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Christopher Harley
Have you ever flown in a helicopter?
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No. - Alex Scoble
Yes. And a blimp. - Todd Hoff
Nope. - Akiva Moskovitz
Yes - Eric Logan
Nope. But I've been INSIDE a Chinook helicopter! - Rochelle
Yes, did a NYC tour. - Roberto Bonini
Yes. The county fair had someone come out every year and a friend and I did it a couple years in a row. It was incredible! - Junebug
Yes. - SAM
no. :( but i've flown in a sea plane and landed on the water! so that was cool. - Sarah Sprang Forward
yes, and my favorite was a tour of the Mt. Rushmore area in South Dakota. - Steve
Yes, a tourist ride in San Francisco. - SuezanneC Baskerville
Yeah, the pilot of the helicopter was great! He answered all of my questions - Thierry R. Andriamirado from fftogo
I was impressed, especialy because I always crash when piloting helicopter in simulators :) - Thierry R. Andriamirado from fftogo
No - Rodfather from Android
No. - Derrick
Sorta. We probably got about 20 feet off the ground before I freaked out and said I'd rather take an F in the class. - Anika
I had a flight with a 206B3 ride. Just over a bridge and right over Bosphorus. An amazing experience with adapting yourself to leaning heli and jump takeoff and landing like an elevator - GökçeKURT[AcharadSami☢]
What class was that, Anika?!? - Christopher Harley
Yes. In Northern Canada during a brief stint as a forest firefighter. The pilot was absolutely insane. :) - T. Brent, technopeasant
No :-( Not for lack of want though - Rasmus Lauridsen
A broadcasting class where we had to learn to do reports from the sky. - Anika
No, but as often as they're overhead here in Venice, they oughta give us rides :-/ - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ from iPhone
A broadcasting class. Interesting. How'd you make out in the end? - Christopher Harley
Yes. We took a helicopter ride over the volcanoes in Hawaii on our honeymoon - Alan Simpson
I took the F in that class because it was too late to drop. I hadn't realized we really had to do 9 - 12 hours a week in the sky for the last half of the course. I had to do some fancy footwork to avoid that class as it was required for my degree, but I did it. - Anika
Nope :( - Amy
Yes. Seaside, OR - Micah
Yes, a tourist helicopter when I was a kid, then a UH-1 Huey, a Ch-46 Sea Knight, an UH-60 Blackhawk and an CH-53 Stallion. I think that's about it. - Andrew Leyden
We rented helicoptors for our wedding and flew up with a small party to a small mountain meadow. Had glass bubbles in the front: fun experience. - Matt Mastracci from iPhone
no but I so want to!!! I have skydived though so that beats helicopter I think :) - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Yes, to exit the Grand Canyon. A few short minutes. I didn't have vertigo or anything... - Richard Walker
Brent, It was 5 years ago, and I'm not sure that I'll fly in a helicopter again: I guess that all helicopter pilots are insane. When I asked why did he fly so close to the ground, he answered "if we have a problem, we don't have wings!" ;-) - Thierry R. Andriamirado from email
well, I was in an adrenaline-junkie environment... he had that bush-pilot gleam in his eye. then again, that was, oh, 15 years ago... I'm considerably more tame, myself. :) - T. Brent, technopeasant
Only once, tagging along on an emergency transport that thankfully ended up being not so emergent. - Victor Ganata
A couple of times. Recent experience was much better with noise-canceling headphones. - LogEx
Yes. - Mona Nomura
Absolutely not. - Rahsheen is aWeSoMe ™
No, but I'd love to! - Jandy
Yes, over Victoria Falls. - Anne Bouey
No... - Kamilah Gill
Yes, and in a blimp as well... and had a blast skydiving, too... - Harold
Yes, circling O'ahu. It was awesome. - Josh Haley
Yes, along Cable Beach in Broome Western Australia at sunset. Magic! - Penny
Nope. :/ - AJ Batac
Yep. - Steven Perez
Yes! in Rotorua New Zealand. The area has dead volcanos as well as geothermal mud pools and hot springs. It was amazing! - Rachel Lea Fox
not yet, on my to do list this morning :p - Halil
Alan, what a chance! I suppose you took some great photos of the volcanoes from the helicopter - Thierry R. Andriamirado from email
yep. - Mycaptain
Yup. Over the Grand Canyon. It was awesome. - Jason Huebel
yes! I was about 13 years old. went with a group. I was last in line to get in and the back was full. so I got to sit in the front with the pilot! it was awesome!! (in Yellowknife for a Student Exchange Trip) - Nathalie, FF Deltiologist
Yes, we had to fly to all of our roadless control sites in NE Alberta near the Athabasca River. Jumping out of a helicopter into waist-deep snow is an interesting experience. :-) Loved seeing all the wildlife from the chopper, though! - Jenny R.
Yes. And hated it. Nothing has ever made me more motion sick. It was in Hawaii over Kauai, so it should have been wonderful. - Jen (SquirrelGirl)
I flew over the Hudson and around the Statue of L - Ruud van Wijngaarden
Nope only in planes. - Colide81 (James)