Bliss .....
The idea of not being able to stop before I land is scarey.
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Must agree with HeliAviator of the flying chacons! 
Low flying, day and night, fighter evasion and NVG decks to a frigate are all a demanding, necessary skills, yet loads of fun and we get paid for it too!!!!
The debate for more dosh in the civvy world with mind numbing flying does not hold water at this time of my life - maybe when I grow up..............no, b*gger that!
A bit more of a sense of satisfaction too - moving a coy of soaking bootnecks in pants weather by yourself (cos the crabs have refused
) after they have spent a fortnight being rained on - the grins on their faces (and the beers later) made the 5 hours in the seat worthwhile!!
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Fear God, honour the King!
Low flying, day and night, fighter evasion and NVG decks to a frigate are all a demanding, necessary skills, yet loads of fun and we get paid for it too!!!!
The debate for more dosh in the civvy world with mind numbing flying does not hold water at this time of my life - maybe when I grow up..............no, b*gger that!
A bit more of a sense of satisfaction too - moving a coy of soaking bootnecks in pants weather by yourself (cos the crabs have refused
) after they have spent a fortnight being rained on - the grins on their faces (and the beers later) made the 5 hours in the seat worthwhile!!------------------
Fear God, honour the King!
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Goggles are good, boat winching is good, night over-water autohover is good, but when the medics at the pick-up point say the patient is going to die and then the medics at drop-off point say the patient is going to live, well that feels pretty damn good.
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From: Downeast
Jockspice,
At an airshow one weekend...showing my sister and her son around. The little one...standing and gawking at a Chinook (my favorite helicopter)...stated with some sincerity..."Mom when I grow up, I want to be a helicopter pilot."
My sister's response was immediate and also said with some sincerity..."Son, you can't do both!"
At an airshow one weekend...showing my sister and her son around. The little one...standing and gawking at a Chinook (my favorite helicopter)...stated with some sincerity..."Mom when I grow up, I want to be a helicopter pilot."
My sister's response was immediate and also said with some sincerity..."Son, you can't do both!"
Avoid imitations
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From: Wandering the FIR and cyberspace often at highly unsociable times
SASless,
You really have been trawling deep to drag up a thread from 2001!
No horizon, no moon, off shore SAR, instrument auto transition down to a 50 ft radalt hover over the sea.
(Did it many times but it still gives me the shivers
)
Night air-to-air refuelling the MH-60 from a C-130, lights out on NVG, definitely wins the thrill stakes and job satisfaction prize though.
You really have been trawling deep to drag up a thread from 2001!
No horizon, no moon, off shore SAR, instrument auto transition down to a 50 ft radalt hover over the sea.
(Did it many times but it still gives me the shivers
)Night air-to-air refuelling the MH-60 from a C-130, lights out on NVG, definitely wins the thrill stakes and job satisfaction prize though.
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From: Downeast
One should not mock Mods...even Heliport!
SASless,
You really have been trawling deep to drag up a thread from 2001!
You really have been trawling deep to drag up a thread from 2001!
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From: Kammbronn
Satisfied customers.
Just as jockspice has put it earlier; for me it must be the odd occasion I've pulled a bunch of blokes out of a bog they'd been in for a couple of days - wet, cold, stinking, half-starved. The cheering could be heard over the noise, and as for the beers in the Mess afterwards.....
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From: Wandering the FIR and cyberspace often at highly unsociable times
Perhaps we are separated by our (un)common language? I merely noticed that the date alongside the last post, prior to yours today, was posted on 8th June 2001!
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ShyTorque
I found the thread while spending a few hours merging threads to increase our database.
The forum was a fraction of its present size in those days so there weren't many responses - thought I'd bring it back to the top.
H.
I found the thread while spending a few hours merging threads to increase our database.
The forum was a fraction of its present size in those days so there weren't many responses - thought I'd bring it back to the top.
H.
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From: Wandering the FIR and cyberspace often at highly unsociable times
Gotcha! So you are the trawlerman, not SASless.... It wasn't obvious to a mere punter like me that it had been officially moderated to the top of the deck!
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From: UK
Most scary: trying to hover over a sinking fishing boat 100 miles into the Atlantic at night in a storm.
Most fun: chasing stolen sports cars
Most rewarding: safely delivering the casualties having had to hover taxi (at night) up a river estuary to reach the hospital landing site.
Most stupid: overfueling my machine and then joining a fifty ship formation without enough power to hover! (let alone keep up in the turns)
Most fun: chasing stolen sports cars
Most rewarding: safely delivering the casualties having had to hover taxi (at night) up a river estuary to reach the hospital landing site.
Most stupid: overfueling my machine and then joining a fifty ship formation without enough power to hover! (let alone keep up in the turns)
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From: europe
Most scary: Discovering my crewman wasn’t quite as good at hands on flying as I thought he was! Or finding myself on the approach line of 4 fast jets heading for the Fearless in San Carlos Water.
Most fun: Low level in a MK9 lynx before they limited the max speed (But I was just a TA pilot by that time)
Most rewarding: Finally being told my hover skills were good enough to put the dope-on-a-rope out of the aircraft.
Most stupid: Not taking that refuel when I had the chance.
Most fun: Low level in a MK9 lynx before they limited the max speed (But I was just a TA pilot by that time)
Most rewarding: Finally being told my hover skills were good enough to put the dope-on-a-rope out of the aircraft.
Most stupid: Not taking that refuel when I had the chance.
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From: Great South East, tired and retired
Scooting along the beach at Byron Bay and having to pull up to let each wave pass under me. And then the joy of "surfing" the wave next to a pod of dolphins having a good time.
Chasing a stolen RX-7, watch it roll over and start to burn. Cops arrive. Doors open and baddies start to abandon burning car, cops push them back inside... for a brief moment until more cops arrive to control them.
Chasing a stolen RX-7, watch it roll over and start to burn. Cops arrive. Doors open and baddies start to abandon burning car, cops push them back inside... for a brief moment until more cops arrive to control them.
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From: From here the view is lovely
The total surprise I still feel every time I hit the bottom of an instrument approach and find the runway lights in front of me. After 20 years that moment still amazes me. The other time is solo, positioning back to base high level, late evening into night. Absolutely marvelous.
Senis Semper Fidelis
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From: Lancashire U K
The total and unbelievable thrill of flying any Helicopter to any destination whenever I can on my little PPL(H) gives me a smile that lasts for days. and I never do anything trickey!!
PeterR-B
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