| Msg ID: 2718720 |
Winter preflighting +2/-10
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| 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
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| Author:try working for somebody
1/30/2022 9:39:55 PM Reply to: 2718720 |
that owns a hangar |
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| Msg ID: 2718734 |
Winter preflighting +2/-3
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| Author:Big step, short legs
1/30/2022 11:01:56 PM Reply to: 2718720 |
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
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| Author:Not preflighting is your right
1/31/2022 5:16:39 AM Reply to: 2718734 |
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
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| Author:taceaux
1/31/2022 7:23:51 PM Reply to: 2718740 |
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
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| Author:25 years of pre-flights...
1/31/2022 8:50:44 AM Reply to: 2718720 |
...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
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| Author:Major Winters
1/31/2022 9:11:20 AM Reply to: 2718720 |
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
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| Author:cheap
1/31/2022 10:07:46 AM Reply to: 2718754 |
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
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| Author:oldNtired
1/31/2022 2:13:11 PM Reply to: 2718755 |
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
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| Author:But Watch Out For
1/31/2022 2:31:33 PM Reply to: 2718784 |
Frost bitten fingers and snow blindness. |
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| Msg ID: 2718801 |
Winter preflighting +0/-0
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| Author:Hmmm
1/31/2022 6:04:44 PM Reply to: 2718786 |
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
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| Author:Hmmm
1/31/2022 6:05:34 PM Reply to: 2718786 |
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
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| Author:like those high $$ airplane pilots?
2/1/2022 5:46:20 PM Reply to: 2718755 |
Paid more $$, no preflights, no fueling, no scrubbing toilets, no 3TG, no tones......hmm. |
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| Msg ID: 2718806 |
Winter preflighting +0/-0
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| Author:Especially
1/31/2022 6:14:28 PM Reply to: 2718720 |
a 135. |
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| Msg ID: 2718847 |
when you start asking that, start thinking about retiring. (NT) +0/-0
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| Author:olderendirt
1/31/2022 9:35:27 PM Reply to: 2718720 |
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| Msg ID: 2718854 |
Winter preflighting +1/-0
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| Author:Old School
1/31/2022 10:14:16 PM Reply to: 2718720 |
Even less fun if it's a Sky Crane in Canada in November @ -20c... |
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| Msg ID: 2718942 |
Erickson +0/-0
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| Author:Anonymous
2/1/2022 4:19:43 PM Reply to: 2718854 |
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
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| Author:Yeup
2/3/2022 10:07:34 AM Reply to: 2718720 |
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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