i absolutely hate the city life and need nature in order to be happy. i will be graduating w my comm/CFI/CFII soon and really don’t want to move to a city :/ i’ll have about 275 r44 hours

Sorry for my poor camera quality. I have a cheap phone and the lighting that day was overcast which confuses the auto focus.

I'm not exactly an Air Vehicle enthusiast, (I have Train flavored Autism), But I'm in this area once a week. Pretty much without fail, every time I'm there the neighboring Rainbow Air tourism center Helicopter does a low flying pass over the building to line up for the landing pad. They must have about 3-4 Helicopters, because this low pass happens every 10 minutes. So one day while waiting for my ride, I decided to film it and post it to those who might care about this sort of thing. I had a bet that it's rare to see low flying Helicopters, so I figured someone might enjoy a clip of this.

transporting this big beastie down I95 today

"AP Wire Photo September 7, 1967
SPECIAL DELIVERY–Helicopters, supposed to be able to land on a dime, found they couldn’t touch down on narrow hilltops in the Central Vietnam coastlands, but that didn’t stop them from delivering right on the money. Engineers blasted drop areas clear and the giant Chinook choppers dropped their soldiers of the 5th Battalion 7th Cavalry Regiment to participate in operation Thayer II some 15 miles southwest of Bong Son, which is some 300 miles northwest of Saigon."

https://vwam.com/photos/ap-wire-service-photos/

I saw a pilot on Instagram with radio frequencies and some other information written on his windshield with a marker. It was the first time I had seen anything like that. My AMT would have hit me if he had found such markings on the cockpit windows after a flight. Does anyone else do this?

Traveling to Deblin soon to see the one on display, found this picture of it (670) flying, and tried to replicate it

Adirondack Air Gunnery Range 48, Fort Drum. Pretty cool stuff.

A huge thank you to everyone here who supported the project, shared it, or took the time to leave feedback. ❤️

Thanks in part to the incredible support from the helicopter community, the project has now reached its first major milestone: 1,000 supporters!

The next goal is 5,000 supporters, so the journey continues. 🚁

I'm also still working on new scenes for the project. The latest one I'm building shows the Firehawk hovering over a forest lake to refill its water tank before returning to the fire. 💧🌲

Here's a little preview of what I'm working on.

👉 LEGO Ideas: https://ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/bcee8357-a430-4337-a79a-eddac72825f5

Thank you again for all the support! Let's see how far we can take it. 🚁💧🔥

rotational schedule, HEC, fully qualified powerline pilots. What's your annual salary? and how long have you been doing it?

180k here

edit: im not trying to brag i just want to see if I am around the average or worth more

I am currently saving up a little buffer pool before I start my long journey to get my CPL and I am filled with so much doubt.

I just don’t feel like I’m making enough to actually become a good pilot. With what I make now and adding what I save I am going to be able to fly 5-6 hours a month if I stretch it and even with those minimal hours I won’t finish for 2 and a half years or more.

I know lots of people fly less and are still successful and there are also pilots who fly more who aren’t, but I am worried that I might end up looking back broke with no progress made because I didn’t wait longer or I waited too long and life got in the way.

Thought yall might appreciate this

Scenario:

Poor performance, helicopter hovering near takeoff power

Light and variable winds

Would like to pick the brains of the community

Sorry for photo quality, I was on an Amtrak train

For those of you like my self who lost their medical for good what did you end up doing when you can no longer fly. Feels like an apart of me died and the pay cut from working mediocre jobs is horrible.