Oy! What a day...
 

Tim wrote:
On Mar 6, 8:27 pm, BAR wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:40:12 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Started off this morning with an hour and a half of instruction time
in the R22, then the CFI climbs out, says "Take it down to the end of
the runway, hover for a minute and bring it back - don't go over ten
feet."
WHOO HOO!!! Not bad for ten hours total of instruction time.
Based on my limited knowledge, if you can do that, you've got it 95% licked.
Reminds me of standing on top of a 5' diameter beach ball and trying to walk
it down a narrow sidewalk without crashing it into anything or falling off.
I've been lucky to inherit good hand/eye coordination. I still have a
long way to go before a solo run at altitude at any distance, but it
was a great confidence booster.
I just have an affinity for it - I really enjoy the whole concept.
Fixed wing aircraft always give me a feeling of claustrophobia - for
some reason it's just not a lot of fun for me.
Helicopters have a whole different feeling.
Why do you see helicopters flying with their doors open?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, on various occasions, some people like me were hanging out of
them with an M-60, M2 BMG, or a GE M-134

Makes it easier to get out when you crash, not if you crash.

Back in the early 80's there were a bunch of guys in my reserve unit
wanting to go regular if they could become door gunners on Heuys. They
were in technical MOSes and the USMC in its infinite wisdom wasn't going
to put highly trained technical jarheads in the door of a Huey.

Oy! What a day...
 

Tim wrote:
On Mar 6, 9:03 pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Mar 6, 8:27 pm, BAR wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:40:12 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
Started off this morning with an hour and a half of instruction time
in the R22, then the CFI climbs out, says "Take it down to the end of
the runway, hover for a minute and bring it back - don't go over ten
feet."
WHOO HOO!!! Not bad for ten hours total of instruction time.
Based on my limited knowledge, if you can do that, you've got it 95% licked.
Reminds me of standing on top of a 5' diameter beach ball and trying to walk
it down a narrow sidewalk without crashing it into anything or falling off.
I've been lucky to inherit good hand/eye coordination. I still have a
long way to go before a solo run at altitude at any distance, but it
was a great confidence booster.
I just have an affinity for it - I really enjoy the whole concept.
Fixed wing aircraft always give me a feeling of claustrophobia - for
some reason it's just not a lot of fun for me.
Helicopters have a whole different feeling.
Why do you see helicopters flying with their doors open?- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Well, on various occasions, some people like me were hanging out of
them with an M-60, M2 BMG, or a GE M-134
You weren't that guy who inspired the helicopter scene from "Full Metal
Jacket," were you?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

LOL! , er... not hardly.

however I could have been one of the guys hanging on the skid at the
USO show in Apokolypse Now...



Well, we do have something in common: we recognize what is important and
the importance of trying to hang onto it.

Oy! What a day...
 

On Mar 6, 9:28*pm, BAR wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Mar 6, 8:27 pm, BAR wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:40:12 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
m...
Started off this morning with an hour and a half of instruction time
in the R22, then the CFI climbs out, says "Take it down to the end of
the runway, hover for a minute and bring it back - don't go over ten
feet."
WHOO HOO!!! *Not bad for ten hours total of instruction time.
Based on my limited knowledge, if you can do that, you've got it 95% licked.
Reminds me of standing on top of a 5' diameter beach ball and trying to walk
it down a narrow sidewalk without crashing it into anything or falling off.
I've been lucky to inherit good hand/eye coordination. *I still have a
long way to go before a solo run at altitude at any distance, but it
was a great confidence booster.
I just have an affinity for it - I really enjoy the whole concept.
Fixed wing aircraft always give me a feeling of claustrophobia - for
some reason it's just not a lot of fun for me.
Helicopters have a whole different feeling.
Why do you see helicopters flying with their doors open?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, on various occasions, some people like me were hanging out of
them with an M-60, M2 BMG, or a GE M-134

Makes it easier to get out when you crash, not if you crash.

Back in the early 80's there were a bunch of guys in my reserve unit
wanting to go regular if they could become door gunners on Heuys. They
were in technical MOSes and the USMC in its infinite wisdom wasn't going
to put highly trained technical jarheads in the door of a Huey.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

well, their infinte wisdom didn't draw that conclusion 15-20 years
earlier..

Oy! What a day...
 

On Mar 6, 9:33*pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Mar 6, 9:03 pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Mar 6, 8:27 pm, BAR wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:40:12 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
news:rrp0t3l9eg1ad091565aufcuj0k636dljm@4ax. com...
Started off this morning with an hour and a half of instruction time
in the R22, then the CFI climbs out, says "Take it down to the end of
the runway, hover for a minute and bring it back - don't go over ten
feet."
WHOO HOO!!! *Not bad for ten hours total of instruction time.
Based on my limited knowledge, if you can do that, you've got it 95% licked.
Reminds me of standing on top of a 5' diameter beach ball and trying to walk
it down a narrow sidewalk without crashing it into anything or falling off.
I've been lucky to inherit good hand/eye coordination. *I still have a
long way to go before a solo run at altitude at any distance, but it
was a great confidence booster.
I just have an affinity for it - I really enjoy the whole concept.
Fixed wing aircraft always give me a feeling of claustrophobia - for
some reason it's just not a lot of fun for me.
Helicopters have a whole different feeling.
Why do you see helicopters flying with their doors open?- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Well, on various occasions, some people like me were hanging out of
them with an M-60, M2 BMG, or a GE M-134
You weren't that guy who inspired the helicopter scene from "Full Metal
Jacket," were you?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

LOL! , er... not hardly.

however I could have been one of the guys hanging on the skid at the
USO show in Apokolypse Now...

