crewman Ian Callaghan.Zis, un piccolo regalo di natale!SA341G(S) N76WH (cn.1238) as seen at Van Nuys Airport in California c.1977.
Don't think I could ever say Arctic Training was R&R, but still enjoyable.Yes, I am sure it was quite rigorous, but I was thinking of the CO acceding to a request from some of the lads to borrow a Gaz for the purpose of enjoying some recreational skiiing — and which I accept is about as likely as spotting boars of the winged variety, although in some defence forces such things used to happen!And finally, forum control have this morning informed me that they have spotted what they believe to be a small number of Snow Gazelles winging their way towards Shrieking Gazelles. So, we need to be on the lookout! Sorry for slow replies. A few things.For a previous aircraft I registered G-CARL and my registration was rejected. CAA told me that all G-CA. are reserved for CANADA of all things (I guess back in the day!)My first impressions of the gazelle. At the time I was very rusty.
Gazelle Aircrew Manual Template
My Enstrom had been grounded for around 6 months (long story), so I'd only been flying fixed wings. First impression was how unbelievably sensitive the cyclic was. Compared to the Enstrom where the controls are non-hydraulic - it's a different flying experience.
The Enstrom has an electric trim, but you have to move the cyclic manually, then trim - so you build up a bit of arm muscle! It took me a short while to get used to the crazy light controls of the Gazelle. After that the impression was quite simply how easy it was to fly - of course, I'm used to a manual throttle and having a fully governed turbine is a total delight.At first the checklists seem very long and cumbersome, and easy to miss bits. In the first few hours it's hard to appreciate what's essential, what's going to bite you - so checklist paranoia sinks in. Once I got to about 10 hours the lists were mostly memorised, and importantly I'd learned all critical actions.The next thing to delight me was autorotations. In my Enstrom I felt quite anxious about them. The process is.
Enter auto-rotation, drop the collective, at which point the rotor RPM had already drooped out of the green. So flare, build up a bit of rotor speed, and then you end up chasing it with the collective. Gazelle was totally different - just enter auto.
And no need to do a thing. Unbelievable in my book - it took me a few goes to convince myself it was really an auto, and really this easy.WRT the tail bite - I had read a lot about this, and read accident reports. The instructor really majored on a few key points - firstly to keep pedal turns slow and not allow them to accelerate out of hand, and also to fly smoothly - none of the showing off, massive quicksteps, etc. The rumour of a gazelle just spinning off on its own without the pilot provoking it was very much dismissed out of hand - fly sensibly and within limits and all is good.So - I've logged about 13 hours so far, and I'm loving every minute - I'm now doing everything from memory rather than checklist, and flying is getting smoother and smoother. I'm not one for showing off, I think it's awesome just to fly well - no need to arse about, so hopefully that mentality will keep me safe for many more hours to come. This week I've landed at 5 airfields, 1 pub, and 2 gardens.The next challenges for me are getting fuel at home - nearly there, I've got a trailer at least, just need a supply.
After that, a year of lots more visits here and France, and some more pubs and hotels.
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