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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:05 pm
by Victor Meldrew
Saw the smoke.... wasnt a little one either....
It wont be cheap to fix..
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:15 pm
by Victor Meldrew
From what I have heard it was a fire in the sump of a gas turbine.. normally a few tons of lube oil in each sump. lots of smoke.
Turbine around £2m each
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:38 pm
by Mr Momo
Thistle - used to be called "The Black Pig" for a good reason.
Only ever landed on it, but colleagues (several years ago) use to tell me how bad it was.
Glad to hear all are well.
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:04 pm
by tut
Wish that I had a pundie for every time that I had landed on the Thistle A.
However I must have missed something as there is no mention on the thread as to what happened.
tut
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:36 pm
by deano15482
tut wrote:Wish that I had a pundie for every time that I had landed on the Thistle A.
However I must have missed something as there is no mention on the thread as to what happened.
tut
look at johns second post above tut.
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:58 pm
by Mr Momo
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:25 pm
by tut
Thanks.........
Of course in my day I would have taken them all off in a single Bell 212, whereas now they need the whole of the UK and Norwegion fleet.
tut
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:32 pm
by Mr Momo
they're all eating too much, so a 212 would have sunk under the weight....
Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:50 pm
by Victor Meldrew
tut wrote:Thanks.........
Of course in my day I would have taken them all off in a single Bell 212, whereas now they need the whole of the UK and Norwegion fleet.
tut
I think if it was a "biggie" you would find out how many bodies you could fit into a puma.. spoke to one pilot ages ago when we were nightstopped on the Tern after a gearbox sensor fault, and I think he said around 30 if it wasnt to windy... only seats for 18.
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:49 am
by dlogan
I have worked on the Thistle, when it was still BP about 4 or 5 years ago and its name the Black Pig was well justified.
I heard they got 90 folk off in 4 Pumas.
18 folk is bad enough especially when sat next to a FB.
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:15 am
by tut
We carried 8 soldiers as a norm in a Bell 205(Huey) on Ops in Oman, but I once had to pull out 14 SAS who were under fire and heavily outnumbered.
Fortunately they were on a hill position, as the only way that I could take off was a downhill run on the skids to pickup airspeed, and a run on landing back at Salalah airfield.
The record was 22 Omanis, but they were all women and children.
tut
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:55 pm
by meatball
tut wrote:
The record was 22 Omanis, but they were all women and children.
tut
Are you talking about in a helicopter or something rude??
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:31 pm
by Kev
Tut,
Out of interest, what other types have you flown in the North Sea?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:06 am
by tut
Definately in the chopper, Omani tribeswomen ain't exactly hot.
Kev
Just the Bell 212 and S76 with Bristows.
tut
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:14 pm
by rossybee
tut wrote:Definately in the chopper, Omani tribeswomen ain't exactly hot.
Thanks for the heads up - I'll not bother chatting up the next one I see in a nightclub
