Official Helicopter Enthusiasts Thread

Thanks for your service, Gary.

 

We flew 6 brand new 64E models from that Mesa plant to Ft. Campbell, If your dad works out there im sure hes seen up ferrying all the a/c back. weve done 21 in total up to now. cool area and it was awesome to see all the MD500's flying around out there!

 

shitty cell footage from a fire in northern cal this summer. called in a couple bucket drops on an active flank that was running up this hill towards us

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYutfhk0jf4

 

Which fire?

Love,
Nor Cal resident

 

don't even remember. it was small... only like 100 acres or so. we were working out of tulelake. right on the OR/CA border. was at the very beginning of the season so it wasn't anything super exciting

 

My dad taking me and some friends up in an EC120 last Summer.

 

Sub'd

 

Badass pic!

Thanks for the help with our fires. Hope to join you one day.

 

sweet bud!!! where in MT you work? i was detailed in with lewistown helitak for a good 6 weeks at the end of the season this year. loved it up there

 

do it man! it's a blast. start checking usajobs regularly at the end of the month for the seasonal postings.

 

Trying to volunteer either with municipal or (ideally/eventually) CalFire.

At this point I don't want to get paid. It's more personal than anything else.

 

So hows the light controlled?

 

I asked my dad, he said there is a hand controller and with some lights they are slaved to the camera ball controller too.

 

I'll add a photo to this thread.

 

Awesome thread. Anyone aware of any other TW aviation threads?

 

Cool photo my dad sent me today of the San Diego Police helicopter. They call the aviation department ABLE. This is an old photo, not taken today, but still cool. He is down their working on their airborne video surveillance system.

 

Love San Diego! Have a couple of friends who go to USD who were born and grew up here with me in Vegas. Nice Heli also!

 

New project my dad is working on , Manatee County Sheriff FL