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Msg ID: 2802911 What’s with these “influencers” +2/-2     
Author:Type ratings
1/14/2024 1:22:55 AM

Getting a type rating in hawks and literally have hardly any experience?



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Msg ID: 2802912 What’s with these “influencers” +4/-1     
Author:By pass
1/14/2024 1:33:09 AM

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 Pretty much the only hurtle to most anything aviation is money. If you have money, buying any aircraft and paying for training to meet a type ride standard isn't a problem.



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Msg ID: 2802946 What’s with these “influencers” +4/-1     
Author:Panic and Fright
1/14/2024 12:57:15 PM

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As Bob Hoover always said, "Fly the aircraft as far into the crash site as possible."  Sadly it seems the TNFlyGirl removed her hands from the controles and just gave up.   



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Msg ID: 2802924 Hating On Heavy-D +0/-4     
Author:Just an observer
1/14/2024 9:35:33 AM

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I know that there are guys out there who consider YouTube creators to be nothing more than rich poseurs, or dilettantes, or otherwise undeserving of “success” as you define it - especially when it comes to owning and flying helicopters. I guess if they didn’t do it “the hard way” (i.e. via military service) then they don’t deserve anything good, and they must be poor aviators. Must be! “Haters gonna hate,” as the kids say.

And so you haters probably missed the Facebook announcement that Dave “Heavy D” Sparks and Cleetus McFarland both got Typed in the Blackhawk, one of which Dave owns. You might say, “Feh, money can buy anything,” but what you really mean is, “This doesn’t mean they’re anything close to being safe pilots, and they’ll probably crash into a church on a Sunday morning and kill everybody onboard and in the pews.”

Dave has owned a number of helicopters, and seems to take aviation very seriously. The videos he’s published show him to have surprising proficiency in his BO-105, a borrowed Astar, his (two!) AS-365 Dauphins, and his UH-60. It would be tough for any pilot to switch between those rotor systems and be good. But he is, apparently. So don’t hate on Dave.





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Msg ID: 2802937 Hating On Heavy-D +5/-1     
Author:Someones
1/14/2024 12:19:55 PM

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trying to white knight



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Msg ID: 2802972 Hating On Heavy-D +0/-0     
Author:Are you really a pilot
1/14/2024 5:25:27 PM

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If the army didn't train you to rip the collective until you manage to run out of power in a twin engine over 3,000HP helicopter?



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Msg ID: 2802994 Hating On Heavy-D (NT) +1/-1     
Author:Hmmm
1/14/2024 10:16:21 PM

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Msg ID: 2802995 Hating On Heavy-D +0/-0     
Author:Hmmm
1/14/2024 10:20:53 PM

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"Rip the collective?"  New term in rotorary wing operations?



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Msg ID: 2802991 Hating On Heavy-D +1/-1     
Author:it would be tough to switch
1/14/2024 9:31:26 PM

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between all those rotor systems and be good. lol say wut



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Msg ID: 2803045 Restricted category Blackhawk? +1/-1     
Author:UILLO
1/15/2024 3:12:40 PM

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So what can you do with a restricted category Blackhawk in the civilian market?   

You can't carry passengers you can't fly cargo you can't fly over congested areas the only thing I know you can do is fight fires and put a hook for lift work as long as it's not a congested area?    



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Msg ID: 2803048 Restricted category Blackhawk? +1/-1     
Author:plumb
1/15/2024 3:22:41 PM

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And in those cases you would also need a part 133 operator certificate and a part 137 operator certificate.  



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Msg ID: 2803054 Restricted category Blackhawk? (NT) +1/-1     
Author:fly around?
1/15/2024 4:25:52 PM

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Msg ID: 2803072 Restricted category Blackhawk? +0/-0     
Author:yeah, fly around
1/15/2024 7:58:32 PM

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by yourself in a multi million dollar experimental catagory aircraft



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Msg ID: 2803074 Restricted category Blackhawk? +0/-1     
Author:Haters gonna hate
1/15/2024 8:11:39 PM

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Just because you can't...



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Msg ID: 2803100 Restricted category Blackhawk? +0/-1     
Author:Bro
1/16/2024 9:50:07 AM

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The more HeavyD flies around influencing the more lonely his nearly single hot wife gets...



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Msg ID: 2803241 Restricted category Blackhawk? +0/-0     
Author:Unity hawk
1/18/2024 12:13:50 AM

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There plenty of restricted catagory hawks working ,logging, tower sets, big airconditioner sets, construction jobs like tower. sets and concrete moving most FSDO's will grant exceptions for lift jobs in completely congested areas.

 There are some exceptions for firefights to be transported inside as passengers  under a complex agreement with the DOI. various FSDO.



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Msg ID: 2803114 Hating On Heavy-D +1/-2     
Author:So that's what the D stands for!
1/16/2024 2:49:47 PM

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So you d i c k ride Heavy-D.   Got it!  



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Msg ID: 2803262 Hating On Heavy-D +0/-0     
Author:Wonder who the DPE
1/18/2024 10:35:30 AM

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Was who thought it was a good idea. 



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