DS_HMMR Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Time lapse https://vimeo.com/51289481 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Pig Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Very cool..... The ol' paint booth built around the helicopter. Done that a couple of times. Turned out nice!. Ready to play a sinister role in some Spec Ops movie! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridethisbike Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Nice. I always forget to take pictures or video when I tackle big projects like that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iChris Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 (edited) That looks like “Mike Bravo” N623MB, Ser# S-750. Excellent history behind that ship. Excellent work DS_HMMR. Should be few if any of the 105's or Bell 222's remaining at CALSTAR. I understand the MD900N's are also on notice to be sold and replaced with new EC 135's. The oldest aircraft in the CALSTAR fleet—in fact the first helicopter ever purchased by the company—has been sold. The sale brought back a flood of memories to the crewmembers that flew in the ship over the last 22 years. The helicopter was an MBB model BO 105CBSB, Registration Number N623MB, a compact, twin-engine aircraft fondly referred to as Mike Bravo. According to Jim Arthur, director of flight operations, the first EMS mission for Mike Bravo was on September 4, 1990. Since that date, CALSTAR crews flew the aircraft for 6,835 flight hours and completed 28,005 landings. “The sale of the aircraft is part of a large-scale fleet modernization which will bring enhanced safety features and technology to our fleet and subsequently to the communities CALSTAR serves,” Arthur said. It’s anyone’s guess how many lives were saved by the hundreds of crew members who utilized Mike Bravo to race to trauma scenes and hospitals over the years. “It’s no doubt in the thousands,” said Regional Director Ross Fay. CALSTAR Rotor Wash, 2012 CALSTAR Says Goodbye to Its Pioneer Air Ambulance CALSTAR orders eight EC135s to standardize its fleet Edited October 13, 2012 by iChris 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBuzzkill Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Awesome paint job and awesome aircraft history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldy Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 HMMR..that just looks mean! Congrats on owning a real piece of EMS history,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikemv Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 HHMR, Are you going to re-weigh the helo post paint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS_HMMR Posted October 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 Of course.HHMR, Are you going to re-weigh the helo post paint? Of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikemv Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 Of course. Of course. I knew you would. Just put that out there for others to note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S9coldfire Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 When I tried to watch the video it said that it's private and that it needs a password. Anyone else run into this problem or have the password? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helipilot PTK Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 I watched it just fine without a password or signing in. EDIT. Just tried it again and I ran into the problem you mentioned. I just watched it a few days ago just fine, DS_HMMR you know why this happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS_HMMR Posted October 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 I watched it just fine without a password or signing in. EDIT. Just tried it again and I ran into the problem you mentioned. I just watched it a few days ago just fine, DS_HMMR you know why this happened? Not sure. Might be a licensing issue with the music. I'll try to fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cineron Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Wow, looks awesome! Would love to see some pics of the interior, what else are you doing to it? We also have a 105 project that we are building as a camera platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS_HMMR Posted October 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Interior is coming in a few more weeks. Is your's the LS that's in the pain shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cineron Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Maybe, we have a LS superlifter and it's been going back and forth to paint. Are we at the same field? By the dam? We should be flying in 2 weeks...we hope. Here's a pic of the camera mount we made for the nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS_HMMR Posted October 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 I saw your bird up at CalStar before you picked it up, and then saw your bird in the paint shop a couple weeks ago, was there interviewing your paint-guy. Your LS is going to be awesome, definitely want to see it when its all done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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