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Tendency to Translate
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My intent is to shine a light onto the passion of flying a helicopter. Having flown military, and now civilian, I am a true believer in the life saving capability of trained medical teams onboard these magnificent machines.
Due to reasons out of my control I will not have comments on, but please enjoy the views!
Due to reasons out of my control I will not have comments on, but please enjoy the views!
Morning Helicopter Flight
There will (for me) always be something great about flights that start out in the middle of the night, and transition to morning. The air is calm, crisp, clean. Relaxing.
Smoke from the Pacific Northwest fires fill the valley up, and the smell of "campfire" fills up the cockpit. The Mission Mountains are beautiful. Enjoy
Smoke from the Pacific Northwest fires fill the valley up, and the smell of "campfire" fills up the cockpit. The Mission Mountains are beautiful. Enjoy
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Secure for Landing!
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Helicopters are truly amazing machines. We never get a runway, and most times we don't have a road to land to. So, I found myself lucky to have a road cut into a mountain side to land in this video. Thank you to all the first responders and volunteers out in the thick of it everyday! "That Others May Live"
Sperry Chalet, Glacier National Park, Montana.
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Built in 1913 by the Great Northern Railway. Under the direction of James J. Hill, the Sperry Chalet opened fully in 1914. Prepare for a strenuous hike to get to this beautiful Chalet. In 2017 the main dormitory was consumed by wildfire. The National Park Service immediately preserved what was left of the historical structure, and in 2020 the Sperry Chalet returned to full service!
The Helicopter Recovery Triangle (Single Engine you are screwed)
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It's all about giving yourself options. Airspeed, Altitude, Power Available. Once you understand that flying a helicopter in hostile terrain is all about managing these 3 assets, you can keep yourself from running out of Lift and Ideas at the same time. On this approach I recon, and choose a path that allows an approach along the Long Axis, best I can. Then we start to pull from Airspeed, Power...
"Down The River" (Wild & Scenic Rivers Act")
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Lets take a break from helicopter aerodynamics. Edward Abbey was a writer, a "environmental essayist". My opinion is everyone should be required to read his books. To truly understand we are place holders in time, stewards to our lands. I grow sad knowing that some people in my country will never know a life outside choked air, and high rise buildings. Most of all, the beauty of floating a rive...
Transverse Flow Effect (can you feel it?)
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Simply put is the changing of airflow from a vertical flow to a horizontal flow as you begin forward flight. As you start to accelerate your helicopter, at airspeeds from 10-20kts or 12-15kts (totally depends on what your instructor believes. However the bottom line is you will feel the vibration and right roll, so when you do, just look at your airspeed. If it's reliable.) airflow, upflap/down...
Vortex Ring State, is it real?
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So? What is it? It is an aerodynamic phenomenon in which a helicopter essentially descends into its own downwash. The airflow becomes reveresed in the inner portions of the rotor disk. So what are the conditions required to get into Vortex Ring State? 1. Airspeed less than ETL (google ETL). 2. Vertical descent greater or equal to 300fpm. 3. 20%-100% power applied with insufficient power to stop...
Compressibility effects in Helicopter flight
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Compressibility, not just a Fixed Wing problem. Both airplanes and helicopters need an airfoil to get the Bernoulli to work. So! both are effected by subsonic and supersonic airspeeds over the airfoil. The conditions that will increase the severity of Compressibility in helicopter flight are; High Airspeed High Rotor RPM High Gross Weight High DA High G maneuvers Low Temp Turbulent Air Some thi...
Industrial Tourism (was Edward Abbey right?)
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Created in 1916, the National Park Service was chartered "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such a manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." This is quoted from the Park Service webpage (and quite the run on sentence). Has the Park Service up...
Dissymmetry Of Lift (or magic)
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Helicopters truly are amazing machines! So lets talk about the unequal lift between the advancing and retreating halves of the rotor disk. (This will be tailored to a counterclockwise rotor system. Just flip it around for you European folks ;) ) The difference in lift would cause the helicopter to be uncontrollable in any situation other than hovering in calm wind. The upward and downward flapp...
What is VNE (Never Exceed Speed)?
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Is this speed (indicated) important to helicopters? Of course it is. Retreating Blade Stall is a major factor in limiting a Helicopters top forward speed (VNE). Short Aerodynamics class: As airspeed increases the downward retreating blade flapping becomes larger to increase the Angle of Attack required to equalize lift throughout the rotor disk (a function to compensate for Dissymmetry of Lift,...
VFR is harder than IFR
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Departure weather was VFR. The destination hospital has a camera showing same (VFR) conditions. The enroute weather was not suitable for continued flight. Make the decision to turn around, and do it. Its not a democracy. Offer a plan to the team. You can overhear me ask if they want to get a ambulance rolling to link up with them where we were to continue on. They opted to head back to base. I ...
