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October 4th, 2006, 01:54
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| Newbie  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Queens, New York
Posts: 25
|  cross country Can someone share their experience on their cross country trip in a helo, and what's was the cost... |
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October 4th, 2006, 09:25
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| Old Skool  | Re: cross country One fine March day in 2003 I woke up in Camp Udari, Kuwait, pre-flighted my Chinook, and crossed the border into Iraq. The next 6 weeks was one long cross-country where I criss-crossed from Kuwait City, Baghdad and Mosul, and very remote points in between. At one point I was grounded in the middle of the open desert for 4 days due to a dust storm. Got really tight with my crew that week. -Three CH-47s under my control for 6 weeks: FREE - 3000 lbs of Jet Fuel per flight hour: FREE - Occasional and spotty maintenance support: FREE - Taking a dump in the middle of the open desert during a dust storm while your crew laughs at you: PRICELESS |
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October 4th, 2006, 10:49
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Los Angeles soon to be phx
Posts: 2,484
 | Re: cross country thats a good one but a great experience as well  |
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October 4th, 2006, 11:52
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Queens, New York
Posts: 25
| Re: cross country That was cool, I been across the desert before.... I know the feeling.... I never been across the desert in a helo for long period of time, I have done it in a Humvee..... Is it common for pilot just to jump into a helo and just go cross country... Example NY to VA something like that |
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October 4th, 2006, 12:08
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| Old Skool | Re: cross country If you want to build some cross country time... sure. keep in mind that for training the cross-country requirements are significantly less than for an airplane. (Usually everything is cut in half). |
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October 4th, 2006, 12:27
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Queens, New York
Posts: 25
| Re: cross country What's a good cross country trip you would take from NY, and what aircraft?? ChinookDriver!!? |
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