I didn’t ride out to the rigs often, but it was always a thrill ... for the guys that did it every two weeks, not as much. Sat in the jump seats. Was always amazed at the windows vibrating as the air pressure moved them in and out and the sound.
I crewed this very same model in the U.S.A.F in an Air Rescue unit stationed in Homestead AFB in the 70's My bird's tail number was 69-6640 and it performed beautifully. God, I miss those days!
I grew up in northern Canada in the 70’s in what was a unique setting in a remote location. We had Hueys and Hughes 500’s and Jet Rangers doing mineral exploration work hauling samples and equipment coming and going constantly day in day out landing just across the dirt road from my house. No fences or anything separated their area off we just knew not to ride our bikes and play over there. To me I didn’t think anything of it and it was all just background noise with the other interesting things taking place at that place. Seeing this take off that close took me back to those days. 🙂
Makes me SMILE that Sound- everytime. This high frequent sound of the turbines is like going UP UP UP and I think *wow how much more* IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII YEAH
I work for KIWI Helicopters with the bigger version of this in the early 1990's, a 212 Super Transport when we logged Abel Tasman NP and down the West Coast in the Native. What an awesome beast. Fun days big tree's .
Pretty sweet. I love the sound of that engine spooling up, as well as the green, gold, and white color combo. And also, one of my town's local restaurants is called the Skyline Cafe. I eat there for breakfast every Sunday morning with my family, and sometimes lunch when I'm in the mood for it.
Thanks very much for watching, I think this paint job looks pretty good as well. That is interesting the restaurant you visit and this company share the same name :-D
Same rythm as the 'Nam birds. Amazing to watch the power from startup to flight in short order. Reliability on top of the complexity always amazes me. Wish I can work on rotor skills some day.
LOVELY opening shot!! A stunning photo on it´s own. The footage and engine, rotor, propeller sounds are all amazing! What a treat you had there! Enjoyed watching very very much, especially in 4K! :-D
When I get a phone im going the make a lego helicopter big enough to fit my phone, then I put the phone in the lego helicopter and play this video on full volume, this video is very important to me, (please dont delete it if your planing to)
Expensive to ride in as well. My wife suffered a massive stroke in 2019 and was taken to EGRMC in Statesboro Georgia to be stabilized and the flown to MCG in Augusta. That 75 mile trip cost $90,000. Thank God for insurance.
a plane doesn't need to warm up this long. Before it takes off. To first make certain. The rotors are not going to fly apart and disintegrate. And so I guess you need to warm up choppers for a while? And even then? It may or may not work correctly? You'll find out at altitude. Whether you will live or die. In mere moments. What a thrill! How exciting! Everybody's going to want to experience that! What fun! Everybody's going to want to do it! We don't have enough helicopters? So not everybody will get to risk life or limb. For a fun helicopter ride. Damn! RemyRAD
When I was in HS (1980), an Army Huey landed on campus and the pilot said they could start it and be in the air in under a minute. This was the single engine UH-1H, may be different for a UH-1N/212.
