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The Carl Pilkington of Freddyshouse
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- Dec 22, 2003
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what, so you should only apply for aa helicopter license if you have a list of people you want to ferry about?
Maybe he, I don't know, enjoys the sensation and freedom of flying?
I know if I had it would be my own little bubble of freedom.
He described the training process...just unbelievable, he had to fly from here to the hanger where they keep that great big new blimp thing, fly INTO the hanger, hover at 6ft for 8 mins while being monitored, then someone handed him a OS map with a circle around a stately home, he had to fly to that with out any satnav..half way there the instructor shouts, LOW FUEL, re direct to airstrip which he draws on the map..all the time the instructor is asking him wind speed, flight time, then as they arrive he shouts ENGINE OUT.. he has to autorotate down while going the the crash landing checklist, he's just about to land and he shouts ABORT..land over there...he said he was a nervous wreck.
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