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As you can see, I’ve done my job correctly! For all you instructors out there, teaching the proper way will cause a change in behavior according to Malvo’s hierarchy of learning! It makes the pilot think! Even the 3Gs toppa T checklist is embedded in Movers memory to make sure the helo is ready to fly. Even Brandon has a piece of it! As long as they both keep learning, mission accomplished. Fly safe my young Padawan The force will be with you, always. 🚁🇺🇸👮🏻♂️
Brandon is such a cool dude, he has that quality that alot of military and those who serve have. A quite confidence mixed in with humility, its rare to see that today in humanity. That lift off was Badass, no messing around typical dustoff
I wish more young folk would idolize guys like you instead of these social media/entertainment clowns. You show what hard work, dedication and a 'want too' attitude can do. You are success the right way. It's also the kind of success that wont go away overnight.
Great video. Brings back memories from my tour in Vietnam. Our pilots used to teach us enough to get it on the ground in case they were disabled. I remember going out to a field and hovering and using the pedals to turn one way then the other the lt never gave me control alone but I believe that I could have landed. LOL might not have been pretty nbut struts are easier to replace than pilots.this I'd a great video. I HAD FORGON THE TEMP FOR Aas far a hot start.m concerned the best light helicopter ever built.!!
It was scary and nerve racking at the beginning, but learning the UH-60 was amazing. The start up on any helicopter is extensive and methodical, but absolutely necessary. Having a good co pilot makes a huge difference. Ive heard recently that the engineers are making this process much easier now, using better computers to help navigate system checks etc. Flying a a single prop was so easy compared to helicopters.
Thank you for your attention to detail during training. Produces good pilots apparently. More importantly, I see a sheriffs emblem. Thank you for keeping your communities safe.
Your dad would absolutely have LOVED this!!! I never flew helicopters, but my father loved flying with me and we had a couple fun adventures together, one with his mother who had never flown b4!! She was a little Cherokee gal who loved to fish & hunt and she swore up and down that she saw a fish break from 7500'!!! (She couldn't tell who was 10' from her, but she swore she saw a fish break down on a lake in western NC ;-) Take care Mr Mover, and have fun :-)
Houston PD has several OH-6s in its fleet, so I see them buzzing in and out every day at work and its always a joy. They recently brought one out of maintenance and they did the post maintenance hop checking all the controls and everything so it was kinda cool seeing how nimble the OH-6 is as the pilot did all the checkout maneuvers around their pad.
@Cutter Well that's god to hear. They seem to like them overseas in places. The Taliban now have a nice collection. (ahem). Here in SoCal it's nothing but 350s. Been that way for a long time. Maybe they'll order a new version for the 160th guys a some point.
Can’t help but visualize the Magnum, PI, intro as soon as I saw this. Paint this thing up in yellow, orange, and brown stripes and start a company called....Island, I mean, uhh... Bayou Hoppers? Haha
You can reach under your leg if it’s not uncomfortable for you. I used my thumb for the starter and have left thumb ready for “cut off.” Plenty of techniques out there but that one worked for me. You can count “clicks” on the trim to give you an idea of what to go back to from hover to forward flight and back to hover. Gets you in the ball park.
I recently finished up my PPL and fly a 172 out of Stennis. I’ve been following you for a few years now and seeing you fly over the same places I see every weekend is awesome. I’m building XC hours so I’ll be ready to start IFR training in February. I’ve been listening to the radio waiting to hear ya make a call while I’m in the air. Congrats bro on your new ticket!!
Well I have been waiting for this vid for a long time - great work Mover, we all knew it would happen eventually (no sleight on you) and happy to have been along for the journey! Cheers.
Mover, lots of new F-18s flying out of STL today. You can't mistake that first take off and acceptance flight. Nothing like taking off and punching that angle of attack to about 50 degrees and watching her fly. Beautiful.
I've watched a load of your videos, Mover, thanks for all the work you put into the pot and then sharing what you take out of the pot, it's a beautiful circle of life and now you've flown a Loach; super envious fella, big thumbs up from me and my buddies!
