Popular Post Wilbur ★ Posted October 16, 2021 Popular Post Share #1 Posted October 16, 2021 My boss wants a helicopter and would like me to accompany him next summer learning to fly rotary wing. This is not easing into retirement. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted October 16, 2021 Share #2 Posted October 16, 2021 Agree to the helicopter but only if he gets a dirigible too. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted October 16, 2021 Share #3 Posted October 16, 2021 Fling wing flying machines have too many moving mechanisms for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted October 16, 2021 1 hour ago, JerrySTL said: Fling wing flying machines have too many moving mechanisms for me. I have always said the same but I no longer have to worry about dying young. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted October 16, 2021 Popular Post Share #5 Posted October 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Wilbur said: My boss wants a helicopter and would like me to accompany him next summer learning to fly rotary wing. He's going to need your help in picking out the one that's right for him: 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted October 16, 2021 Share #6 Posted October 16, 2021 I would love to fly helicopters.. , so jealous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted October 16, 2021 Share #7 Posted October 16, 2021 isn't that more difficult? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted October 16, 2021 Just now, bikeman564™ said: isn't that more difficult? No, just different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted October 16, 2021 Share #9 Posted October 16, 2021 31 minutes ago, Wilbur said: No, just different. I have an army buddy that applied for the warrant officer program to be a helo pilot. In the interim he stayed in the reserves and got his fixed wing license. After he became an Army pilot I asked him the same question and he said fixed wing was a little easier. But he wasn’t flying multi engine jets either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted October 16, 2021 Share #10 Posted October 16, 2021 Only if he buys this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share #11 Posted October 16, 2021 I am hoping for an Airbus. We will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted October 16, 2021 Share #12 Posted October 16, 2021 5 hours ago, Wilbur said: My boss wants a helicopter and would like me to accompany him next summer learning to fly rotary wing. This is not easing into retirement. Airplane pilots form a partnership with their plane to gracefully fly through the air. Helicopter pilots constantly battle with their craft as it beats the air into submission. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted October 16, 2021 Share #13 Posted October 16, 2021 Remember...........if the engine fails you must make the craft fall as fast as possible with negative lift on the blades to keep them spinning and then at the very last second pull full collective to make the crash less bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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