Shoup Airlines

Sikorsky Is Rolling His Eyes

22.Jan.2009

It’s official, Igor and Uncle Sam have found me of unsound mind and body to fly their fancy machine.

And yet I still have no clue when my parole date might be. Stay tuned for further developments.

Buried in Aviation, Bama, IERW, The Guard | 1 Village Idiot has spoken

Realism

15.Jan.2009

I got to land the Blackhawk on a helicopter carrier yesterday.

In the dark, under NVGs.

While it was raining.

With winds off the port bow gusting to 45 knots and swells at 15 to 20 feet.

In the sim.

But the pit stains and frustration were ALL TOO REAL!

Buried in Aviation, IERW | 1 Village Idiot has spoken

Two days back in the lovely little town of Enterprise and we still haven’t flown. Only in the deep South would you get pea soup fog one night and then massive thunderstorms the next in the middle of JANUARY! Tonight is supposed to finally be the big break in weather, but of course I’m starting to come down with something and not sure if I’ll even make it to the helicopter.

So I’ll leave you with a short I saw a while back and found eerily interesting. I bring it to your attention only because I have nothing else and Hollywood has gotten a hold of it and left their greasy paw prints all over it.

http://www.dailymotion.com/videox1jl41

And here’s the mainstream trailer for the curious: