Recent content by 407 Driver

Gents, thanks for the words of support. I must offer my fellow forum members, co-workers, and friends an apology for my off-color outburst. .....Not all that funny, nor not at all appropriate. I offer sisyphus and the targeted operator (NOT German) no such appology though, as my comments are...

T-Rex, make it an overnighter, and we can tap into some rare teen-age Scotch. :wacko: I'm heading over to YLW to pick up my '12 on the 12th :up: Gambler, don't let us scare you, Skiing is the best job in the business, other than that stint flying those topless french-canadian tree...

T-Rex, The Empire starts up a few operations on Dec 8th, so they are doing training/setup this week. CHL (NG limited) is rumored to be training at GCHS on the 12th-16th, doing a bit of private skiing early, then starting up regular Ops on the 28th. The other Red company (Tas-men) haven't...

Given the [] -heads here never improve their bad Wx areas, They ski all the tree runs on WX day 1 and 2, then ask us to go up above treeline on days with fairly flat light. In those cases, I insisted on up to 5 or 6 flags in a row across a wide white dome. It gives you great reference and...

4961, you should bind all of that info into a book and sell it :shock: well done :P A great trick to stay alive with is ...on departure from the top, never pull and rotate forward off the stakes UNLESS you have positive reference. If the reference is questionable, I lift off vertically...

What's a "Magseal" costume consist of...? Is this close ?

Hey, that's a pic of MY driveway :P

Sisyphus is referring to a 350B that crashed just outside of Canmore on Christmas day many years ago (late 80's ? ). A CHC 350 was returning to base with a full load, crosssed a ridge low and fast and probably encountered the dreaded servo transparency. The stinger made a 400 ft long mark in...

The link to Airborne Flight Training will get you to the new improved Kelowna facility, now called Okanagan Mountain Helicopters. Speaking of survival training Firehawk, I understand we have a "survival seminar" booked in several of the best wateringholes of downtown Kelowna on Friday PM...

Maybe the bus-load of RCMP pilots who are doing their recurrent training in Penticton as we speak could use old ALQ for their training, You know, night, low level, confined areas, gross weight ops, native uprisings and riot control, ..etc

Hey Ned, I received one today, quite a great job Mate, well done...I particularily liked the 407 pics :D :D Gotta order a bunch for christmas now...will PM you on that :lol:

CHI ???? 212 ???? Thinking of moving on, NG?

The service is in Kamloops on Saturday Nov 6th at 1130. I don't have the place name now, perhaps someone else knows? Well posted SickorSki, I agree !

50 Hrs FireHawk? How do you Pool guys work so hard? Why don't you take 3 months off with Pay now? :D I suppose your effective rate on that 50 hrs was about $10,000/hr?

Good post HV. Personally, I have about 2,500 on the 350, and only 1,500 on the 407. As you mention, the type works for us, we move a lot of people short distances, and the 407 can do it fast. Sitting rearward is not an issue, one-time riders for 5-10 minutes don't complain, The gear room is...