Indy_Chic
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indy34 said:But how are you going to get back down
Oops I never thought about that! Hopefully there will be parachutes onboard and not inflatable rafts
indy34 said:But how are you going to get back down
Military or domestic?Deckard said:Im a helicopter pilot and love it.
What about seagulls?No Ticket said:Well there is less stuff to run into up there.
ReggieSnake said:I'm not afraid of flying for sure, in fact, I love it. When I was little I wanted to be a fighter pilot. Who knows? Might still be someday; I want to learn to fly at some point, anyway.
Am I afraid of crashing? Well, if you think about it- it's a pretty easy way to go as long as your ready to go and have the sanity of mind to pray for the rest of the passengers on the way down. (and not scream like a little girl...no offense ladies.) Afraid, no. If it happened-scared, very scared.
Military or domestic?
DanRO said:In my case, I am a bit addicted to it
Especially the take off and whenever there is that up and down movement. During flight, it´s also great to look outside the window and enjoy the view.
What I don´t like is the pressure in my ears during the ascension and descension moments. It is also very tedious when I can´t see anything outside because it is dark or the plane is flying inside a cloud.
That sounds incredibly neat.Deckard said:You dont get that pressure in general aviation for the most part bcuz we don't deal w/ pressurized cabins. We generaly aren't at the height where you require supplemental O2.
In fact we usually take the side doors off the Helicopter when its hot. And by door, I mean the entire sides of the helicopter. Its so cool when you enter a steep left bank, look left, and realise your looking straight down at the ground from 3000 ft w/ nothing between you and it except a seatbelt.
Also it may make some of you feel better to know, pilot's spend around %50 if not more of our flight time during training, practicing emergency procedures.
I cut the engine and land w/ stored rotor power several times a day, so if it happened for real, it'd be second nature.
ReggieSnake said:That sounds incredibly neat.
Just wondering, how do you go from aviation to archeology? Do you have an ultimate goal in the field?
You think the movies bad, you should read the book.The_Raiders said:This thread reminded me of something. My mom and I were going on trip, and the night before we had to go to the air-port she dicided to watch the movie "Alive", (which has a plane crash abviously), and our weather at the time wasn't too oo so this movie didn't really help.
WillKill4Food said:You think the movies bad, you should read the book.
whipem said:I'm actually terrified of heights (although I do occasionally enjoy the rush I get from leaning slightly over a ledge in a tall building, for some masochistic reason), but the only problem I have with flying is taking off. But even that's rare. I have relatives in Florida and the Midwest, so I became used to flying when I was younger.