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☢]
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
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
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)