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Thursday, July 06, 2006Choppers away.
 helicopter certificate Originally uploaded by Phil Mercer. Months ago Anne D gave me fantastic present... a Virgin Experience day and I chose to do something I have always wanted to try. Fly a helicopter. Actually I always wanted to fly IN a helicopter, the thought of trying to control the machine hadn't really featured... but once you get the chance, its better to say yes, rather than regret it. I'm wittering! Again. It was great fun and quite a bit scarey at times. It took two attempts to actually fly as when I turned up on the first day the weather was horrible. On attempt two, the weather was perfect. Clear skies and not too high winds. For 45mins I was taken through helicopter basics using toys on the ground. I don't think it helped my confidense being shown what yaw was with a Matchbox Apache! Once the trainer had suitably shocked me... we headed over to the R22 flying goldfish bowl. We then had an hour flying across the Kent countryside. I had a go at trying to point the thing in a straight line and also at hovering... but got shouted at a fair amount so will need a lot more practise. In fact in theory all I need is another 70 hours in the air and I may get used to it. Comments:
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