San Antonio

Will they let you fly it

 

This

 

Sikorsky SkyCrane?

 

here you go @hoverlover !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JscjnJA0-k

I saw one at the San Marcos air show years back, when my OLDEST son was like 10. Several Helos, jets, and the CAF birds all in San Marcos.. Can't tell you it's the same bird tho. But this viedo sure looks like it!

 

Did you fly it though?

 

I find these military aircraft videos so entertaining to watch... 'Murica bitch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpOBwbwg7-s

 

Seems like it could come in handy. I dont leave d-rings on my truck, but something like this i would

 

I would of be happy hovering it 15 ft off the ground and landing it

 

Yep and I believe they do.

I wish

Highly doubtful

I wish!

Yep!

That's one of the sister ships, same model though.

Nope, but I'm going to try to get in early tomorrow before they crank and see if they'll let me sit in the cockpit while they start up.

Considering those cost +12,500/hour to operate, I'm not expecting ANY stick time.

I won't go back to the hook, the D-Rings are so much more secure. I usually keep yep on each bumper and two under the back seats.

 

Hard to tell on the video, but I swear the same call letters. They are truly, truly awesome in what they can do!

 

Got my "That's All Brother" shirt today!

 

do you have the proper training to fly that or is what you're used to flying to different from flying that

 

Would you have liked do be a helicopter pilot in the Border Patrol? I have no idea how to get in, but you’re a military pilot, so should be easy for you lol.

 

Just like doing rice, except the rice can be armed!

 

Seems safer to me as well, cheap insurance if nothing else!

 

They're close, the one in the video is 164AC, the one at Stinson is 159AC. Sister ships

I'm certified to fly anything up to 12,500 lbs. Anything above that requires a type rating. Every helicopter fundamentally flies the same. The mechanics and the physics are all the same. But, each handles a little different than the next. Compare your taco to the Prius to the bus. Same idea, different style of driving.

I've got a former student that's been with the border patrol 15+ years. I helped him get his commercial pilot certificate. He's been telling me a lot lately to go BP. I'm meeting with him and his boss in August, after the rice season and the summer events. We'll see what happens.

 

My thoughts as well

 

You're correct

 

Haha, I guess

Definitely no send its! It's all technique and finesse, very fine margins for error.

Like I said, we'll see what happens. The guy that got me hired ended up buying the company so I've been with it since the beginning. We're working to get set up with a local college, one with dorms. When we do, we'll be the best place to train anyone looking to become a pilot. With the amount of growth that's coming, it would put me in a really good place. Plus I already the have seniority.

But, border patrol literally pays 10x what I am making now. To start. Plus benefits. And because it's government flying, there is a LOT of flying.