Prince Harry Helicopter pilot
28 October 2008, 03:46 PM
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I say good luck to him, I have a lot of respect for him and his brother, and their Old Man for that matter 
It seems that in this day and age, it doesn't matter what they try and do, some clueless w@nker in the scum pit where most journalists reside will pop up to say that it's all wrong
P.S; Personally, if it was me I'd be giving the Apaches a wide berth, thes babies are what I'd want to be flying
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Run out of ammo, no problem, just land it on the ******* and crush them to death
It seems that in this day and age, it doesn't matter what they try and do, some clueless w@nker in the scum pit where most journalists reside will pop up to say that it's all wrong
P.S; Personally, if it was me I'd be giving the Apaches a wide berth, thes babies are what I'd want to be flying
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Run out of ammo, no problem, just land it on the ******* and crush them to death
28 October 2008, 04:58 PM
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/mpd/permalink/m2J976Q0AHLSWJ
Ed macy gives a 12 min video interview on flying the apache,and why it's different and harder from flying any other heli...
Ed macy gives a 12 min video interview on flying the apache,and why it's different and harder from flying any other heli...
28 October 2008, 05:33 PM
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Anyone who puts their life on the line for his country gets a thumbs up form me
The journo's that slate the young royals in the press are the people that wouldn't think of fighting for this country and are quite happy to spout bollox whilst drinking champagne and shovelling crap up their nose!!!!
Sorry for the rant but some journo's have double standards!!!!
The journo's that slate the young royals in the press are the people that wouldn't think of fighting for this country and are quite happy to spout bollox whilst drinking champagne and shovelling crap up their nose!!!!
Sorry for the rant but some journo's have double standards!!!!
28 October 2008, 07:23 PM
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Anyone who puts their life on the line for his country gets a thumbs up form me
The journo's that slate the young royals in the press are the people that wouldn't think of fighting for this country and are quite happy to spout bollox whilst drinking champagne and shovelling crap up their nose!!!!
Sorry for the rant but some journo's have double standards!!!!
The journo's that slate the young royals in the press are the people that wouldn't think of fighting for this country and are quite happy to spout bollox whilst drinking champagne and shovelling crap up their nose!!!!
Sorry for the rant but some journo's have double standards!!!!
28 October 2008, 07:53 PM
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The apache conversion course has a higher failure rate than that of selection into 22Rgt SAS.
We are not talking of ordinary soldiers failing, but that of already experienced helicopter pilots.
Each eye has to work independently of each other (A good test for this is to open a book and read both left and right pages at the same time) Additionally all 4 limbs have to do various tasks independently of each other.
All at the same time.
I suspect Prince Harry has just said he wants to be a pilot and the press have therefore automatically assumed that he wants to be an Apache pilot.
He has to get through his basic helicopter pilot license first and that is no mean feat, again there is quite a high failure rate on this also. Military a lot more intensive than civilian, as there is a lot more tactical navigation and ''sneaky beaky'' parts of the course.
There is not a hope in hell the main Apache flying instructor will pass a pilot to fly the aircraft if they were not of the best of the best and upto the job.
£46m apiece and they can do a lot of damage.
If Harry is not good enough (I suspect he probably wont be) then he will get found out and not even make the grade to fly in the simulator, never mind the actual helicopter.
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We are not talking of ordinary soldiers failing, but that of already experienced helicopter pilots.
Each eye has to work independently of each other (A good test for this is to open a book and read both left and right pages at the same time) Additionally all 4 limbs have to do various tasks independently of each other.
All at the same time.
I suspect Prince Harry has just said he wants to be a pilot and the press have therefore automatically assumed that he wants to be an Apache pilot.
He has to get through his basic helicopter pilot license first and that is no mean feat, again there is quite a high failure rate on this also. Military a lot more intensive than civilian, as there is a lot more tactical navigation and ''sneaky beaky'' parts of the course.
There is not a hope in hell the main Apache flying instructor will pass a pilot to fly the aircraft if they were not of the best of the best and upto the job.
£46m apiece and they can do a lot of damage.
If Harry is not good enough (I suspect he probably wont be) then he will get found out and not even make the grade to fly in the simulator, never mind the actual helicopter.
Someone in the know
As to the failure rate being higher than 22's selection, the courses are so vastly different it is not a fair comparison !
28 October 2008, 08:46 PM
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My dad served in the Navy with Prince Charles and says he's a sound bloke. They weren't mates or anything but he says he was an officer who was very good at his job.
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