Mid-life crisis : What comes first?

[norrahe]

Yep, I did hear you say that... you're full of surprises. That's a tad more impressive than a Porsche!

Anything is more impressive than a souped up beetle

[realityhack]

No regrets

[NickFitz]

Is it that followed by the Ferrari, the 18 year old nymphet, the motorbike, the yacht, the island in the Caribbean?

I'm still working on that phase

[Cliphead]

Come fly with me...

Once I'm done training, ever flown under power lines?

[realityhack]

Come fly with me...

Once I'm done training, ever flown under power lines?

Aye why not... Let's see if you can barrel roll and fly through upside-down.

if you're going to go anyway, it may as well be in a spectacular fireball.

[Cliphead]

Let's see if you can barrel roll and fly through upside-down.

Hmmm, something more challenging perhaps...

[realityhack]

Hmmm, something more challenging perhaps...

I have a funny feeling you're being serious! I'm a great fan of flight - always loved aircraft and it's an ambition to take the controls one day. Going on a half-hour tour over the capital in this baby in May and really looking forward to it (image load failure, see blue EC120 in the main header here: http://www.cabairhelicopters.com/index.htm)

[Cliphead]

I have a funny feeling you're being serious! I'm a great fan of flight - always loved aircraft and it's an ambition to take the controls one day. Going on a half-hour tour over the capital in this baby in May and really looking forward to it (image load failure, see blue EC120 in the main header here: http://www.cabairhelicopters.com/index.htm)

I hope they'll let you have some stick time on that baby. Never got into rotary much although got some time logged. I won't mention (again), the time I wrote off a Gazelle...

[realityhack]

Oooh. The Gazelle was the first rotary I ever set foot inside. Army Air-Corps friend of the family. I was a wide-eyed 14yr old utterly fascinated by helicopters. Beautiful bit of kit. I've seen one being swung gracefully round a hangar at almost 60deg at Catterick, no more than 30' up. Nutters.

[realityhack]

Also, I was walked through the controls and procedure in an AH.7: