Too close? Too small?

Flying under wires is not a big thing when done with care. Anyone who
has done any amount of search and rescue, mountain work, power line
stuff has flown under wires. As a matter of fact, when you are low
level like that, it can be SAFER to fly under the wires.

But maybe you are the kind that advocates flying always at 1,000' and
only landing at an airport.

On 15 Jun 2005 11:56:51 -0700, wrote:

Well you have certainly established your lack of experience in
agricultural aviation aka crop dusting? I've got more than 12,000 hours
in the lowest reaches of the airspace system flying all over the world.
A few of the older people here may recall my Ol Shy & Bashful title.
Some may remember Flyinrock? Not too hard to prove my bonafides and
experience.
Look back in older issues of Ag Pilot International magazine and you'll
see quite a few of my articles complete with photos etc. My pilot
certificate number is 1550330 and was issued over 40 years ago.
Still think I'm full of BS? Do you have any idea of what FAR 137 is?
Ol Shy & not so bashful (today anyway!
Now I gotta get back to work. already flew 6 hours since sunup......

He wasn't in any SAR mode when he flippantly remarked about flying
under wires. After seemingly not caring that he ruined a rotor blade.
After he didn't care that he was landing on a too small platform.
What's next? "Oh, I took off with less fuel than needed so I ended up
autoing into the field....yawn, all in day's flying..."
Any person here who think's that his original post in this thread is
"cool" or whatever is stupid stupid stupid.

Boy you have really fed into this one haven't you? OK...how about
this..I flew 12 hours yesterday and never got above 500'agl. I flew 8
hours today, made more than 75 landings on that too small pad on top of
a truck and landed it crossways. I usually fly at or below 10'agl at
60kts which if you check on nearly any helicopter, puts me deep into
the "deadmans curve". I flew close to wires, probably within 10' on
some of them, didn't need to fly under any of them. Didn't hit anything
but a few birds that flushed while I was merrily grinding along at 10"
over a potato field.
I'm trying to pass along some hard earned experience to those smart
enough to listen. You obviously are not going to be part of that group.
I'm wondering if you have ever made an off airport landing with a
helicopter.
What is a too small pad? I see operators land on carts to put their
machines away all the time and they barely have enough room for the
skids. I have landed on many trailers that the skids barely fit.
I love it when someone challenges my comments and statements. Partly
out of a sense of humor, and partly because the devil made me do it. It
isn't too late to ask some civil questions and I'll give you civil
considered answers. Otherwise, if your shorts are in a knot and you
continue to be abrasive and calling me a liar, you may as well look
someplace else. How about checking out JustHelicopters.com if you want
some fun. The original forum is pretty raucus and the newer one is for
serious questions. You can find me in both of them. be prepared to wear
asbestos if you try your pompous attitudes there. they'll have a ball
frying you.
Rocky Kemp aka Ol Shy & Bashful and all around good guy (unless you
**** me off)

You wouldn't be so flippant about a blade strike if you were signing
the front of the checks instead of the back, would you?

wrote:

You wouldn't be so flippant about a blade strike if you were signing
the front of the checks instead of the back, would you?

Potatohead.... I would think the owner would be happy to keep signing
those checks.

Better to have the pilot come back alive with a dinged machine than the
NTSB crawling all over the place picking pieces of a dead pilot out of
the machine.

Since you have obviously read Rocky's previous post detailing what a
flying day is like why don't you come back to the group and tell us
in great detail about what one of your flying days are like.

I fly quite often, thanks for asking. And land off airport more than
not. But hey, why don't you tell us about YOUR flying days?????
And sorry, your RC's don't count.
I AM rated. I bet you aren't.

wrote:

I fly quite often, thanks for asking. And land off airport more than
not.

Weasel words....

In other words you are a recreational pilot.

You must be.

You see Potatohead..... Rocky comes into the group with about
40 years experience and gives us paragraphs of descriptive narrative
detailing just what one day is like as an AG helicopter pilot.

You wimp in here with two meagre sentances infering you fly quite often.

To many private pilots burning off an hour a month is flying quite
often.

So let's be more specific.....

How many hours do you have in your logbook.

No weasel words, or slip sliding around the question.

Specifically ------ How many hours do you have in your logbook.

I AM rated. I bet you aren't.

Potatohead.... Don't you remember one of my very first comments to you
was that I am an armchair pilot and general lurker in this group.

What part of armchair pilot don't you understand.

Give it up Mark.

Your a potatohead....

The group knows your a potatohead....

Even you can't be that stupid as to not realize you are a potatohead.

And if you believe in God then your in deep trouble Mark.... Because
she definitely knows your a potatohead.