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Forum: North America

7th Nov 2014, 18:45

Replies: 19

Dauntless or Sheppard Air??

Views: 60,649

Posted By oibal60

ATP written

Just before the Aug. 1 'deadline', three of us 'palz' sat the ATP written.

Of note is that NONE of us have any chance of becoming big-iron drivers and NONE of us NEEDED to sit this exam...

Forum: Rotorheads

20th Dec 2011, 20:34

Replies: 35

Sundance heli down / Nevada

Views: 12,270

Posted By oibal60

Landon - I'll miss you

For those of us who flew with him (me included) – consider yourselves ‘cyber-hugged’.
I’m sure he’s in all our prayers.

My first instructor Mike Conti – back in 2009 – had organized a lesson...

Forum: Rotorheads

4th Nov 2011, 14:46

Replies: 25

identify the chopper

Views: 9,105

Posted By oibal60

Airwolf Theme Music

Don't laugh, but as a youngster, I LOVED watching Airwolf and, yep, I'll admit it, wished to grow up as a Stringfellow-Hawke type.
Then when Blue Thunder came out ...awww geez ...that was IT!

I...

Forum: Rotorheads

2nd May 2011, 15:34

Replies: 19

What did you do when you had just got your ppl(h)?

Views: 3,283

Posted By oibal60

Post PPL(H) lic.

Hi,
First congrats!

I got my PPL(H) in a R-22 and spent the next 50+ hrs. going on a bunch of SOLO cross-country flights (200nm min.) so as to get 'entirely comfortable' with the machine,...

Forum: Rotorheads

18th Jun 2010, 14:30

Replies: 10

"Jumping" from an R22

Views: 2,753

Posted By oibal60

As a D licensed (master) parachutist with over...

As a D licensed (master) parachutist with over 1,200 skydives -- and heli pilot (R-22) to boot -- I can attest that 'jumping a heli' is not trivial.

Even the venerable Bell-412 (Viva Rod...

Forum: Rotorheads

10th Jun 2010, 16:06

Replies: 25

Student Pilot needs advice

Views: 3,120

Posted By oibal60

Problems with Autos

Howdy,
As a newly-minted PPL(H) (Robinson R-22) :-) -- I agree with the folks here. You NEED to 'slide over' to another instructor -- and here's the kicker -- to an instructor who's not...

Forum: Rotorheads

27th May 2010, 15:45

Replies: 3

New PPL(H)

Views: 977

Posted By oibal60

New PPL(H)

(News to some ...but maybe not to all....)

Well, as of 9AM, (Sat. 22nd.), I am now (also) an FAA qualified Helicopter (R-22) Pilot.
:)

Due to weather (howling winds) back in April, I was...

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