
A Day In The Life…Offshore Hoisting Pilot!
There are three large windfarms located to the north and our job was to fly the technicians there when sea conditions didn’t allow boat operations.
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There are three large windfarms located to the north and our job was to fly the technicians there when sea conditions didn’t allow boat operations.
…I had to re-teach myself how to hover with my neck extended outside the door and all my usual steady reference points gone…
Deep into the flooded plains of the Delta… amazed at the landscape in front of me…flying under 500 feet and sharing the airspace with fixed-wing planes
I still didn’t know how bad the situation was… all I knew for sure, was that if I decided not to land, no one would ever come to their rescue
…hopefully I can make a difference to the survival of wild areas… dropping off the ranger teams to keep this vast area protected from poachers…
…I one hundred percent practice the ‘dress to egress’ principle, students who have not paid heed to this, will now suffer…facing the harsh realities of a post-crash jungle survival scenario…
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