• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I don’t know what you would have to pay me to get into a helicopter, but it would be a lot. Planes scare me enough as it is.

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        11 months ago

        Kobe Bryant told me to downvote your comment. But at least he didn’t go out in a fucking Osprey.

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          11 months ago

          VFR into IMC is pretty deadly no matter which way the rotors are pointed.

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            11 months ago

            I have never understood why any airport/airspace is VFR. I used to work at one that was (as a weather observer) and sent in an unofficial (15 minutes before the station opened) WOXOF report for an incoming medic flight cause the ceiling was below 50’.

            Pilot landed by the skin of his teeth, then came to my office to thank me. If they hadn’t had the report they would have had to fly another 380 miles return to drop the patient off.

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      11 months ago

      I’ve done a few heli tree plants and riding in the chopper was the highlight of our day!