There are quite a few neat aircraft at Light Flight where I train. Here's a chopper I captured yesterday. Home built and very cool. One of the limitations with them I always thought is that you are stuck where they land, but you will see the clever little wheels (like a wheelbarrow) the owner has made.. you lift up each side with the fulcrum and clip the wheel on. When both sides are done the helicoper is pushed easily in and out of the hangar. Simple but effective.
Oh, did I tell you I got lost this week? Not too hectic and within a few ks of my home field, but part of my training to venture out on my own and find my way back. I was retracing my flight to the N3 highway when my instructor spotted me cruising the skies from the ground and diverted me back to the field. Next exam is on Tueday - Human Preformance - and Friday I write (or click .. its an online exam) Flight Planning and Performance, a little more tricky... loads of graphs and stuff.
I was a helicopter pilot for about 30 secs today as Arthur kindly took me up in his beautifully homebuilt helicopter ZU-LIZ at Light Flight. Swiss-made precision, and an excellent aviator, Arthur also holds some record of 23 000ft up in a chopper! Oh, did I mention that now that winter is over, Arthur has removed the doors so that at 4000ft it's quite a view.. tried to take a photo and stretched my arm inadvertantly out the doorway and nearly had the camera swept away at 120km/h with a drop from 4000ft and some houses below.
