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Random Griz Aviation Musings
- Thread starter Griz882
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Any suggestions on where I should go to get the medical done, given so many of you guys have ties to Massachusetts?
Any Doc that uses the two window drive through procedure pioneered by Dr. Battersby (RIP). Drop off your Form 8500-8 and pay at the first window, pick up you medical certificate at the second. Just kidding. Seemed like it some times though. You want a pilot advocate who's goal is to get/keep you flying. Settle for nothing less. Your AME should never be used as a primary care doc. IF you have anything you are not sure of, schedule a consult with your AME first. Do not show up with any "questions" on your signed Form 8500. If there is an issue he will tell you how to handle it and not to come back until you are good. You do not want to take the physical and be denied.. Same with current airman certificate holders. Doubts? Consult first, then come back for the physical if the Doc tells you to.
Yes. And yeah, I do find myself inside more than I'd prefer when pulling, especially on a hot summer day (or night). There's a 10s transient and gong if you pull past FLI 10 which I'm very thankful for. I don't intentionally pull into it, but it's pretty common to bang into it when wind smacks the giant sail in the back and I have to tap some left pedal.
Since every take off is a form of a CAL take off, I will say that I don't perceive that I drift as much as I do in a -60. Maybe it's the reduced mixing and/or A-TRIM in the -135. Or maybe I'm kidding myself.
I know Wink is kidding, and this may not be as big an issue for you, @number9 as someone who is doing this recreationally, but I know a guy who was recently burned by a revolving door doc. He was known for getting you in and out, but the reason for that is because if anything was found to be abnormal, he didn't want to deal with it and would just submit a hold to the FAA. Unfortunatley for my friend, it was cardiac related and probably not something he can get the FAA to walk back, despite being very healthy.
Couldn’t find the “Sky Dong” thread
British pilots one-up Navy sky dong artists with rendering of the Queen
Some civilian aviators recently rendered their monarch via different GPS flight paths.
www.navytimes.com
We specifically looked at this at TPS in the -72. It has great heading hold + level main rotor and plumb tail rotor (instead of 60's 3° and 20° tilts), so it very much likes to launch straight up.
and then this happened this morning to SA365 Dauphin EMS helo based at my home airport - I68. As @Gatordev can attest - EMS flying is dicey business sometimes. Wirestrike on approach. Crew is OK.
www.fox19.com
Medical helicopter crashed responding to fatal accident in Butler County, sheriff says
One person died in the vehicle crash and all three crew members were hurt in the helicopter crash, a sheriff's official says
I wonder if it was visibility related. Initial images appear to look as if it went down in early morning darkness. Tough and demanding work indeed.and then this happened this morning to SA365 Dauphin EMS helo based at my home airport - I68. As @Gatordev can attest - EMS flying is dicey business sometimes. Wirestrike on approach. Crew is OK.
Medical helicopter crashed responding to fatal accident in Butler County, sheriff says
One person died in the vehicle crash and all three crew members were hurt in the helicopter crash, a sheriff's official says
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Sadly a fire-fighting CH-47 went down last week, in Idaho during a run with both pilots lost.
A photo from the local paper…
billingsgazette.com
This is a video of the helicopter but not of the event.
A photo from the local paper…
2 pilots die after firefighting helicopter crashes in Idaho
The U.S. Forest Service says two pilots have died of their injuries after their firefighting helicopter crashed into the Salmon River in Idaho.
This is a video of the helicopter but not of the event.
That site requires subscription but did find the names. I read an EAA article about this young lady months ago. Wasn’t her in the accident but tragic nonetheless!Sadly a fire-fighting CH-47 went down last week, in Idaho during a run with both pilots lost.
A photo from the local paper…
2 pilots die after firefighting helicopter crashes in Idaho
The U.S. Forest Service says two pilots have died of their injuries after their firefighting helicopter crashed into the Salmon River in Idaho.
This is a video of the helicopter but not of the event.
EAA’s The Green Dot — Firefighting Helicopter Co-Pilot Ashli Blain - Hangar Flying
This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew sat down with Ashli Blain, who is currently a co-pilot flying legendary helos such as the CH-47 Chinook and UH-60 Blackhawk in firefighting missions through family-owned Billings Flying Service. Did we mention she’s 19 years old?
inspire.eaa.org
Chuck, do you have any knowledge that the pilot flew helicopters or are you just wildly speculating?
Tongue in cheek remark that I thought was clever and funny. My apologies if it came across inappropriate. And I posted in the context of not skill but rudder input habit on adding power between a jet and a helo - if it was misconstrued in any manner other than that, I'll take my lashes and remember.
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Which is weird, given the size of those lines. I'm wondering if maybe it was a house line and not one of the medium tension lines. This is NOT directed at the pilot...if that was truly the LZ selected by EMS, that is a really shitty LZ.
Here's an LZ that we hate going into during the day. I've only been there once at night and it's even more unpleasant (Google Maps doesn't show the house line that is also coming off the power poles). But even that LZ has more room away from the 15 different wire sections than what appears in the CareFlight news story.