My wife went solo today ...

Duncan Bayne's picture
Submitted by Duncan Bayne on Mon, 2007-10-22 10:19.

... possibly the biggest single step on her way to becoming a professional helicopter pilot. She flew three circuits of Moorabbin airport in a Robinson R22, and reports being pleasantly surprised by the performance of the helicopter with only one person in it Smiling


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Wow great skills

dinther's picture

Try to rub your left nipple in a 4/4 beat up and down while you rub your right nipple sideways in 3/4 beat. Do this while humming the national anthem and tapping out bumble bee rhapsody with your feet of course meanwhile you are reading and understanding a Solo passion post.

That is how hard helicopter flying is! Congrats Ande! 

 

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Tethered to a flying machine

HWH's picture

Wow..that quite some achievement. Flying has also been one of my distant fantasies since childhood, and I've started training on flying gyrocopters of late.

I've discovered a site by a true Mexican Rocketman who is busy developing a rocket powered take-off mechanism for a new kind of gyrocopter capable of vertical takeoff...by using hydrogen peroxide tip jets on the rotor.

Check out his site where he offers a jet belt, fuel distiller and training for 250K.

He's also on the verge of completing the development of a backpack rocket powered helicopter

This guy is a classic and reminds me of the character played by Anthony Hopkins in "The worlds fastest Indian"

Brilliant stuff ...just give it a break before attempting to get "mile high club" status on your first few flights with your wife.

Hilton

 

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Just as soon as she's

Duncan Bayne's picture

Just as soon as she's legally able to carry passengers, hell yes Smiling I tried my hand at flying helis a while back but found them overwhelming when compared with fixed-wing aircraft, but I'm more than happy to be flown around in one Smiling

 

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Cool Duncan...

Olivia's picture

You sound really proud! Will you be willing to fill the other seat soon?


Wow! That's great Duncan.

Julian Pistorius's picture

Wow! That's great Duncan. Tell her I said congrats.

Cheers
Julian


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