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piggynose | 10:53 Mon 12th Feb 2024 | Travel

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My 1st helicopter flight!

Has anybody else on here ever flew by chopper?

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Ken4155

Yep, Piggy, abseiled from a few choppers in my army days. I take it your trip wasn't as vigorous so i think your experience may be better than any of mine as you would have probably had a better view of the scenery below.

Ken4155

As an aside, though i've never suffered from 'wanderlust' i've always wanted to see the Grand Canyon via an helicopter ride.

barry1010

Yes, several times

jazzyjen

I won a competition. First prize was a helicopter ride. Unfortunately I had to miss out because I was 39 weeks pregnant!

jazzyjen

Oops, edit that, it was actually a hot air balloon trip.

piggynose

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Nah ken! We just felt a touch of vertigo initially! Then sat back and enjoyed the experience, even though it was only a 30 mins flight!

What was weird were the seat belts, felt like parachutes!!

Khandro

I once read that the American G.I.s in Viet Nam removed their helmets and sat on them like potties to protect their tackle from upcoming bullets!

They also referred to the nut that held the rotor blades on - which you are effectively hanging from - as, 'The Jesus Nut'

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piggynose

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Jazzyjen, not sure I cud manage a hot air balloon!!

davebro3

only on my way to hospital - and you don't get much of view from a stretcher!

ladybirder

Yes and I screamed and screamed for him to bring me down. I was terrified as soon as we pulled out of the hangar. As I had begged him to take me up and he had paid for an hour's flight I felt so guilty later when I thought about it.

calmck

Yes. 34 street heliport to JFK airport!

New Judge

Had a trip in a Westland Wessex from RAF (now RMB) Chivenor, in North Devon and another in a Westland Sea King (aka a "Junglie") from RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall. Both terribly noisy and uncomfortable experiences, but which I enjoyed a lot.

retrocop

I did many trips over London in the Met's squirrel twin turbine. Couple of trips to ,what was ,RAF Nutts Corner . An enjoyable flight in a Chinook from RAF Odiham to Alderney for a weekend Jolly. We were supposed to take two chinooks but only one was serviceable. It was a Battle of Britain fly by celebration over the Channel Islands.We did some ramp riding on the trip over and found hydraulic oil dripping on our heads. The F/Sgt loadmaster smiled and said laconically that," these things leak like a sieve.It's the tail rotor gear box". Gulp

gingejbee

I doubt that you had a "touch of vertigo"...because vertigo isn't what most people seem to think it is!

pastafreak

No, but have always wanted to.

Have flown in a (what seemed tiny) prop plane between Trinidad and Tobago. That was fun.

roopower

No, but I'd quite like to. I have had a ride in a hot air balloon which was great til we landed in a very muddy field miles from a road and had to then pack the balloon away and walk to the landrovers. It rather took the shine off things.

Fitzer

My step-daughter and her husband own a helicopter training school and so I have been able to have many flights with them. Last was from the north of London, across Heathrow (we had to wait and watched the planes landing from above them) and then along the Thames through to Docklands and then up over the West Ham and Spurs grounds, absolutely fantastic!