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About Heligypsy

Has it really been forty-seven years flying helicopters all over the world? I guess it's time to share some stories, I hope you enjoy my adventures.

Out on the Range

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Heligypsy

You can always tell when the shared bravado has left the confines of your helicopter cabin and everyone including you is now seriously concerned.  Call it, the suddenly sterile cabin. Single pilot VFR helicopter flights in marginal weather are nothing … Continue reading →

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First of four travel,family and friends album

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Heligypsy

Make a Smilebox slideshow

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Some things you never forget

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Heligypsy

Why more of us didn’t die in crashes I’ll never know. Some did. I had been looking through my old pilot logbooks. All six of them. Another pilot had asked me online about my experience with helicopters other than the … Continue reading →

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Initial Attack

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Heligypsy

The following is the partial definition of the wildland firefighting term that is the title for this blog and governs a lot of the firefighting I have done in the U.S.A. with helicopters of various types. Initial attack is the … Continue reading →

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I Blog for me

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Heligypsy

I was talking to a retired Professor in St.Augustine Florida a few days ago. He was an interesting person and a pleasure to talk to. In summarizing our recent lives we found that we had a mutual acquaintance who had … Continue reading →

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The Burden of Office

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Heligypsy

A friend asked me the other day if I would take another management position as the twilight of my flying career approached. Well, I think I am good for another 10 years of flying . I have previously been an … Continue reading →

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And,now,for my next trick

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Heligypsy

Those of us who choose to write about our flying misadventures run the risk that their audience no matter how few they are, may decide, that you are in fact ,a moron. By way of a very limited defense, I … Continue reading →

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Helicopter Pilot,does travel

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Heligypsy

I am going to end 2008 in a foreign country. We started 2008 in a foreign country, so that seems right. New Years 2008 was down in Belize and we spent a very enjoyable evening with new friends watching fireworks … Continue reading →

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Urban Interface

Posted on November 16, 2008 by Heligypsy

Its the term used to describe wildfires that run into densely populated areas.I have fought a lot of these types of fires over the years and the number one rule, just as it is with physicians, is first, do no … Continue reading →

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Retired ? No, not hardly

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Heligypsy

Setting up our RV in most RV Parks, folks come over to say Hi and see if you can use a hand with anything. Its just the way most RV people behave. After a few minutes of the usual where … Continue reading →

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