A helicopter pilot should have......

[Steve76]

A Leatherman.
A Helmet.

...you?

[gadgetguru]

thick skin
a sense of humour
a retirement fund (lotto ticket)

[Gomer Pylot]

Well, I have the lottery ticket..........

No Leatherman - a Gerber instead.
No helmet, just a headset, homebuilt.

I do have a watch with both digital and analog display, so I don't have to do math to come up with an ETA, and can just read the numbers to write it down when I get there.

And a good flashlight, for preflighting hours before sunrise, and doing a postflight well after dark.

[joyrider]

A helicopter pilot needs a torch, a gps, a private income, an overnight bag (with food in it as well as clothes & toothbrush) and a sturdy pair of boots

[Whirlybird]

Three hands
lots of dosh

[jayteeto]

No haemerroids or a very good seat cushion :ugh:

[roundwego]

NO Delusions of grandeur

[WhirlyGirl Sarah]

A large wallet and a bottomless bank account :(

[CRAN]

Peril Sensitive (react-o-peril) Sunglasses!
:p

[DualDriver]

Leatherman
Helmet
A packet (or 2 ) of Marlboro's
and my Cellphone

and don't forget patience

[Joker's Wild]

routine examinations for paranoia................... :=

[B Sousa]

A Corvette
A Big Watch
and no need for Viagra

[BlenderPilot]

As a helicopter pilot you will be at unique places where few have been before, and you will see things few people ever see in their lifetime.

It would almost be a crime not to share some pictures.

BTW, the FedEx guys came running in the hangar yesterday afternoon with an Airbus 300 tire which they needed to get to a nearby airport in a BIG hurry, I hated myself for not having my camera with me since that was a funny picture, the whole Bell 407 rear cabin was filled by this tire! If it weren't for the litter doors it would have never fit.

[Reefdog]

two d--ks. cant be this stupid just pulling one
bag packed ready to go
hurry up.....oh wait patience
standby to go noway quickly
sence of humor

did i mention lots of patience

good contacts with in the industry

good medical insurrance, so you can get your backside fixed after it has been reamed by the boss...

and more patience

overdraft account for those little things like.......living...

[WASALOADIE]

He can acheive so much more with a crewman onboard

[helidriver]

......a big chopper!;)

[bloodycrow]

...some good advice I once got from a police air wing pilot with extensive experience in searching for missing a/c..was to carry a portable ELT on your person on any flight that will take you outside a populated area.

The reasoning for it was simple. He has personally been involved in search efforts that ended in finding victims that perished literally hours prior to being rescued.

The accident a/c was each equipped with an ELT that failed to work upon impact. The victims sustained non life threatening injuries which affected their mobility in some way and resulted in death due to extended exposure to the elements.

I have since made a habit of carrying an ELT on every flight in addition to those handy nik naks such as a leatherman & torch.

[loachboy]

A little man with a little voice inside his head to reply to any questions he might have, like :

What's that noise ?

He did say squawk 1235,

Was that RWY 14 or 32 ?

Must get some sleep now.

Regards

Loachboy

[Steve76]

...a pre-nuptual.

Maybe good gumboots too :)

[the wizard of auz]

A helicopter is always a good thing for a helicopter pilot to have!. :E

[WLM]

The desire to leave a lonely life ie no real long term partner or commitment....:(

[belly tank]

A leatherman
cigarette lighter
Personal ELT
Sat phone if the boss will pay for one!
Enough smokes in case you get stuck for the night!!

Oh.....and a spare roll of your best Toilet paper (ive been caught out before in the bush and had to use an old oily rag..not fun let me tell you!!)

[4ero]

...writing like a 3 year olds for making notes on maps en-route.

[Steve76]

Right on Belly Tank, I completely forgot the ol bog roll.

What about a Credit Card.
Good sunnies
A deck chair (makes you feel like a king out bush....)
A huge paperback, 'Whirlwind' by James Clavel is a good start.

