winsor68 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 [medio=full]78[/medio] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirsty Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 A future career in flying helicopters - haha. If you've got about $80K to spend and a couple of years out in the sticks doesn't worry you maybe! I've done a fair bit of flying helicopters and it is heaps of fun but as a career it's really for the very determined or the rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 In my experience it takes a special kind of pilot to commit to a lifetime of Chopper flying... Ironically I have only been up in one chopper... happily it was a proper one (in my opinion) a Bell47. I was fortunate that it was with a mustering pilot called Shultzy in the Isa after it had had a refurbishment done... so he took it out around Lake Moondara and put it through its paces. Amazing stuff!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyknots Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 I have also been in a chopper once: a Hughes 500D. It was a great experience. Quote from the video "You know... helicopter lessons are not all that expensive" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av8vfr Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 I have been the LH seat in a RAN Squirrel out of Wagga... All good until we went tactical and flying below tree-top levels... "Where are those power lines????" Talk about pucker factor lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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