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Old 31-10-2011, 08:17 PM
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Watch This .... Awesome.

Watch this .... make sure your speakers are " cranked up " and go " full screen " if you can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M4qYWW5VaA

I downloaded this at 720p ... and watched it on my " big screen " and thru the Home Theater ....AWESOME.

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Old 31-10-2011, 09:32 PM
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This is of a real helicopter!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRt5mvk-2iw

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Old 31-10-2011, 09:42 PM
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Awesome.
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Old 31-10-2011, 11:57 PM
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That's awesome Flash. I once read a description of helicopter as being "a thousand pieces of machinery trying to tear itself apart in a thousand different directions and it's the pilots job to keep it all together" (from a book called Let A Soldier Die). After seeing this video, it puts that description into perspective.
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It only costs around $50,000 to get a Comercial Helicopter Pilot Licence, CPL(Helicopter). And that restricts you to piston powered helicopters.

I would love to get my licence but I would have to sell my house to get it.
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Old 01-11-2011, 11:25 PM
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Should have taken the opportunity 30 years ago but I couldnt afford $10000 then, not that I could now.

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Old 02-11-2011, 01:13 AM
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It's one thing getting a licence, it's another being able to afford a chopper and run it. They just ain't cheap to run.
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