A helicopter pilot should have......
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From: Australia
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!!)
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!!)
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From: CA
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
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
Crazy Scandihooligan
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From: Damn, some mountain goat is nibbling my ear ;-)
What every helicopter pilot should have....
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
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
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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
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From: The home of Dudley Dooright-Where the lead dog is the only one that gets a change of scenery.
Back in the days......
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.
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.
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From: Up In The Sky...
A helicopter pilot should have...
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
- 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
- Winter sleeping bags for everyone on board
- Two pairs of snow shoes
- Spare ax handle
- Honing stone
- Ice chisel
- Snow knife
And all this under the seat of your R22!!!!
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?!
WGS
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From: Mostly Hong Kong
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?
Tennis to while away the time?
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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".
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".
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The Original Whirly
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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.
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.
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From: South Africa
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)- A stern voice (for pax
)- An understanding mechanic
- A critical eye out for specimens of the oppisite sex
- An unquenchable thirst
- the best stories in Aviation history!!!