Evening Flight
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Cross Country flight over the beautiful mountains and rolling plains of NW Montana. Sometimes the vastness of it all is breathtaking... actually all the time. Enjoy the views, and sunset. Just breathe
Two Bear Air Rescue
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Northwest Montana is lucky to have a professional Search and Rescue outfit local. Short video to highlight the awesome working relationship between the A.L.E.R.T. medical team, and the world class Two Bear team. This transport was a rescue, and then a rendezvous with the medical helicopter (me)for transportation to that higher level of care needed.
No second chances...(well sometimes)
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No second chances...(well sometimes)
SPIFR (Single Pilot IFR) Helicopter EC-145
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SPIFR (Single Pilot IFR) Helicopter EC-145
If you want to see Glacier National Park, do it from the ground, it is the greatest NP we have.
A long video for a simple landing .
Way too much camera movement. Makes me dizzy.
Beautiful video as always! What setting did you change at ~13:15 that changed the refresh rate and made the screens stop flashing in the recording?
@Belatu42 Great question. It's actually interesting. I turned the screens from Night/dim mode to Day mode. I know someone way smarter than me knows why that's a thing.
Love these videos!
@@SkidsUpAviation Thank you!
very nice landing... 😎👍
wow, that sure is an amazing place!
You fly in some stunningly beautiful areas my friend! The 407 is a fantastic chopper, thanks for the ride along. Gregor in New Zealand
Coolest job ever!
Very exciting!!! off airport landing are super awesome please post more of these
Thank you for watching!
Did you perhaps fly over Glacier National park 7/20? I was hiking and saw a 407 go overhead low level, thought of you!
No sir, was not me that day. I was floating the Flathead ;)
Very nice video
I have huge amounts of respect to you. Good footage. Good quality. Good channel. Keep on man!
Thank you for watching! I appreciate your comments. There are some amazing humans in the medical community that are incredible every single day!
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Enjoyed the flight. Missed the unusual event somehow.
I do not get into Compressibility. I just describe a aerodynamic phenomenon. So, you did not miss anything.
beautiful
Haha! Love it! It’s f@&king magic!!
not a bad office to have. very jealous!
I always thought it was the shake, rattle, and roll of the helicopter that forced gravity to expel the helicopter from its grips.
i always thought they were so ugly the ground repels them. lol
awesome scenery!
Beautiful
Have you had time in a aw119?
No, I have not. What are your thoughts on the 119?
Ya know, I'm getting familiar with the terrain there as I shadow your flights on X-Plane, lol.
Give me some good places to fly to!
That is a very weird airplane.
Beautiful video, thanks. So glad this popped into my recommended. If you don’t mind, do you mind telling me what you do/who you fly for? I dream of flying helicopter commercially in the future and just like to know what options are out there.
Take me for a ride in that thing😁
I’ll go with!
You fly in a pretty part of the country.
We share a remarkable place.
Wished comments were turned on in other vids as well, allows questions/communications between producer & others. The only negative I ever saw was on added music, but that's a personal preference thing. Who would say anything bad about these vids? They're the best, and I envy you, lol! Comment from a PP SEL with commercial drone.
I wish I could. Unfortunately, I do not have my own helicopter. So I have to compromise with comments turned off. I'm glad you found my channel, and thank you for watching!
Big brother to my fav helo, the 135!
Yes! I love the 135 as well. Airbus really did a solid with the 135/145 helicopters. My opinion of course.
@@tendencytotranslate2524 I'm hoping to buy one when my investment re-values. I only need 7 mil. One for living on, 6 for the helo. 🤣
Just found the channel! Retired HEMS Paramedic from CA now living in Indiana. Love the videos and definitely love to see one of the Med Crew riding shotgun as an extra set of eye. The company I flew for encouraged us to ride upfront with the pilot as often as possible and being the avaition geek I am, I had no problem with that what so ever. I am hearing more and more from other crews that their company doesnt allow this or discourages the Med Crew from riding upfront with the pilot which is absurd to me. The more set of eyes looking outside the better and if you dont have a patient it makes for a good safety culture.
Im from Indiana and hope to fly for IU Health Lifeline!
This is in my home state! I flew just south of there too KOKK
Still flying? Go over to Converse.
@@tendencytotranslate2524 I am still flying. About to have my CFI
@@tendencytotranslate2524 trying to work towards becoming a HEMS pilot one day.
UH-72? how did the French ship compare to America types, I hear the new helionix system is second to none and the 5 blade with the new head is a bit smoother.
I was spoiled by Sikorsky. However, the EC helicopters from Airbus are a single pilot IFR dream! So intuitive! I have not had a chance to fly the new 5 bladed model, but it has to be just as incredible.
@tendencytotranslate2524 It's exciting to see airbus continue to invest in the 135, they have an upgraded 5 blade version in development right now, google "new h135" for a peek.
Why does the approach seem so much slower in the 145.
Haha.... 2 different companies. 1 had approach criteria and IRIS.... and 1 does not. Nice observation.
@@tendencytotranslate2524 IRIS?