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I love my school!

Postby openSkies » Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:11 pm

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Man, my school is AWESOME.

(No one was injured... just the school's reputation :) )
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Postby Spence » Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:23 am

The bad thing about learning to fly a plane is that you may not get a chance to learn from your mistake. Kind of like freestyle rock climbing. How do you learn how to be good at it. :shock: I guess only the good ones live to tell about it.
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Postby ..fanatic » Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:28 pm

I think it was Wayne Newton (who pilots himself around Vegas in a helicopter) who said, "How you know that I'm a good helicopter pilot is simple...I'm alive."
"Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it."

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Postby openSkies » Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:35 pm

Helicopter pilots are insane. You could never get me into a helo.

I mean, think about it. The plane that I fly right now can glide for 5 miles from 2,000ft. Easily. So if I lose my engine, I've got plenty of landing options (a grass field, an airport, a long clearing, anything).

If you're in a helicopter and lose you're engine, then you're just flat-out screwed. Yes, they have... I forget the name of it, some type of thing... but anyways, it keeps the blades rotating (very slowly) regardless of whether the engine works, that way you have SOME control. Basically, you can just keep from flipping over or upside down. You're still hitting the ground just beneath you, no matter the terrain.

I've seen some nasty footage of copter crashes. The best I've ever seen was one that was taken from a news helicopter just after take-off. The camera caught the whole thing on tape, and it was pretty bad.

So yeah, that's my 2-cents on helicopter pilots. =]
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Postby Spence » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:43 pm

Yeah, I those guys are nuts too. Some things you just wonder how guys learn to do. Cliff Diving is one. The guy who doesn't hit the rocks is the guy who catches on quick. The other guy is a stain. :shock:
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Postby openSkies » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:02 am

Hah. Ouch =]
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