Thread: who has a pilots license

i am working on my helicopter rating. i have 10 hours in an R22. i also have 9 hours in an MTO Sport gyrocopter

Enjoy, hellis are a blast! I don't have a heli rating but would like to someday. Been thinking of building a heli cycle! Would be the ultimate fishing machine!

Have a total of 3 hours on heli and about 15,000 on airplanes. Double O

Used to hang glide. Does that count?

No license but I used to fly with a friend in my college days and he taught me on a single engine champ.

I've got a pilot licence. Thinking back it's been a while since I got it too! I've never flown helicopters though. I'm a fixed wing guy.

i think hangliding would probably be the closest thing to flying like a bird. the next would maybe be an open place gyro. i have some time in an MTO Sport. Those are like flying a motorcycle. Rotor Flight Dynamics make a kit that looks like a go-cart with a rotor. no sides, no windscreen, just open framed freedom.

Originally Posted by jebbaker

i am working on my helicopter rating. i have 10 hours in an R22. i also have 9 hours in an MTO Sport gyrocopter

I was literally going to post this same topic the other day!

I've been dying to take lessons and wondered how many people here might have theirs.

The lengthy process (albeit for safety), has held me back so far.

My kid wants to fly choppers. I don't have a lot of faith in 10K unrelated parts flying in formation myself. All it takes it LOTS of $$.

I've had an SEL for over twenty years. BFR and medical are out. haven't flown seriously in about 10 years. Booked a lot of time in old tube and rag junk. Flown EXPERIMENTAL aerobatic category stuff, Champs, Cubs, T-buckets, and Stearmans. Flew some higher speed, lower drag stuff too. Messed around with multi-engine but never got rated.

Got run out of Downtown Dallas one moonlit night in the Stearman. We decided to fly from Ft Worth to Dallas and mess around. When we got there we decided to put on air show over downtown. The SW Airline heavy drivers were complaining about us and the Dallas Sheriffs Office sent their chopper after us. The race out of town was on. I turned off the running lights dove it a bit to get ALL the speed that 220HP pig would get and hauled butt for Arlington Municipal Airport. Set up in the pattern with my lights on, flew down the runway at warp speed,( all 120 or so mph ) turned off the lights, climbed out and headed for Spinks Airport in Ft Worth. DSO lost us and gave up the chase. We ditched the coppers and went on to land at Spinks. We pushed the old girl in the barn, drank a few beers and went our merry way.

Did some crazy stuff back in the day. It was fun, REAL fun. Been thinking of getting my BFR and medical back in order, just haven't gotten around to it.

Wullie, that's the most interesting story I've heard in a while. I got my private's certificate a couple of years ago and am just a checkride away from getting my instrument rating. I'd LOVE to get a heli rating, but, correct me if I'm wrong, don't ya' have to be under 210 lbs to be a student in a R22? I'm about 30 lbs away from that now and it'd be quite a loss in both fat AND muscle to get there. Also, once I've finished getting my commercial license and mult-rating, I'm planning on taking a little aerobatic course as a graduation present to myself BTW, I'm 38, married with 3 kids, work full time, and go to school full-time.....so don't any of the rest of ya' start going on about not having time!! $$ I'd understand, kinda', but not time!

I don't have the guts, but my wife does LOL! She's got hers.

She doesn't fly choppers but my kids were bugging her so she got buddy to take them up just the other day - she's, heck they have all been smiling ever since - gosh I hope this isn't going to be her next "thing."



Think my son was having fun lol? We had to give up trying to keep his headset on lol... sigh.