100 Free Helicopters at Work Calendars
 

I thought it might be a nice gesture for Xmas to give away 100 copies of the 2006 Helicopters at Work calendar as they are now at the printers, and the images on there are some of the best yet.

So to fulfill the requirements to get one all you have to do is post on this thread why you enjoy being part of the helicopter industry.

Once you have done that, no sarcastic comments though, send me a PM with name and postal address and will send you one. Its as simple as that.

You dont usually get much for nothing in the helo industry, so nows the time to benefit.

Cheers

Ned

There are numerous reasons why I enjoy participating in the helo industry.....apart from the fact that you need to keep evolving and that one is never too sure what is around the next corner......

The thing that sets it apart from other industries, for me atleast, is the fact that ladies love adding to my collection of in-your-end-ohs using the word 'chopper'!!

Sorry Ned, but you can tell that I'm not too busy at the moment - thanks to Beurocopter!!

You already have my address.

Things that I enjoy about the helicopter industry are the people I get to meet around the world and some of the amazing places I get to see…

Chatting on the radio in the wilds of Scotland with a Squirrel pilot and then landing in Oban for a refuel and finding out that is was my old mate jellycopter who was on the squadron with me and EESDL and Hueymeister and probably many more.

I spose, in other words, as bellhater says, the people...:ok:

In addition to the people, there is the fact that your boss trusts you to take a couple of million pounds worth of fragile machinery, use it to the best of your ability to complete the job and then, with a little luck, bring it back in one piece.

Cheers

TeeS

As Nick said once.

It's better than working in a factory poking assoles in Barbi Dolls.

And get paid squillien's for the joys!!!

It is the people, many are very intresting.
it also beets driving.

Nigel

People and Places has to be the answer...the true reward sure seems to be internal.

The appreciation shown by a smile, a Thumbs Up gesture, a Thank You visit by an EMS patient, and the pure enjoyment of some of the sights. Sunrise over the North Sea as you pop up through the Fog, Sunset over the Grand Canyon, the Mountains of Alaska in the Winter, the desert of Iran, the calling to prayers in Muslim countries, large formations of helicopters. People you meet at Air Shows who come to view your aircraft. The warmth of friendship given and received over the years by those one shares time with.

Recounting your experiences....both good and bad....with friends who know exactly what you are talking about as a result of their similar life experiences. Think of those moments over a cup or can when talk was genuine and from the heart, the gift of friendship over the years that lasts a life time. If wealth is measured by the number and quality of friends one has accumulated in life, then I am rich beyond my wildest dreams.

Some of us have spent much of our life beyond the end of the pavement and are lucky enough to have seen places and people most folks only read about.

Heck, I even got to meet Ned. What else could one want out of this life?

Merry Christmas Ned and to all Rotorheads out there!



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Bloody Hell Sassy......

You don't write for Mills and Boon do yah????

The constant variety. i fly planks as well, but I never get the same job satisfaction at the end of the day. Also helo pilots are a damn sight more fun to work with:ok:

Why I like this business.
 

Well first of all there is all the free stuff!:p

I don't know of another business where you get to see so many sunrises and sunsets.

All the different scenery.

The people you meet tend to be a great bunch. If you work in the boonies you get pretty close with your customers.

Great fishing! Arctic Char. Lake trout. Brook trout. Always carry a frying pan ( plus garlic and some Grand Marnier).

Did I mention the scenery.

You become an expert at wx forcasting.

Time speed distance works.

All the different types of jobs. All different! Mostly fun!
Offshore, onshore, slinging, film work, water sampling on floats, powerline construction, bird towing, fun and games with the United Nations, training and all the other stuff.

Ferry trips.

Exploring - going to land on a hilltop far from nowhere and finding an old rusting 10 gallon 80/87 barrel - somebody was there long before you -probably in a 47.

I think that the most fulfilling part of aviation for me is the constant challenge and development.

There is always something to learn, and with technology developing at such a rate, there are always new things to find out about.

The people are also second to none. They are, generally, friendly, helpful people who always have time for each other.

Thank you to everyone.



Oh and not forgetting, the challenge of having to deal with irate pilots like EESDL, who just want their helicopters!!!!

For me it would have the EMS service.

As my dream to fly EMS, i cant think of anything better than the feeling you would get when you have flown a patient to a hospital and they have lived and fully recovered. Especailly if you knew they would not of survived without you flying them!

Talk about making all the hard work, hours, and expense pay off!

R22

It’s the only aviation privilege where one can explore the limits of man and machine either alone or as a team and in doing so save the life of someone in need.

As a "soon to be" pilot, I enjoy the prospect of being part of a legacy, and having the opportunity to perhaps contribute some small portion back to honour those who have gone before us.

I enjoy the unique-ness of rotary wing, the diverse opportunities to work and touch people's lives anywhere in the world - we can go rescue people from mountain tops, ravine floors and heaving seas, we can deliver aid to villagers in Pakistan or Indonesia or PNG, place a radio tower with pinpoint accuracy, haul logs out of mountains faster than they ever could before, and remove the need for dangerous highway chases by being the "eye in the sky".

Using our skills we can fly through an hour of cloud and pop out 500 feet AGL, exactly where we intended to be.

Sure, there are some crappy jobs out there, but there are some worse ones too. People ask me how work is, I say "could be better, but it could be a whole lot worse!".

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Being able to do something that I truley enjoy, with people that understand that sometimes "they pay me to do this" feeling.

Opportunities that being in the industry have provided.

Knowing that someone struggled through physics, aerodynamics, and higher math put it all together so I could go to work. (Thanks Nick for the Blackhawk.) I may not fully understand it but I can make it do what it is supposed to do.

I'm not sure if it's the dissymetry of lift or the gyroscopic precession that I enjoy most.

Mad people with great stories.

I enjoy it because being in the industry and flying helicopters is a very rewarding line of work, that I sometimes would not even think of as work, but rather as a meaningful, fun and challenging way of spending some of the time I have in this life.

Alot of good friends have been made, both through training as well as working alongside other pilots. And for the most part there is a great sense of mutual respect between these.

I also enjoy being able to have a type of job where the operation and all the people in it are very professional and is looked upon as being a very respectable type of job that, if you compare it with other jobs, only a select few are lucky enough to be doing for a living.

Magjam

"People who needs long explanations at times when everything depends on instinct have always irritated me..."
Guy Sajer, WWII Soldier

What I enjoy about the helicopter industry is passing my knowledge on to my students helping them get the most out of flying, also meeting many different people when on different charter jobs. Nice to go to a different place most days and get out the office!

TiP;)