Attention Veterans!

[Mr. P]

Thanks guys,I appreciate the nice comments. I am nothing special really. I flew mostly airplanes as a civilian, but for one year I did use that military training to fly an EMS helicopter (Life Flight type stuff. Or as us military folks know it, MedEvac) it was the best thing I ever did in aviation.

EDIT: Gunny, I got a pic to show you. I'll have to dig er out and scan it.

[Gunny]

Thanks guys,I appreciate the nice comments. I am nothing special really. I flew mostly airplanes as a civilian, but for one year I did use that military training to fly an EMS helicopter (Life Flight type stuff. Or as us military folks know it, MedEvac) it was the best thing I ever did in aviation.

EDIT: Gunny, I got a pic to show you. I'll have to dig er out and scan it.

Do I need my seatbelt?

[Gaffer]

Thanks guys,I appreciate the nice comments. I am nothing special really. I flew mostly airplanes as a civilian, but for one year I did use that military training to fly an EMS helicopter (Life Flight type stuff. Or as us military folks know it, MedEvac) it was the best thing I ever did in aviation.

EDIT: Gunny, I got a pic to show you. I'll have to dig er out and scan it.

My last chopper flight was on a medevac. So you rate even higher. Those medevac pilots were the best. Made no difference what the LZ was like, they were in there.

[CSM]

My last chopper flight was on a medevac. So you rate even higher. Those medevac pilots were the best. Made no difference what the LZ was like, they were in there.

Yeppers! Medics and rotary wing nuts are my heroes ... big time! Last chopper I ever rode was MedeVac too. You rock Mr. P!

[Mr. P]

Do I need my seatbelt?

No Sir. It's a pic of where I landed and shut-down one day. Sorta goes with the one skid thing. But it's not one skid.

My last chopper flight was on a medevac. So you rate even higher. Those medevac pilots were the best. Made no difference what the LZ was like, they were in there.

Glad ya made it out, Gaffer. In school we trained to go into tight spots. After school we did the same. If the blades could clear the trees or whatever, we'd do it.

[Mr. P]

Guys, Guys! Just to be clear I was never in country. I did two medevac flights stateside on active duty, many as a civilian in the year I did it.

[Gaffer]

Medevac pilots are still cool. If there's a way to get in they will find it.

[grunt]

USMC 1997-2005 SSgt E-6


0311 (infantry)first four
7051 (Aircraft Rescue Firefighter) last four


Pendleton
29 Palms
1 yr at MCAS Iwakuni
did 2 years of I&I in Ft Worth, TX
1 yr in Afghanistan (15th MEU)

[Gunny]

Guys, Guys! Just to be clear I was never in country. I did two medevac flights stateside on active duty, many as a civilian in the year I did it.

So which do consider worse? Hostile fire? Or the number of powerlines in this country? I think in that position, I'd as soon get shot at as become the conduit for a gazillion volts.

I've seen on more than one occasion Huey pilots drop their skids so close to the water a Marine could be pulled out by hand. THAT is skill and a lot of balls.

[Mr. P]

So which do consider worse? Hostile fire? Or the number of powerlines in this country? I think in that position, I'd as soon get shot at as become the conduit for a gazillion volts.

I've seen on more than one occasion Huey pilots drop their skids so close to the water a Marine could be pulled out by hand. THAT is skill and a lot of balls.

Damn Gunny, you made me shiver! I’ll not forget the night I dodged major wires but still clipped a small one with the tail rotor. Someone was looking out for us that night.

EDIT: Oh, I forgot about the time I was flying lead while Cobras were firing 7.72 rockets from both sides of us into the LZ. Mud and dirt flying all over the windshield, pucker factor was way up but that still didn’t compare to the wires.

[Gaffer]

when we made an air assault the door gunner always told us not to fire from the door, that he would take care of the cover fire. They were afraid one of us would shoot too high and hit the rotor blades. we did what he asked unless we started recieving fire as we were going in, then we cut loose too. It always pissed the door gunner off but what the hell, we were already in by then. What's he going to do make us come back and do it again? Or, my favorite response, what you gonna do send me to Vietnam?

[Gunny]

Damn Gunny, you made me shiver! I’ll not forget the night I dodged major wires but still clipped a small one with the tail rotor. Someone was looking out for us that night.

EDIT: Oh, I forgot about the time I was flying lead while Cobras were firing 7.72 rockets from both sides of us into the LZ. Mud and dirt flying all over the windshield, pucker factor was way up but that still didn’t compare to the wires.

I'm an electrician nowadays. When I was working line to try and restore power during a storm, the guy I was with screwed up and blew us both up. He died, and I was left hanging from a bucket by a safety harness for a couple of hours.

That is how my lineman career came to an abrupt end after the household SgtMajL read me the riot act. Been in commercial electrical since.

I'd rather be shot at.