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.

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 Mar 6, 10:50*pm, Tim wrote:
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.
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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 -

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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 -

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HA! Yeah, and what those guys were wanting to hang onto they couldnt'
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In a few minutes, Harry will be compelled to lie once again. probably
telling us about all of the helicopters he's owned, how his father
single handed one around the world, how he's got a landing pad on his
lobster boat for the Bush's etc.

wrote:
On Mar 6, 10:50 pm, Tim wrote:


In a few minutes, Harry will be compelled to lie once again.



Loogy-Bassy has a three digit IQ and is a graduate of an engineering school.

On Mar 7, 3:17*pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Mar 6, 10:50 pm, Tim wrote:

In a few minutes, Harry will be compelled to lie once again.

Loogy-Bassy has a three digit IQ and is a graduate of an engineering school.

The only truthful statement you've ever made here.
Tell us again how your father crossed the Atlantic in a runabout and
got a fireboat welcome in NY for his efforts. Do you hve any idea why
there wouldn't be any recollection of such a feat?

On Mar 7, 3:17*pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Mar 6, 10:50 pm, Tim wrote:

In a few minutes, Harry will be compelled to lie once again.

Loogy-Bassy has a three digit IQ and is a graduate of an engineering school.

Tell us all again how you can only use chords if you strum as opposed
to picking......
Then tell us again how you are a guitar player......

John H. wrote:

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

They were around, John. (pic of a USN HU-UD1)

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/uh-1-dvic328.jpg


You had to remove them if you had a fixed m-134 mini or a stationary
mounted M-2, but they could have been left on., just not closed. Less
weight and less turbulance.

Most had them taken off, though, unless it was an actual MED-VAC
'copter

Turbulance? in a ... chopper????

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 15:16:52 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:



John H. wrote:

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

They were around, John. (pic of a USN HU-UD1)

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/uh-1-dvic328.jpg


You had to remove them if you had a fixed m-134 mini or a stationary
mounted M-2, but they could have been left on., just not closed. Less
weight and less turbulance.

Most had them taken off, though, unless it was an actual MED-VAC
'copter

Turbulance? in a ... chopper????

Hell, I thought they took them off to make it noisier inside and move
streamlined, for those damn vertical descents. Chopper pilots were a crazy
bunch. These were our guys in Cu Chi:

http://25thaviation.org/id29.htm
--
***** Hope your day is a little better than decent! *****

John H

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:28:50 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 15:16:52 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:



John H. wrote:

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

They were around, John. (pic of a USN HU-UD1)

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/uh-1-dvic328.jpg


You had to remove them if you had a fixed m-134 mini or a stationary
mounted M-2, but they could have been left on., just not closed. Less
weight and less turbulance.

Most had them taken off, though, unless it was an actual MED-VAC
'copter

Turbulance? in a ... chopper????

Hell, I thought they took them off to make it noisier inside and move
streamlined, for those damn vertical descents. Chopper pilots were a crazy
bunch. These were our guys in Cu Chi:

http://25thaviation.org/id29.htm

Our guys...