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


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


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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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.

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?

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

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.

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkH6uPBPymY

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...h&search_type=

-rick- wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkH6uPBPymY

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...h&search_type=

Rick,
Were all those of SWS flying? If so, he does seem to be a little bit
uneasy at the helm.

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:41:06 -0500, 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.

Great minds think alike.

I thought about that actually. Back in the day, I took a float plane
trip to a remote lake in Canada's NW Territory and we spent the day
fishing from the planes floats. Could do it from a 'copter just as
easily.

Hey, it would be very cool to spot a school from the air, land in
front of it and fish away. :)

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:09:20 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:41:06 -0500, 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.

Great minds think alike.

I thought about that actually. Back in the day, I took a float plane
trip to a remote lake in Canada's NW Territory and we spent the day
fishing from the planes floats. Could do it from a 'copter just as
easily.

Hey, it would be very cool to spot a school from the air, land in
front of it and fish away. :)

If it's tuna you're going after, let me know!

I spent about five months in God's country doing observer work from a
helicopter as an S-2 guy. I'll ride out to tuna country any time. I would
like, before I die, to catch a tuna and eat that bugger.
--
John H

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?

Not really. It's just something that I've always wanted to do since I
was a grunt.

I used to spend time on the flight line and got to know a few of the
pilots who used to let me ride left seat/right seat occasionally on
test flights. Later on when I was really involved with the VFD, I
volunteered with Life Flight as a Paramedic four shifts a month after
I retired.

Helicopters just fascinate me for some reason - can't explain it.