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Old 25th November 2017 | 02:12
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aa777888
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Many thanks for your kind offer again this year, @KiwiNedNZ

It's still quite early in my helicopter flying career, and without anything too exciting to report, my memorable moments seem to all be related to more and more challenging landing spots. The most recent, and most challenging to date, was a very small, sloping gravel spot, not much larger than a dolly, that services a remote, off-grid transmitter site on top of a minor mountain. Unlike a dolly, this one is surrounded on all four sides by small pine trees, and on two sides by antenna guy wires, and requires a bit of vertical to get in and out of with no escape once you are below the top of the antennas. It's the sort of place you wish you brought a chainsaw to so that you can open it up a bit more before leaving At any rate, it was a nice feeling of accomplishment to get in and out of there safely and smoothly, and without sliding off of the sloping, loose gravel, either!
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