R66 - Garden Maintenance
- Hugh_Jardon
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R66 - Garden Maintenance
Check this out - fast forward to 3.30mins and see what this bloke's decided to use a shiny new R66 for ..........not in the flight manual I'd say !!!!!
http://www.foxsports.com.au/Golf/golf-show-getaway/video-e6frf3oc-1226450581932?subcat=1225864537841&site=FoxSports
http://www.foxsports.com.au/Golf/golf-show-getaway/video-e6frf3oc-1226450581932?subcat=1225864537841&site=FoxSports
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Re: R66 - Garden Maintenance
Wonder what the boss thought of that???
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Re: R66 - Garden Maintenance
Just a flesh wound
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- Silver Wings
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Re: R66 - Garden Maintenance
I wonder if the 66 blades are any more robust than the 22/44 blades?
I'd be interested to know if there was any damage
Reef up on the handle and these things happen.... the guy only had a whole fairway to take off on!
I'd be interested to know if there was any damage
Reef up on the handle and these things happen.... the guy only had a whole fairway to take off on!
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I would normally have a few opinionated comments on something like this, but I'll need a few days to get over the visions of Annabel. "Fast forward to 3.30" be buggered, I watched the whole thing twice!!
"Plan twice...Fly once"
- Robrw
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Agreed, no need to fast forward... Thanks Annabel
- Eric Hunt
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Ah, the fun of cleaning up the green blade tips.
And Annabel's skirt could be described as a Greyhound - only a couple of inches from the hare.
In a previous life, we ran similar tours, one of which was called "The Four-Club Day". Players would be treated to a visit to 4 different courses around Sydney, playing the best 4 or 5 holes on each one. The kicker was that they could only bring 4 clubs with them.
We did a promotional day, flying the club pros from each course, and visited Camden Lakes, Riverside Oaks (near RAAF Richmond), Long Reef, and finished at The Coast (near Botany Bay heads.) What a hoot, even the pros couldn't agree on which clubs to bring. Most left the putter behind and used their driver to putt. But they all agreed, that 4 courses with intervening flights in a day was too much, even though they loved the thrill of scooting around Sydney's coastal strips. Later tours did 9 holes at 2 courses, but still with only 4 clubs.
Other punters wanted to fly as far as Palm Meadows (Gold Coast, now a housing development) Bonville (Coffs Harbour) a swish club at Mittagong, others down at Wollongong and of course the Hunter Valley was popular.
Thems woz the days. But in my next life I got to take much richer players to a much more exclusive course ... way up in them thar hills...
And Annabel's skirt could be described as a Greyhound - only a couple of inches from the hare.
In a previous life, we ran similar tours, one of which was called "The Four-Club Day". Players would be treated to a visit to 4 different courses around Sydney, playing the best 4 or 5 holes on each one. The kicker was that they could only bring 4 clubs with them.
We did a promotional day, flying the club pros from each course, and visited Camden Lakes, Riverside Oaks (near RAAF Richmond), Long Reef, and finished at The Coast (near Botany Bay heads.) What a hoot, even the pros couldn't agree on which clubs to bring. Most left the putter behind and used their driver to putt. But they all agreed, that 4 courses with intervening flights in a day was too much, even though they loved the thrill of scooting around Sydney's coastal strips. Later tours did 9 holes at 2 courses, but still with only 4 clubs.
Other punters wanted to fly as far as Palm Meadows (Gold Coast, now a housing development) Bonville (Coffs Harbour) a swish club at Mittagong, others down at Wollongong and of course the Hunter Valley was popular.
Thems woz the days. But in my next life I got to take much richer players to a much more exclusive course ... way up in them thar hills...
- Hello Pilots
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Re: R66 - Garden Maintenance
God damn being in a different region
All that talk about Annabels greys hound got me interested in an R66
All that talk about Annabels greys hound got me interested in an R66
- truthinbeer
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Re: R66 - Garden Maintenance
Heliduck wrote:I would normally have a few opinionated comments on something like this, but I'll need a few days to get over the visions of Annabel. "Fast forward to 3.30" be buggered, I watched the whole thing twice!!
1 minute 30s got my interest.........and yes I had to rerun it.
p.s. I love the Greyhound analogy........
- ringstate
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Cameras can do funny things to pilots - like make them fly like
total twats !!!!
Nuff said !!
Ringer
total twats !!!!
Nuff said !!
Ringer
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Yep, some of this clip should never have made it out of the cutting room..
- ringstate
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kh4 wrote:Yep, some of this clip should never have made it out of the cutting room..
Excellent - "clip" and "cutting" - very drole ........ nice one Centurion !!!!!!
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hawk1 wrote:Wonder what the boss thought of that???
Isn't he the boss?
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- Silver Wings
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Re: R66 - Garden Maintenance
His machine, I guess he can do what he likes.
Looked like a pretty tight confined area Brad !
Glad I didn't get a gig with you or your ex-squeeze.
Just a tip, the new Dash 7's (blades) probably won't trim as well, before dinging themselves to U/S.
Happy flying.
L
Looked like a pretty tight confined area Brad !
Glad I didn't get a gig with you or your ex-squeeze.
Just a tip, the new Dash 7's (blades) probably won't trim as well, before dinging themselves to U/S.
Happy flying.
L
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At the end of the vid it summarises what's included. 27 holes of golf seems a little impossible for a days golfing. Surely this was a mistake and was 9 holes in total over 3 courses.
- ringstate
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loachboy wrote:His machine, I guess he can do what he likes.
Sad part is - it's a cross-hire !!
Wonder if the owner got the heads up his "chopper" had been "out bush" ?
If you couldn't be bothered to make sure that evidence of such poor judgement and airmanship was removed from a promo ...... somehow I doubt it ......
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Ahhh Cross hire.
Yeah, thought I had seen an Orange 66 out in the sticks the other day parked up.
Get's around then.
Whatever....
Cheers
Yeah, thought I had seen an Orange 66 out in the sticks the other day parked up.
Get's around then.
Whatever....
Cheers
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Re: R66 - Garden Maintenance
Sadly..... just another good helicopter that happens to get caught with a loose nut between the collective and cyclic.
- wocawoca
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How many golf bags can you fit into the boot?
The smartest thing Annabel did all day was getting back into the Beamer.
The smartest thing Annabel did all day was getting back into the Beamer.
- Bedouin Prince
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wocawoca wrote:How many golf bags can you fit into the boot?
The smartest thing Annabel did all day was getting back into the Beamer.
I disagree. The smartest thing she did all day was wear that skirt. It took me three goes at the video before I even saw why it was posted.
I'm a pessimist, that way I'm either always being proven right, or pleasantly surprised.
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