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Firefighting in the city
Athens, Hellas and the wildfire that had travelled cross country for about 15 miles, was now reaching the city. The fire was running through the upscale neighborhood about as fast as a person could ru… more →
Helicopter Pilot, will travel
Firefighting in the city
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borderlinegypsies wrote 2 months ago: Athens, Hellas and the wildfire that had travelled cross country for about 15 miles, was now reachin … more →
Flight, Duty, Safety and Profit
borderlinegypsies wrote 3 months ago: When I first started flying helicopters commercially in about 1975, my boss told me that he could us … more →
The Start and Finish
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borderlinegypsies wrote 5 months ago: Our S-64 Air Crane had been checked and made ready for the first fire call of the day, if it was eve … more →
Following Along
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borderlinegypsies wrote 5 months ago: The G.P.S. unit installed in our S-61 helicopter was state of the art. The company had spent a lot o … more →
A few problems with the hydraulics
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borderlinegypsies wrote 5 months ago: I wrote a blog previously about hydraulic failures. The blog was technical and hypothetical in natur … more →
Pretty Good
borderlinegypsies wrote 5 months ago: I was talking with one of our pilots the other day and he was lamenting what he perceived as his ero … more →
Say Again ?
borderlinegypsies wrote 6 months ago: I fly mostly in countries other than the U.S.A. English is the international language of aviation an … more →
He could have been....
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borderlinegypsies wrote 6 months ago: A Chief Pilot I worked for many years ago had developed an obvious problem with alcohol consumption. … more →
Hydraulic Failures
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borderlinegypsies wrote 7 months ago: Flying a helicopter without hydraulic boost can be an event that ranges anywhere from completely nor … more →
Heli-Tanker
borderlinegypsies wrote 7 months ago: I was talking to a new friend the other day about my job as a firefighting helicopter pilot. He aske … more →
The Rules
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borderlinegypsies wrote 8 months ago: Military trained helicopter pilots spend most of their careers flying with another military trained … more →
From Hot to Cold
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borderlinegypsies wrote 8 months ago: Hot air blew on the backs of my legs as I flew my Bell 47 G3B-1 back to the airport that early morni … more →
Can Do
borderlinegypsies wrote 9 months ago: One of my first bosses in the helicopter business was a can do kind of guy, but only in the sense th … more →
We just got hit
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borderlinegypsies wrote 9 months ago: A friend asked me recently about bird strikes with helicopters. The recent landing of an Airbus A320 … more →
Done that
borderlinegypsies wrote 9 months ago: More than a few of the jobs I have flown with a helicopter I don’t care to do again. I don … more →
The Shot
borderlinegypsies wrote 9 months ago: I have taken a lot of aerial photographs from helicopters. My photographs, which would number in the … more →
Frosty Reception
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borderlinegypsies wrote 9 months ago: Most helicopters are not permitted flight into known icing conditions. I have iced up on occasion an … more →
Helping Out
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borderlinegypsies wrote 9 months ago: The helicopter I fly is the best initial attack firefighting helicopter in the world. I have flown … more →
Surviving Seismic Contracts
borderlinegypsies wrote 10 months ago: He maybe had about 2 more hours and then he would likely start to die. It was 20 minutes past offici … more →
