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Msg ID: 2718720 Winter preflighting +2/-10     
Author:Anonymous
1/30/2022 9:30:29 PM

is NO FUN when it's an Airbus/EuroCopter product




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Msg ID: 2718721 Winter preflighting +13/-0     
Author:try working for somebody
1/30/2022 9:39:55 PM

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that owns a hangar



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Msg ID: 2718734 Winter preflighting +2/-3     
Author:Big step, short legs
1/30/2022 11:01:56 PM

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Try a 139. Why bother to get up? 



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Msg ID: 2718740 With your short stubby Mexican half-breed legs +6/-3     
Author:Not preflighting is your right
1/31/2022 5:16:39 AM

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Just keep brown nosing management and they might not notice or look the other way. 



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Msg ID: 2718832 With your short stubby Mexican half-breed legs +1/-0     
Author:taceaux
1/31/2022 7:23:51 PM

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Jose says you have never climbed on top of a 139 and opened the cowling muchless have a clue what you are looking at or for. 



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Msg ID: 2718752 Winter preflighting +4/-3     
Author:25 years of pre-flights...
1/31/2022 8:50:44 AM

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...and I have very little feeling left in the tips of my fingers. Working outdoors in cold enviornment not too good for the body.



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Msg ID: 2718754 Winter preflighting +5/-1     
Author:Major Winters
1/31/2022 9:11:20 AM

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If you are not familiar with Bastogne, Google it.  Maybe they did not teach it in Public Schools. I can't believe the Whiners. Take your Playstation and move to Southern California.



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Msg ID: 2718755 Winter preflighting +0/-6     
Author:cheap
1/31/2022 10:07:46 AM

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If you trust your mechanic,just do a walk around like the part 121 guys do.



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Msg ID: 2718784 Winter preflighting +6/-0     
Author:oldNtired
1/31/2022 2:13:11 PM

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Cold fingers and watery eyes is a small price to pay for being able to walk away from the helicopter at the end of the day.



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Msg ID: 2718786 Winter preflighting +3/-1     
Author:But Watch Out For
1/31/2022 2:31:33 PM

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Frost bitten fingers and snow blindness.



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Msg ID: 2718801 Winter preflighting +0/-0     
Author:Hmmm
1/31/2022 6:04:44 PM

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I remember preflighting at SS 209 in January and February 1977, lots of wind rain and cold.  Odd isn't it that I look at those days as good times.



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Msg ID: 2718802 Winter preflighting +3/-0     
Author:Hmmm
1/31/2022 6:05:34 PM

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I remember preflighting at SS 209 in January and February 1977, lots of wind rain and cold.  Odd isn't it that I look at those days as good times.



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Msg ID: 2718958 Winter preflighting +1/-0     
Author:like those high $$ airplane pilots?
2/1/2022 5:46:20 PM

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Paid more $$, no preflights, no fueling, no scrubbing toilets, no 3TG, no tones......hmm.



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Msg ID: 2718806 Winter preflighting +0/-0     
Author:Especially
1/31/2022 6:14:28 PM

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a 135.



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Msg ID: 2718847 when you start asking that, start thinking about retiring. (NT) +0/-0     
Author:olderendirt
1/31/2022 9:35:27 PM

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Msg ID: 2718854 Winter preflighting +1/-0     
Author:Old School
1/31/2022 10:14:16 PM

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Even less fun if it's a Sky Crane in Canada in November @ -20c...



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Msg ID: 2718942 Erickson +0/-0     
Author:Anonymous
2/1/2022 4:19:43 PM

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So they have a new "Sea Snorkel" that can fill the tank in 45 seconds.  Too cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYTPCn5jL6Y

Burns 8 gallons of JetA per minute?!?!  You think they'd have put some aerodynamic fairings over the rear landing gear and the tail fin (which isn't a fin at all).  

Sure enough, all latches look pretty darn big.  Pretty easy to preflight in winter!!!



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Msg ID: 2719107 Winter preflighting +1/-0     
Author:Yeup
2/3/2022 10:07:34 AM

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Just remember when you fall off the aircraft and your back is hurtling to the ground be sure to tuck your head forward and roll at the first instance of ground contact.  Worked for me and I fell from almost 6' on to concrete. 

Got up, shook myself off, took inventory, and finished the preflight.  And people say training doesn't work!

Just like landing on a hard surface with an old  parachute, 'cept in the opposite direction.



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