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helomech
04-19-2014, 02:21 AM
A friend of mine came over in his plane today and took me, my wife, and my son flying (separately) plane only has 2 seats. We flew over my house and took some pics, then did a lot of shooting. Had a blast, here are a few pics.

The road leading to my house, my house is on the hill

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii247/helomech1973/home/IMG_3140_zps71f4cef0.jpg (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/helomech1973/media/home/IMG_3140_zps71f4cef0.jpg.html)

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii247/helomech1973/home/IMG_3143_zps83485da3.jpg (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/helomech1973/media/home/IMG_3143_zps83485da3.jpg.html)

And his plane, got to fly it for about 30 minutes.

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii247/helomech1973/home/IMG_3168_zps29c1e435.jpg (http://s266.photobucket.com/user/helomech1973/media/home/IMG_3168_zps29c1e435.jpg.html)
bacpacker
04-19-2014, 03:41 AM
Sounds awesome.
ElevenBravo
04-19-2014, 02:02 PM
Flying is always a great thing!!
helomech
04-19-2014, 04:03 PM
The guy that owns the plane is one of the pilots I worked offshore with for 3 years. He built that plane from a kit, took him about 6 years. He just finished it up about 6 months ago.
ElevenBravo
04-20-2014, 12:29 AM
Thats awesome!

I loved being in a helo, the machines have always facinated me to a high level ever since I was a kid.

When I was in the Guard, I got to take Blackhawk rides during missions, sometimes just to train with the Air National Guard. Id be up there just thinking... IM GETTING PAID TO DO THIS!

This is when I was really young...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcb_FdVhSJw


Here were doing sling load ops...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCXwTxPelMo

Sorry, hope I didnt hijack, just wanted to share too. :-)
EB
helomech
04-20-2014, 12:58 AM
Cool, I did a lot of door gunning out of the hawks. That was some fun stuff.
ElevenBravo
04-20-2014, 01:28 AM
Now Im really jealous Helo!
helomech
04-20-2014, 02:49 AM
The younger days. I have no desire to fly like that anymore. Back then I didn't think I could die. 10 feet off the deck and 140knots was fun back then.
izzyscout21
04-20-2014, 02:12 PM
10 feet off the deck and 140knots was fun back then.

Its still fun. :) I love riding helos.
helomech
04-20-2014, 03:17 PM
Its still fun. :) I love riding helos.

Not as much fun as it used to be. I have to much knowledge now about all the little parts of the helicopters that can fail, and I also know now that 90% of accidents are pilot error. Takes some of the fun out of it. If I am with a pilot I trust a lot. Like my friend that came over ( he has lots of flight time) He flew in Vietnam, did 20 years military, and now is a commercial helicopter pilot for the last 10 years. Plus he has owned his own airplanes for many many years. He is one of the few I trust my family with.
ElevenBravo
04-20-2014, 03:59 PM
I still have secret dreams of being a helo pilot... but at this juncture of my life, I think I can scratch that off my bucket list...
Stormfeather
04-22-2014, 05:07 AM
Use your GI Bill and go to flight school, they pay for it!

I miss my USMC days of flying around hanging out the door of a heilo. . .now I just sit in the back and let them drive with a SEG on my face remembering the glory days of hanging out almost parallel to the ground!


Its great having pilot friends now in the civilian world, we have two here that we count on and that are in our group here. We have another, but hes trying to find a way to move out of California at this time to make it out here!