Re: CPLH baybee!!

[Beav]

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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> Just walked in the door from my latest checkride - Commercial Pilot
> Helicopter. Busted a 94 on the written in about 40 mins. Oral this
> morning wasn't very difficult but then again, I've been nose in the
> books for baout 5 hours/night for the past two weeks. I didn't think
> I flew very well, but once we landed, the DPE said, "Congratulations,
> you're a commercial helicopter pilot." Sweet!!


Excellent news Kev, well done. In fact, ****ING well done :-)

I'm a bit green, but it still ives me pleasure to hear your continuing
progress and success.

'Grats again.


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[Beav]

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:25:47 -0000, "Beav"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
>>message ...
>>> Just walked in the door from my latest checkride - Commercial Pilot
>>> Helicopter. Busted a 94 on the written in about 40 mins. Oral this
>>> morning wasn't very difficult but then again, I've been nose in the
>>> books for baout 5 hours/night for the past two weeks. I didn't think
>>> I flew very well, but once we landed, the DPE said, "Congratulations,
>>> you're a commercial helicopter pilot." Sweet!!
>>
>>
>>Excellent news Kev, well done. In fact, ****ING well done :-)
>
> Thanks. had to delve deep into my anorak-ness to catch up on my
> studies, but I managed to recover nicely. :)

Nothing wrong with anorakness:-)

>
>>I'm a bit green, but it still ives me pleasure to hear your continuing
>>progress and success.
>
> Well, I envy your Zed while I totter around on my SV. :)

So does my pal who rides an SV, but I still can't /keep/ it airbourne and
even when I do manage to get it off the deck, it's not a vertical take
off:-(

Steering goes a bit wallowy in the air too.


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[Beav]

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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> On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:31:50 -0000, "Beav"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Nothing wrong with anorakness:-)
>
> At times. A least I'm not at the airport, clipboard in hand,
> scribbling down tail numbers...

And getting arrested in Greece for spying. (It happened to some Brit plane
anoraks a year or two ago)

>
>>> Well, I envy your Zed while I totter around on my SV. :)
>>
>>So does my pal who rides an SV, but I still can't /keep/ it airbourne and
>>even when I do manage to get it off the deck, it's not a vertical take
>>off:-(
>
> I've had a couple excursions like that on the SV - not many, but a
> few.

They break the day up, although they can break the bike up too if you're not
careful:-)

>
>>Steering goes a bit wallowy in the air too.
>
> Loss of tail rotor effectiveness, eh?

And a reduction in forward speed. It's a bugger I tell thee, a reet bugger:)


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