Well, we do have something in common: we recognize what is important and
the importance of trying to hang onto it.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

HA! Yeah, and what those guys were wanting to hang onto they couldnt'
get anyhow.

Oy! What a day...
 

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:38:10 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 18:55:37 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:58:47 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
here.com...
On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:07:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Started off this morning with an hour and a half of instruction time
in the R22, then the CFI climbs out, says "Take it down to the end of
the runway, hover for a minute and bring it back - don't go over ten
feet."

Whew..... helioflopters..... maintenance hogs....

And never intended to fly.

But they do.

Most of the time.

So I take it that when I get my ticket, I can't fly over, land in your
paddock and offer you a ride? :)

Never said that. Come on over.

Won't you be surprised if I do. Heh, heh, heh...

I'll reciprocate with a ride on one of Mrs.E's horses. :-)

Horses? I ain't getting on no horse - them things is dangerous.

Oy! What a day...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

Most of the time.
So I take it that when I get my ticket, I can't fly over, land in your
paddock and offer you a ride? :)
Never said that. Come on over.

Won't you be surprised if I do. Heh, heh, heh...

I'll reciprocate with a ride on one of Mrs.E's horses. :-)

Horses? I ain't getting on no horse - them things is dangerous.

Do you plan on using your new skills for anything besides a hobby?

Oy! What a day...
 

On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:27:06 -0500, BAR wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:40:12 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...

Started off this morning with an hour and a half of instruction time
in the R22, then the CFI climbs out, says "Take it down to the end of
the runway, hover for a minute and bring it back - don't go over ten
feet."

WHOO HOO!!! Not bad for ten hours total of instruction time.
Based on my limited knowledge, if you can do that, you've got it 95% licked.

Reminds me of standing on top of a 5' diameter beach ball and trying to walk
it down a narrow sidewalk without crashing it into anything or falling off.

I've been lucky to inherit good hand/eye coordination. I still have a
long way to go before a solo run at altitude at any distance, but it
was a great confidence booster.

I just have an affinity for it - I really enjoy the whole concept.
Fixed wing aircraft always give me a feeling of claustrophobia - for
some reason it's just not a lot of fun for me.

Helicopters have a whole different feeling.

Why do you see helicopters flying with their doors open?

Open? How about 'off'. I don't recall ever seeing the damn doors.
--
John H

Oy! What a day...
 

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 19:01:43 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Mar 6, 8:27*pm, BAR wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:40:12 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
. ..

Started off this morning with an hour and a half of instruction time
in the R22, then the CFI climbs out, says "Take it down to the end of
the runway, hover for a minute and bring it back - don't go over ten
feet."

WHOO HOO!!! *Not bad for ten hours total of instruction time.
Based on my limited knowledge, if you can do that, you've got it 95% licked.

Reminds me of standing on top of a 5' diameter beach ball and trying to walk
it down a narrow sidewalk without crashing it into anything or falling off.

I've been lucky to inherit good hand/eye coordination. *I still have a
long way to go before a solo run at altitude at any distance, but it
was a great confidence booster.

I just have an affinity for it - I really enjoy the whole concept.
Fixed wing aircraft always give me a feeling of claustrophobia - for
some reason it's just not a lot of fun for me.

Helicopters have a whole different feeling.

Why do you see helicopters flying with their doors open?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, on various occasions, some people like me were hanging out of
them with an M-60, M2 BMG, or a GE M-134

Shooting through doors would be a real bitch. As would dropping mortar
rounds.
--
John H

Oy! What a day...
 

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:33:44 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

Most of the time.
So I take it that when I get my ticket, I can't fly over, land in your
paddock and offer you a ride? :)
Never said that. Come on over.
Won't you be surprised if I do. Heh, heh, heh...

I'll reciprocate with a ride on one of Mrs.E's horses. :-)
Horses? I ain't getting on no horse - them things is dangerous.
Do you plan on using your new skills for anything besides a hobby?


You can get to the fishing spots quickly with a helicopter. That would have
to be some fast 'drift fishing', although I guess you could put floats on
the damn thing.

LOL, yeah that's the ticket.

Actually, I know SWS was/is very active in paramedic work and was
wondering if he was going to use it with his volunteer work.

Oy! What a day...
 

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:33:44 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

Most of the time.
So I take it that when I get my ticket, I can't fly over, land in your
paddock and offer you a ride? :)
Never said that. Come on over.

Won't you be surprised if I do. Heh, heh, heh...

I'll reciprocate with a ride on one of Mrs.E's horses. :-)

Horses? I ain't getting on no horse - them things is dangerous.

Do you plan on using your new skills for anything besides a hobby?


You can get to the fishing spots quickly with a helicopter. That would have
to be some fast 'drift fishing', although I guess you could put floats on
the damn thing.
--
John H