Rotorheads Views From The Cockpit
regardless that it was from a fixed wing veiwpoint, what a fabulous set of photos... that could be one of the better advertisements for the sheer fun of flying and general aviation!! 
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Lads out & about
There are some true Universals in this life & I think a bunch of blokes on a cross country flying trip must be one of 'em. That 'dog-off-a-leash' look on the guy with the PaleAle is a gem & I suspect cockpit farts smell the same the world over? The Oz RotorHeads are gonna have to do Oshkosh one of these years!
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I agree mate, I agree
I was supposed to go this year but got held up on a few things & just wasnt worth missing out on in the end.
I am going this year but will be in the US by then and chould have the FAA Commercial (H) ticket to fly there for it.
Cheers
HF
I was supposed to go this year but got held up on a few things & just wasnt worth missing out on in the end.
I am going this year but will be in the US by then and chould have the FAA Commercial (H) ticket to fly there for it.
Cheers
HF
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Organisational skills
After a decade with the Sydney based RotorHeads the one thing I've learned John is, an organiser I'm not! Getting a trip is like pulling teeth, half the group just ignore the emails & the other half can never agree on the destination/date. I think the old 'press gang' idea is the way to go with pilots kidnapped in their sleep.
Sasless' link (which was excellent - many thanks) made me dig out my photie album from 1987 (when I were still single'n'appy...) and my trip to Oshkosh. I hadn't realised how lucky I was not to see a single thunderstorm.
Handy, what say you we brush off our PPL(A)s and nip over for a look around Wisconsin some year, eh? Assuming I can find mine - haven't used it for, ooh - 19 years.
Handy, what say you we brush off our PPL(A)s and nip over for a look around Wisconsin some year, eh? Assuming I can find mine - haven't used it for, ooh - 19 years.
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JFK Airport, New York
Ira Rennert's house, Long Island NY. Largest single occupancy house in the United States.
Crossing East to West just north of the Southampton NY helipad.
Port of Tacoma, Tacoma Washington
Tightgit
Handy, what say you we brush off our PPL(A)s and nip over for a look around Wisconsin some year, eh? Assuming I can find mine - haven't used it for, ooh - 19 years.
although with the current paymaster it may take a bit of time to save up...
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And people say helicopter flying is dangerous .....
Picture sent in to Rotorheads by Johan Winkler, a Swiss helicopter pilot, who says:
The famous 'Cresta Run' at the St Moritz Tobogganing Club, Switzerland
80 mph head first on a toboggan.
And people say helicopter flying is dangerous.
Video of the run >>> Link HERE
The Cresta Run is a ¾ mile natural ice run down a gulley from above St Moritz to the village of Celerina and drops more than 500 feet.
Riders go down head-first and, with gradients as steep as 1 in 2.8, reach speeds of up to 130 kph!!
Riders go down head-first and, with gradients as steep as 1 in 2.8, reach speeds of up to 130 kph!!
80 mph head first on a toboggan.
And people say helicopter flying is dangerous.
Video of the run >>> Link HERE
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