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View Poll Results: have you ever been in a helicopter | |||
yes | 68 | 52.31% | |
no | 62 | 47.69% | |
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11-07-2003, 12:29 AM | #49 (permalink) |
Conspiracy Realist
Location: The Event Horizon
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More times than I can remember while serving in the military. I've was never able to totally relax; it sounded like bolts were coming loose every time.
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11-08-2003, 04:03 PM | #51 (permalink) |
EVIL!
Location: Southwest of nowhere
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Flown in them many times. Few trips in Vietnam and I was on a helicopter carrier(USS Tripoli) for two years and flew a number of times from there. UH-1's and CH-46's Haven't flown in a civilian one tho.
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11-08-2003, 04:34 PM | #52 (permalink) | |
We are everywhere...
Location: Barrie, Ontario
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11-09-2003, 08:47 AM | #55 (permalink) |
Upright
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Many times in the service. My service assignment was flying crew chief. When with the right pilot and doing the right menuveres, there isn't a roller coaster in town that can beat them.
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11-09-2003, 12:56 PM | #56 (permalink) |
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
Location: right here of course
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never have ridden in a helicopter but have been a passenger on a mail/cargo plane (forget the exact model, was usually below decks in engineering) taking off from an aircraft carrier on the cats.
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11-09-2003, 02:28 PM | #57 (permalink) |
Naughty Just Right
Location: Euphoria
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Nope. I'm kinda afraid of the thought actually. I had the opportunity once and I chickened out.
*walks away with head hung in shame*
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11-09-2003, 04:33 PM | #59 (permalink) |
Alien Anthropologist
Location: Between Boredom and Nirvana
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One of the best "highs" I've ever had and I'm ha a LOT of fun.
A must in Kaui over the falls near the scene where the opening for Jurassic Park occurred. It's a great time and worth the price!
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11-11-2003, 02:31 PM | #62 (permalink) |
Adrift
Location: Wandering in the Desert of Life
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Several times - very cool. The best way to see Hawaii.(Kawai)
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11-12-2003, 09:38 AM | #63 (permalink) |
alpaca lunch for the trip
Location: in my computer
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Took a circle-island tour of Kauai. Beautiful. The pilot was ex-military and had more time to show us stuff than most 'tours'. Once the tour was over, he had to take a quick trip up to a weather station on the top of a mountain. We made it up there (with the weather guy) in mere minutes (yow!) and I was completely amazed as the pilot held the rig at the edge of this peak....totally.....still...with updrafts coming on all around. Really cool.
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11-12-2003, 11:04 AM | #64 (permalink) |
On the edge of control
Location: Ga
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http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=33367 Yes this is a pic of me good friend of mine is a heli pilot I ride around a bunch with him thinking about getting heli addon with my private pilots licence
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11-12-2003, 07:03 PM | #67 (permalink) |
Psycho
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I don't remember if I ever had, I do remember when I was younger about 13-14 or so, I looked out the window and helicoptered landed in our field, it was fucking cool, my dad got a ride it by this guy who was newscopter pilot, nice guy a fews year later in die while flying the copter. I was sad.
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03-26-2011, 10:14 AM | #70 (permalink) |
Asshole
Administrator
Location: Chicago
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Oh, dear god. You went to Pigeon Forge, didn't you?! DIDN'T YOU?!
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03-26-2011, 10:28 AM | #71 (permalink) |
Playing With Fire
Location: Disaster Area
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Yep, I also was in the valiant service of our beloved country & flew around in those sillyass whirlybirds. Dust Off to Womack.........we're bring in another serviceman who's FUBAR......
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03-26-2011, 10:45 AM | #73 (permalink) |
Riding the Ocean Spray
Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa
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I wonder if I was around 8 years ago when this thread was started? But I never posted in this thread.
I've been a few times, for pleasure though, not a military purpose (thank you to all of our service people for your sacrifice!) My most memorable was when I took my daughter, who was almost 7 years old at that time, on her first heli ride. We got on up the Niagara River in NY. As we approached the copter with all the noise and whirring I was carrying her and he tightly clutched me around the neck, obviously a bit scared. We sat down next to the pilot since it was a small glass dome front helicopter like one of those Bell copters. As soon as we lifted off the ground, her eyes lit up and a giant smile came across her face We hovered over the river heading downstream and you could see how the rapids started to develop, getting more and more formented, and then suddenly it was like the earth dropped out from under us and we were over Niagara Falls...very dramatic view and approach to the Falls. Not my pics, but to give you the flavor: |
03-26-2011, 11:34 AM | #75 (permalink) |
comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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can't believe i missed this thread...
we used to shoot at sharks off Hon Tre Island out of an HH-3E...
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03-26-2011, 03:51 PM | #77 (permalink) | |
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Location: Chicago
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Given that I know where Whear's Valley, Mirey Ridge, Townsend and The Y and that Sevier County High School has a purple track with solid, rainbow-colored exchange zones and where Uncle Lem's place was, I get to say that.
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03-26-2011, 03:59 PM | #78 (permalink) | |
comfortably numb...
Super Moderator
Location: upstate
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gatlinburg... mid-july...
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03-29-2011, 12:33 AM | #79 (permalink) |
Oh dear God he breeded
Location: Arizona
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Took a helo tour when I was in port Australia once. we flew right over the house they were filming "Big Brother" or one of those style shows in. It was a pretty fun ride.
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