Interesting helicopter landing

Dr Ivan D. Reid · Sep 10, 2007

I'm thinking twice about getting in a Dash-8 at this point.
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Hmm, think it was a Dash-8 I was in on Friday, for the 10-minute
flight from YYJ to YVR. I thought it a little strange that they boarded
the rear rows first "rows 5 to 9" when I was in 10C. It all became
obvious when I boarded -- row 10 is very fractionally behind row 9 and only
has one seat -- 10C. You get a lovely view directly down the aisle...

Reminded me of when I was in Alitalia seat 1A (Bari to Rome, IIRC).
I think I was further forward than the pilots!

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Stan Rowlan · Sep 11, 2007

Grimly Curmudgeon said:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Beav"
<> saying something like:
As some wag[1] said "Helicopters are nothing more than a bunch of spare
parts flying in close formation". And the other "There are two types of
helicopter pilot, those who have crashed and those who're waiting to".
Heli pilots are usually quite depressive creatures, because even if
they've
never encountered a problem, they know they will".
Quite. Of course the depressing thing is that decades of effort was
spent in taking the silk purse of flying and turning out the pig's ear
of helicoptering.
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There's still nothing like a helicopter for fun though.
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I'd rather have an hour in a heli than a week in a plank.
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Aren't we in danger of getting back "on topic" here, as most of us would
agree that we would rather ride a bike for pleasure rather than drive a car,
even though (or even because) bikes are unstable, less aerodynamically
efficient etc?
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For reasons beyond rationality, I was surfing the web and ended up
following Dr. Reid into this forum. I had never seen a helicopter
crash except in movies. Yikes!

I just relocated to Albuquerque in the American southwest and
purchased a bike on arrival as my own reward. If you pedal up to the
foothills you can coast all the way back to downtown without adding
energy; it's quite fun.

In this region we have Steve Fossett lost. He was going to try a land
speed record of some sort. If he turns up dead, it will be like the
croc hunter's death: he did so many things more daring and dangerous
than a hum-drum flight.

Bod43 · Sep 11, 2007

Muck said:

Over the past few weeks, I've had this urge to learn to fly helos. I
hope it passes.- Hide quoted text -

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It is a lot of fun. Just as long as you remember
that it is nearly as dodgy as riding a motorbike
on the road, you will have a good perspective
of the risks. : -))

OOPS! Misleading information alert.
That is for fun flying. If you are a low time pilot in
a cheap helicopter wanting to go somewhere
on a schedule then it is a LOT more dangerous
than riding a bike anywhere.

Hint - cheap helicopters don't have jet engines.
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Beav · Sep 11, 2007

Stan Rowlan said:

As some wag[1] said "Helicopters are nothing more than a bunch of
spare
parts flying in close formation". And the other "There are two types
of
helicopter pilot, those who have crashed and those who're waiting to".
Click to expand...

Heli pilots are usually quite depressive creatures, because even if
they've
never encountered a problem, they know they will".
Click to expand...

Quite. Of course the depressing thing is that decades of effort was
spent in taking the silk purse of flying and turning out the pig's ear
of helicoptering.
Click to expand...

There's still nothing like a helicopter for fun though.
Click to expand...

I'd rather have an hour in a heli than a week in a plank.
Click to expand...

Aren't we in danger of getting back "on topic" here, as most of us would
agree that we would rather ride a bike for pleasure rather than drive a
car,
even though (or even because) bikes are unstable, less aerodynamically
efficient etc?
Click to expand...

For reasons beyond rationality, I was surfing the web and ended up
following Dr. Reid into this forum. I had never seen a helicopter
crash except in movies. Yikes!

I just relocated to Albuquerque in the American southwest and
purchased a bike on arrival as my own reward. If you pedal up to the
foothills you can coast all the way back to downtown without adding
energy; it's quite fun.

In this region we have Steve Fossett lost. He was going to try a land
speed record of some sort. If he turns up dead, it will be like the
croc hunter's death: he did so many things more daring and dangerous
than a hum-drum flight.
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He's either going to turn up dead, or not turn up at all. I don't think he's
hiding in the wilderness to test the search and rescue blokes.

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Beav

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