Have you guys ever seen the picture of the egg in the frying pan? This
is an egg.....this is an egg on drugs?
How about this is an airplane, and this is an airplane on drugs?
Geeeez guys can't you give me a break??? I said I have a few thousand
more hours that that in phyxed wings. Doesn't that get me a cup of
coffee or something?
Tell you the truth, helicopters are more fun if you are in a position
to do some low level maneuvering like in crop spraying. For long
distance I'll take the airplane being faster and you can relax a little
enroute. Not long back I ferried a turbine helicopter from near the
Canada border down to Baton Rouge, LA right after Katrina. What a long
trip that was! Had to land to refuel about every 2 hours and had to
plan carefully to make sure they had Jet A and of course they all made
me shut down during refueling. It is not uncommon for hot refueling in
many aviation operations and I've done more of that than the "cold"
refueling. Turbine equipment has a limited number of "Start Cycles" and
most operators will try to avoid them when they can. Has to do with the
spike of temperatures during the start sequence.
On the ice subject, I recall one time starting the helicopter on some
slick ice and as soon as the main rotor began to turn, the helicopter
began to turn too...slipping on the ice!! Talk about scary?
Ol Shy & Bashful