Tag Archives: helicopter

Answer the radio

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Heligypsy

“I’ll bet you have had some frightening experiences?” It is a question I often get from people who ask about my helicopter firefighting career. “Not too many really”, I say “and I work hard to keep it that way” A … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Dog Sitter

Posted on November 8, 2008 by Heligypsy

My passenger was not barking anymore. He never liked it when I hovered down wind. Too much exhaust blowing into the cockpit through my open door. Long lining drill support equipment with my little Bell47T meant that I sometimes had … Continue reading →

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Holding the Line

Posted on July 22, 2007 by Heligypsy

Summertime and the living isn’t always easy, here in Greece. My assignment is firefighting with a SkyCrane based in Athens. The flying we do with this impressive aircraft is called I.A. or initial attack. It is a simple program, get … Continue reading →

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