Nice pic. I’ve done a lot of SVFR in the Griz-O-Copter and have to say that it is nice to be able to slow way down when it is needed!
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Random Griz Aviation Musings
- Thread starter Griz882
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For the last week, N. FL has been sitting in a large moist pocket, and usually by 2am the fog/mist would reach critical mass to shut everything down. Last night, it just couldn't quite come together and the result was the full-on milk bowl effect.
What made it more weird was that aided, you were still IMC, but could see. Unaided, because of the super-hi light moon, there was no sky, there was no ground, there was no horizon...just a bright nothing with lights scattered on the ground. It was like a photo negative of what it's like at sea on deployment with no moon.
Coming back to base, I was talking with the crew trying to figure out what the actual legality was. The weather everywhere was reporting VFR. We we were meeting Class E and Part 135 Class G mins. But we were still IMC while aided. It was just a topic of conversation versus an actual concern, but it was an interesting condition to be flying through.
I did not make it to Heli Expo this year - which returned to Hot-lanta! Enjoy a video of the aircraft arrivals to downtown heliport - where these aircraft would be towed into the convention center. My old program sent the spare H145 from University of Cincinnati Medical Center - at the request of Airbus. Notice the Boeing 324 Commercial Chinook by Columbia - and the Restricted Category commercial CH-47D. And of course I know @Griz882 salivating at the Enstrom action! @Gatordev eyeing his next career move with the influx of commercial UH-60A's 
I get it! Departing 1GO monday night, 007 BKN and 2 SM - the flight director is a savior for a departure like this. Takeoff in GA (Go Around) with V bars at 10 degrees, rotate into V-bars. Then once flaps up and established in 85 KIAS climb and trimmed, right hand goes and selects FLC and HDG - then its just fly the command bars through the deep clouds and precip - then 1000' AGL, select AP and go back to admin of after-takeoff checklist. Its a procedure practiced but rarely needed. This night I needed! Big stress / workload reducer. G1000 system in the mighty Cessna is a pretty decent "all-weather" piece of gear.
That's what made it more bizarre. The weather was CLR everywhere. Not a cloud in the sky.
Needs more sensor turrets. If you don't have a HCU for each hand, plus one for your foot, it's not enough.
I can't remember if it was XP for sure, but I think that's the same company that owned (or still owns) the -60 that showed up in UKR a couple of weeks ago.
I'm just really curious if there's a FLIR on the starboard side, too. Maybe they could put one in the hell-hole, also.
That radar is interesting. It looks like they basically took the Seahawk diving board design and bolted the radar on top of it. I would be interested to know how it holds up in vibration over time, sitting way out there like that.
If I ever go turbine (and I might still) I’d be limited to six seats because of Basic Med. That means the largest ship I could fly would be an old UH-1B/C then a Jet Ranger X, 206, or EC-120B. At the small end there is the 500 and the 480B. The Enstrom (480B) is sold as a 5 seat helicopter but in truth it isn’t if you are flying more than a half-hour. The wise choice would be an Enstrom or 500 for fuel burn followed by the 206. If I had money to melt away I’d go ahead and get a -1B, paint it up like a Vietnam gunship, and fly it around to air shows!I did not make it to Heli Expo this year - which returned to Hot-lanta! Enjoy a video of the aircraft arrivals to downtown heliport - where these aircraft would be towed into the convention center. My old program sent the spare H145 from University of Cincinnati Medical Center - at the request of Airbus. Notice the Boeing 324 Commercial Chinook by Columbia - and the Restricted Category commercial CH-47D. And of course I know @Griz882 salivating at the Enstrom action! @Gatordev eyeing his next career move with the influx of commercial UH-60A's
Look like KTM Enduros!!
How about if I just take the H-60 with the bikes and give the cameras, sensors, GAU and prepped truck. Is that acceptable?