
I've been in a 'copter <5 times, but once was a flying lesson (Robinson R22) which was both epic





<kicks self for missing this opportunity>
You've been listening to Dave GunsonDaveE wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:36 pm Even the people who make helicopters aren't all that confident with them
That's why, when you buy one they come with wheels, floats, and skis
So that you have a fighting chance wherever you come down...
What goes up...Zonda_ wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:21 pmYou've been listening to Dave GunsonDaveE wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:36 pm Even the people who make helicopters aren't all that confident with them
That's why, when you buy one they come with wheels, floats, and skis
So that you have a fighting chance wherever you come down...![]()
I managed to find it on CD from ebay!DaveE wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:14 pmWhat goes up...Zonda_ wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:21 pmYou've been listening to Dave GunsonDaveE wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:36 pm Even the people who make helicopters aren't all that confident with them
That's why, when you buy one they come with wheels, floats, and skis
So that you have a fighting chance wherever you come down...![]()
I remember hearing it on a cassette YEARS ago
Think I've got an mp3 somewhere
Some of it hasn't aged well!
More information / storytelling required here.McSwede wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 5:37 pm I've been in one once but was strapped to a back board being fiddled with by a paramedic![]()
I do remember it being a very smooth ride and landing![]()
I was passenger in my cousin's new kit car (Caterham type) and we had a massive whoopsie. We spun across the road at a fair old speed, hit the concrete end of an Armco barrier and the car flipped end over end. Somehow on impact I hit the harness release and exited the car like Superman, went through a massive hawthorn bush and landed in a ditch, the car then landed on top of me. I can vaguely remember being under it and hearing/feeling people lift it off me. Next thing I remember was being in the air ambulance with suspected broken back/neck.
WowMcSwede wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 12:04 pmI was passenger in my cousin's new kit car (Caterham type) and we had a massive whoopsie. We spun across the road at a fair old speed, hit the concrete end of an Armco barrier and the car flipped end over end. Somehow on impact I hit the harness release and exited the car like Superman, went through a massive hawthorn bush and landed in a ditch, the car then landed on top of me. I can vaguely remember being under it and hearing/feeling people lift it off me. Next thing I remember was being in the air ambulance with suspected broken back/neck.
Luckily I only had scrapes and bruises and a few big thorns stuck in my head and body. Cousin stayed in the car but shattered a vertibrae on landing and was paralysed. I can remember being laid in the crash room at the hospital when they brought him in and hearing him talking about loss of feeling/sensation from the chest down.
I didn't know my name or where I'd been or any phone numbers so it was a few hours before our families knew where we were or what happened to us.