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Horizon7573 - May wish you read the original post.
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Thank you a lot for this generous offer Ned!
Calendar arrived and quality of pictures and print is outstanding. Pleasure to look at every time! |
Hi Ned!
One of my most memorable moments was the first time i flew a full down auto rotation in a 22. Scary as hell but amazing fun at the smae time! Have a great christmas! |
Got 20 left before they are completely out of stock until the 2020 one comes out. So if anyone else wants one, follow the rules, make a post and send me a PM so I can send one out before I head off overseas on the 4th.
Hope everyone had a good Christmas. Ned |
I suppose one of my most memorable moments was upon encountering Ned and mistaking him for a Statesman of some sort.
It was a blessing in a left handed way in that I determined upon a few moments watching Ned that I decided my People Skills were not as impressive as Ned's. Failing to pick up on his accent....I mistook him for an Australian Bogan of a pretty rough type. I very much admire his photography and ability to turn a phrase when he gets a bit prickly. We all know that is a facade and he is really just real cuddly bear inside. |
Hi Ned, thanks for the generous offer.
My most memorable moment would have to be the first time I held a vaguely steady hover. After hours of poor old John going through the old "you have, WHOA!!! I have.... you have, WHOA!!! I have...." one day it suddenly clicked. I don't recall a steady progression from unstable to stable(ish), I just feel that one flight I was endangering anyone around the perimeter of Redhill, the next I was holding pretty much over the required spot, at around the height and sort-of pointed in the direction John had requested. It felt so good (and, tbh, I still think it is one of the coolest feelings, just hovering). |
My most memorable moment with helicopters would have to be one of my earliest flights with Keith Turner on our farm near Masterton ! He was spraying with the Sikorsky s55 he had at the time. My brother and I watched him working all day hoping for a ride and he obliged at the end of the day with a short hop back to our house !! He took us on a couple more rides as I was growing up and I always remember him doing this for us when I get kids coming up and wanting to see the machine and maybe go for a quick ride in it ! |
Last year I wrote my most commemerable flight would probably be my next flight as the offshore business was in a down turn and I was wondering if a next flight would even come! Last August I was called out again for a day trip. It was exactly 2 years from my last trip. It was great flying in a CHC helicopter out onto the Dutch shelf. CHC made it through the bad times, I and the company also endured and came out of it. Signs are somewhat more positive now. Everybody Best wishes! Self Loading Bear |
Hi Ned once again thank you for the great offer. My my experience would be back in Croatia/Bosnia ‘96. As a young fresh faced technician I was tasked in doing a flight test post maintenance on a Gazelle. So there I am sat up the front with my trusty Rotortune box all ready to go. Flight test went perfect out over the Adriatic on a beautiful clear day then the fun begins. The PIC (alas I don’t remember his name) showed me the more agile characteristics of a Gazelle which had the effect I think he intended. Flight back to base involved me getting my first ‘hands on’ I was slowly introduced into straight and level then gentle turns with his expert guidance and amazing patience. I was able to bring the aircraft all the way back to the refuel spot at which point he took over. A memory that I still cherish to this day. |
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