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February 4th, 2008, 15:52
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Frisco, TX
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|  Stepping out of the Helicopter I am in the process of getting my instrument add on to my VFR only Multi-Commercial (are you scratching your head yet?) I have been flying helicopter for the past 4 years now, and have decided to pursue my original dream of Fixed wing aviation. This will mean a pretty steep pay cut for me. I live in the Dallas area, and after my helicopter crashed in late July (I happened to have taken that day off), it made me stop and think "am I doing what I really want?" So off I go. I will be posting here a little more since this is right up my alley... P.S. My heart goes out to the Silver State Students and CFI's. This reminds me of another Fixed wing school in 2002-03 that did the same thing to it's students in Florida. |
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February 4th, 2008, 22:09
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SLC
Posts: 759
| Re: Stepping out of the Helicopter You can take the boy out of the helicopter but you can't take the helicopter out of the boy. Congrats and good luck I sometimes wonder what if I had chose the other path. Shane
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February 4th, 2008, 22:28
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Santa Clarita, CA
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  | Re: Stepping out of the Helicopter Flying helicopters was always cool to me, but I can't afford the dang training  Is that a Jet Ranger in your avatar?
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February 4th, 2008, 23:50
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC
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| Re: Stepping out of the Helicopter Quote:
 What kind of helicopter flying were you doing? Also, glad to hear you are going to do what's best for you even if that means a pay cut in return. Happiness is important. I want to wish you the best. Lots of great advice and people on the JC forum. Stay active and let us know how things go. I'm a helo fan myself and I recently stopped helicopter training to go finish my FW ratings.
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February 5th, 2008, 11:00
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Frisco, TX
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| Re: Stepping out of the Helicopter Yes...that is a Bell Jetranger in my pic. I have been doing a lot of News or (ENG) electronic news gathering for the last year. I did some Air Medical work but that proved too traumatic for me. I trained concurrently in FW and RW but still needed to do my multi instr add-on. I thank Doug for putting together such a valuable resource for pilots and aspiring pilots. This really is a godsend! |
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February 5th, 2008, 13:07
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pacific NW
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| Re: Stepping out of the Helicopter Oh, those JetRanger days! Now, THAT'S flying.
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February 21st, 2008, 18:31
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kansas City MO
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| Re: Stepping out of the Helicopter Gotta do what you gotta do. Do you have any fixed wing ratings yet? |
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February 23rd, 2008, 17:55
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Frisco, TX
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| Re: Stepping out of the Helicopter Yes I have my Commercial AMEL (VFR only), and am planning my Instrument add on next month...
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February 26th, 2008, 09:22
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SLC
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| Re: Stepping out of the Helicopter I heard a snippet from heli expo that Bell is retiring the 206 airframe. Do you guys know anything about it? Shane
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