Helicopters & more.

[Dave Stark]

I work on Helicopter engines for a living as a traveling technician. I thought that i would share some of the pictures that i have taken / acquired through the years. You'll know the ones i took because of the terrible quality...

 

These first are from Mexico:

 

These are from Chile, I didn't take any of these:

 

Here's one i took at a forestry department retirement resort in Alpine TX:

 

That's my car, it did surprisingly good off road with very little loss of control even at speed:

 

Saw this one in Woodland CA:

 

 

Charlie Schwab's AB139:

 

 

Saw this one in Georgia? I think:

 

Saw this one in Missouri after a really cool snow storm:

 

That isn't everything by a long shot, but it will do for now...Enjoy!

[ComancheKid45]

Sweet! The choppers are cool and all but that camo M715 is AWESOME!

 

Thanks for sharing :thumbsup:

[Backdraft]

You, sir, have a cool job!

[SW86]

 

 

yes please

[dakal]

VERY COOL PICTURES. THANKS

[Drahcir495]

:cheers: Thanks for sharing!

[Dave Stark]

 

 

yes please

 

Yep, that's my favorite one too, evening along the Dakar Rally course...

[Dave Stark]

Found one of me with some of the Police officers in Santiago...

 

I'm the nurdish guy on the right:

 

I'm at Niagra Falls this week, got some pics today:

 

I almost got taken out by this bird, could never have timed that right if i tried.

 

The falls with Canukia in the background:

 

Can't put any of the helicopters on for this trip...Government. :fs2:

[buxmj]

Thanks for sharing the pics, awesome!

[Rich]

Great photo's. Is that a MI-17 in the Dakar pix? I was working in Iraq a few years back with the marines and we flew into Camp Fallujah from BIAP on MI-17's, Super Pumas & Bell 412's.

[Dave Stark]

All of the helicopters in the Dakar pics are Eurocopter, either Astar's or EC130's. The night picture is a bit deceiving, but it is just an Astar with ski racks...

 

The big white one with the red & green stripes is the El Jefe in Chief president of Mexico's private EC725...

[DirtyComanche]

That Chilean company sure went with an acid-trip inspired paint scheme for a bunch of their B3s.

 

I work on these a bit:

 

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And these:

 

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Hopefully by this winter I'll be getting some 212 time too.

 

Did you have a work Visa for Mexico?

[Dave Stark]

That Chilean company sure went with an acid-trip inspired paint scheme for a bunch of their B3s.

 

I work on these a bit:

 

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And these:

 

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Hopefully by this winter I'll be getting some 212 time too.

 

Did you have a work Visa for Mexico?

 

I have yet to get any Bell experience, the French stuff requires too much attention...

 

We have sponsorships through companies in Mexico & a couple others which allow us to work in those countries.

[DirtyComanche]

I have yet to get any Bell experience, the French stuff requires too much attention...

 

We have sponsorships through companies in Mexico & a couple others which allow us to work in those countries.

 

You will probably hate Bell products after working on the EC stuff... I got my Astar endorsement (I'm Canadian, so you need a course for each airframe/engine) after I had my 204/205. My mind was blown by the ease at which one could do things on an Astar. That said, I still really like the 205, it's just a lot of work. The 407 is a whole 'nother animal, and I try to avoid working on them as much as I can :rotf: