Chopper flying and Music
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Chopper flying and Music
Hi all,
This morning in the car I heard a song that reminded me of my helicopter pilot training. The song was Vangelis' 1492, Conquest of Paradise. Everytime I hear it, I fondly think back to learning to fly a helicopter.
The CD of Vangelis was in my car radio at the time that I did my early morning drives to the flight school and always played in the background.
Anybody else out there that has got the same association with a specific song or piece of music? Would like to hear from you.
This morning in the car I heard a song that reminded me of my helicopter pilot training. The song was Vangelis' 1492, Conquest of Paradise. Everytime I hear it, I fondly think back to learning to fly a helicopter.
The CD of Vangelis was in my car radio at the time that I did my early morning drives to the flight school and always played in the background.
Anybody else out there that has got the same association with a specific song or piece of music? Would like to hear from you.
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First solo on a glider I found myself nervously whistling Fly Me To The Moon.
First solo on a fixed wing and on a heli the same tune came up. Crazy thing was I didn't realise it until I started on the downwind checks!
VH
First solo on a fixed wing and on a heli the same tune came up. Crazy thing was I didn't realise it until I started on the downwind checks!
VH
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It has to be "Come fly with me, come fly away" by Sinatra... used it as my first dance for my wedding!! Awesome tune!!
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After i walked out of the exam room and just passed my CPLH jumped in my Ute ( pickup for you yanks out there!!)..started the car and the tune for "Wanted dead or alive" by Bon Jovi just started!...ill never forget it!!....just happens to be that im seeing them in concert in about 2 months in Melbourne!!!.so i can relive the glory 13 years on
..ill never forget it!!....just happens to be that im seeing them in concert in about 2 months in Melbourne!!!.so i can relive the glory 13 years on
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Did most of my training in California and at the time Scar tissue By the Red Hot Chilli peppers was playing quite a lot on the radio and on the local bar jukebox! When i came home (Back to the UK) I made a short film to remind me of how fantastic it was to fly!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7uy1q1XO7k
When ever i hear that song on the radio Im back there!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7uy1q1XO7k
When ever i hear that song on the radio Im back there!
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Many years ago, Andy Gutteridge did my Instructor Rating Flight Test - I was scared s***less on the way to the hangar on the morning of the test. So I got the stereo cranked up and had the Prisoner's (Slaves) Chorus from Nabucco blaring from the speakers in the car - I was well fired up by the time I got there!!
Passed too!!
Passed too!!
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Well, it's comes to mind that mostly the only 'music', occurs when everything has gone pear shaped, about several hundred or a couple of thousand) rogue cattle all in diametric opposition and all with their blinkin' heads on their wrong ends. Then it's fly for your life baby cause you mostly should have seen it coming, with teeth very clenthed and over and over I hiss it out, its -
'who likes aeroplane jelly'
aeroplane jelly for me'.
But there was a pristine moment, being priveliged to have been invited to demonstrate a certain machine in a very historic airshow, the only participant with clearances to ground level, and all the time in the background I reheased the maneuvres to -
Sonny and Cher
'I've got you babe'
'Hey Hey, you You
Get offa my cloud',
ran a close second.
'who likes aeroplane jelly'
aeroplane jelly for me'.
But there was a pristine moment, being priveliged to have been invited to demonstrate a certain machine in a very historic airshow, the only participant with clearances to ground level, and all the time in the background I reheased the maneuvres to -
Sonny and Cher
'I've got you babe'
'Hey Hey, you You
Get offa my cloud',
ran a close second.
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Verticalhold - exactly the same - 'Fly me to the moon' for both my first solo in a glider and 1st solo in a 152. I don't even know the song, but was on the film Armageddon I believe and it seems to pop up in my head flying every now and then.
Downwind on my 1st solo in the 22 it was 'Dangerzone' I was humming as I struggled to keep at 700' in this helicopter that wanted to keep climbing on me! I wouuldn't say it was appropriate, but at the same time I couldn't help but smile at my unconscious choice!
Downwind on my 1st solo in the 22 it was 'Dangerzone' I was humming as I struggled to keep at 700' in this helicopter that wanted to keep climbing on me! I wouuldn't say it was appropriate, but at the same time I couldn't help but smile at my unconscious choice!
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Nice vid.....
Flash.....nice video. I learned at the same place as you. That departure over the freeway used to scare the 
out of me parcularly during my first solos.
Back to the music...... 'Feel so High' by Des'ree...cause in a Robbo, at first, it did!
IC
out of me parcularly during my first solos. Back to the music...... 'Feel so High' by Des'ree...cause in a Robbo, at first, it did!
IC
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Not sure whether I should admit this but hey!
When I got my PPL in 2003, the record most played (and played everywhere) was Dido - White Flag. That song will still remind me of the time.
However, I remember at the time when I was studying for my PPL exams (HPL) that the book metioned that singing in the cockpit was a sign of uncertainty and nervousness. Crap! I sing all the time. Have to admit, "Fly Me To The Moon" is very singable as is the other Julie London classic, "Cry Me A River".
Cheers
Whirls
When I got my PPL in 2003, the record most played (and played everywhere) was Dido - White Flag. That song will still remind me of the time.
However, I remember at the time when I was studying for my PPL exams (HPL) that the book metioned that singing in the cockpit was a sign of uncertainty and nervousness. Crap! I sing all the time. Have to admit, "Fly Me To The Moon" is very singable as is the other Julie London classic, "Cry Me A River".
Cheers
Whirls