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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Ira Rennert's house, Long Island NY. Largest single occupancy house in the United States.
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Crossing East to West just north of the Southampton NY helipad.
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Port of Tacoma, Tacoma Washington
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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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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
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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!!
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80 mph head first on a toboggan.
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And people say helicopter flying is dangerous.
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Video of the run >>> Link HERE
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