AAHH yes the old faithful C209 'Widowmaker'.
Having done many thousands of hours flying the queen of the skies, I have perfected the art of taming this wonderful over powered beast of a machine.
As I hail from New Zealand, most of my work involves possom recovery and rehabilitation back into their natural habitat, ie squashed on the side of the road.
As I have had to fly the 209 in the bad wx configuration at all times for these operations, I also developed a method of putting my arm out the window, while flying at 20", 2400rpm, the magnificent 209 WILL FLY SIDEWAYS!! This allows me to grab a possum by its tail from the top of the tree and place it inside the aircrafts huge cabin.
A fellow partner of mine once managed to pile around 2000 of these furry wee f
ers in the spacious cabin although claimed that after 1800 his arm was rather tired, and fuel was becoming an issue.
After years of performing these ops, I came to the conclusion that helicopters are for wimps.
Jafa