Never forget your first love.... The OH-6 was my first EVER ride in an aircraft. The fact that it was a helicopter, made the love affair that much more intense. Should have stayed with it lonnng ago! My wife would argue though
Nice job CW !! anyone would think you'd flown before hehe !! Glad to see you with another video, hope the hurricane didn't cause you or your family any issues. Best wishes, Daz, Leicester, UK
Great flying Mover. You piloted the OH-6, went through the preflight check list and the start, like you've been in the right seat for years! Your take-off and landing was awesome! The white sandy beaches and the beautiful gulf water was a great area for the "sortie". Deputy Brandon is a cool dude. He had your back and you had his like all of our law enforcement and military brothers and sisters. Harrison County and Gulfport are beautiful areas. (Bill from Slidell)
I'm so impressed by how calm Brandon is during this whole video. I have to say there was a couple of times it looked like he wanted to take the controls. He had ice running through his veins. Nice looking flight.
Very cool. The one I’ve flown my hangar neighbor owns is the Viet Nam version. Has a rocket control panel and a bunch of ashtrays. Even has several repaired bullet holes in the engine covers.
This brings back so many memories, especially landing a bazillion times on a dolly during my offshore flying for 10 years. 🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🚁 Thank you to all instructors and students. And a HUGE shout out to the maintenance staffs. 💥💥
Wild. In my back yard. Flew right over the Chouest and Tidewater vessels docked in the industrial canal. Was cool seeing them fly by the Beau and Deer Island.
My first job {1979 - 1980} was working the flight line crew at an airport FBO in St. Petersburg, Florida. One of the area TV stations had an orange Hughes 500 helicopter for traffic reporting. They sometimes did morning 'show-off the helo' flights, and I got to go for a ride on one. It was COOL!
Totally awesome video! It's really amazing that you get to do these things with these folks. It pays to not be a douche! And yes, based on watching you with Lester, I believe Brandon will make a superb instructor. 👍
Man nice landing, Mover! When he ashed you if you wanted to put it on the trailer and you said, "I do not." I thought, yeah me too, man. But then you just did it like a pro--and at night!. And you're right, Brandon is a great instructor. Very, very cool.
When a person is comfy w their machine they give off this calmness when using it! I love it! Great instructor! I was taught to use have machinery and never had a teacher this good! 👏 Damn construction guys actually didn't want to teach me /: had to learn ony own after a co worker forced me into one and taught me under the bosses noses. Thank you for posting. Great work!!!! Hope more men learn from you in how to b a proper instructor.
I haven't flown/piloted since 92 and I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed to detailed vid of your first flight in the OH-6! It made me feel like I was learning and flying all over again! Your instructor was much better than mine! God Bless and don't hit your shadow!
Back in my line boy days 1968ish I asked an Army loach driver to show me what it would do when he departed OWB. He wound it up and popped into the air like he was fired out of a mortar. Awesome.
In my opinion one of the best helicopters made. Though they have been made by different companies over the years they still are great performers. Hope you had a great time.
When checking controls before starting, I always looked at the rotor blades to see if they were responding to control inputs. Heh! Waiting for DC amps! The TH-55s I learned to fly on had the same orange-string trim-indicator.
That was another really interesting and awesome video Mover! While you're flying different helicopters, if an R66 flight became available to you, if you haven't already flown one, I'd be interested to see that flight and then hear your opinion on the different Robinsons that you've flown.
Our pilots abused them daily in Vietnamand they still kept flying the army was only paying Hugh's tool nineteen k per bird. There are still rumors that they only bought them because Lady Bird Johnson had stock in the company. In my opinion the army got a great deal.!? A crew brought one back, flying it with 24 holes in the airframe and skin.hydraulicks suck with a hole in the sump.! No orry in a loach.!!
If the blades are tracked right there is very little vibration. Until the pilot rolls 90 degrees and you shoot your own blades, lol then it would vibrate a little or a lot.!depending on how many you shot and where you shot them. No one botched it's just something a new gunner would do.wish I had a dollar for all the blades we changed and the fuel cells were a bugger I don't know why they made the access panels so small IT sucked lacing those tanks in especially if you were short like me.! Usually the guys with long arms were over working on slicks or snakes.
Nice flying thank you for the video have some time in a R22 tried for a add on rating but did not finish a friend had a Bell 47 some rides great for pictures but I do like the 500 have a good day thanks