Patience: by the sling load

[MD900 Explorer]

1) Enough Fuel
2) Credit-card
3) Fit babe waiting on the apron for him when he returns (Obviously the opposite for our female pilots)
4) Personal ELT
5) A leatherman

me thinks that is enough

MD :ok:

[Bravo 99 (AJB)]

Patience Patiance and more patience big bank account that can stand fast reductions a blonde would be nice other income is a must a deaf ear to blank out the BUll S--T a fast car to be in to places at once should about do it

[Lu Zuckerman]

I won’t say how old I am but back in the late forties and early fifties we would carry the following:

A loaded grease gun
Two cans of Mil G 7711 grease
A mechanics tool pack to include a roll of safety wire
A couple of cans of oil. If flying in a Bell 47 a can of fish oil for the tail rotor gear box
A mechanic
A RON bag with two days supplies.

If flying in the Arctic two fully fitted survival packs to include a 222 Armalite rifle with ammunition and Arctic sunglasses.


:E :E

[WhirlyGirl Sarah]

A helicopter pilot should have...

Food (at least 10,000 calories per person on board)
A supply of water
Cooking Utensils
Matches in a waterproof container
A portable compass
An axe with a 28 inch long handle :ooh:
A flexible saw blade
30 feet of snare wire
Instructions for using snare wire
Fishing equipment (bait, gill net and mesh)
Mosquito nets
Insect repellent
A signalling mirror
Three pyrotechnic distress signals
A sharp jackknife
A hunting knife
A survival instruction manual
Flashlight
Spare batteries for flashlight
Spare bulbs for flashlight
Portable ELT
Spare batteries for ELT
Stove (!)
Fuel for stove
Tents for everyone on board :ooh:
Winter sleeping bags for everyone on board
Two pairs of snow shoes
Spare ax handle :ooh:
Honing stone
Ice chisel
Snow knife


And all this under the seat of your R22!!!! :uhoh:

I mean come on! I have read this today in my helicopter technical book - and apparantly these were just a FEW suggestions. Is there anybody out there who can ACTUALLY admit to carrying this stuff and more to the point, is there any helicopter which can actually hold this much gear! Can you imagine how long it would take you to pack and get ready to leave?! :confused:

WGS

[moosp]

I can see how a hunting knife and a survival instruction manual would be very useful in Birmingham, UK (and probably Birmingham AL too...) but I wonder what the snow shoes are for?

Tennis to while away the time?

[headsethair]

Small ears. (because all headsets are uncomfortable)

Two voices. (one for real life, one for radio. We have pilots in the UK who have perfectly normal voices on the ground, but on the radio they adopt either a singing delivery (London helimed...?), or try to sound like an old John Mills/RAF type)

Universally-jointed fingers for Check A.

Bums without bones.

And a book of excuses for dodgy landings - stiff collective, wind gust, vortex from 747 2 miles up, sloping pad and "my passenger wanted to know what happens when you take your hands off the controls".

[Whirlybird]

WGS,

Yeah, I think I'd want all that, and a big enough helicopter to carry it............



........if I was going to Antarctica!


But somehow, to me, it seems just a teeny weeny bit over the top for a half hour sightseeing jaunt from Tatenhill to Alton Towers and back.

[WhirlyGirl Sarah]

That book was obviously written by someone from the north pole!! Of course the only thing you really must have is...

An up to date chart!

WGS

[Gainesy]

30 feet of snare wire

Er... to catch elephants?

[donut king]

A RICH GIRLFRIEND!!!!!!

D.K

[gogga]

- A winning smile (for airport officials :8 )
- A stern voice (for pax :mad: )
- An understanding mechanic :ok:
- A critical eye out for specimens of the oppisite sex :E
- An unquenchable thirst
- the best stories in Aviation history!!!:D :D

[Brownlees]

A good excuse for when you mess up!
and know at least one very good bar

[masteroff]

Rocks in their heads.......:}

[MBJ]

Come on B SOUSA!

Fighter pilots have big watches and we all know what that means! :rolleyes: