Maria Flies a Huey Helicopter
COME FLY WITH ME and Stan as I take a Huey helicopter for a spin around Malaga, WA. The backstory I was doing some late season cherry drying and listening in on the frequency used by the few other pilots left on contract. Two of them were flying Hueys and we d chatter back and forth a bit. At one point, I told them I d bring pizza to their base, which I flew over occasionally: a pair of ponds on Stemilt Hill. Sure enough, right on schedule, I turned up with the pizza. That s when I met the two pilots: Stan and Pete. Stan offered to let me try flying the Huey he had on contract, which belongs to his son s company. I m not a complete idiot I said sure This is the video I shot during that flight. It covers seatbelts on to seatbelts off, including engine startup and shutdown. The video has a problem: the front facing camera, which was connected to the intercom system, was not configured properly so none of the intercom audio was recorded. This isn t a big deal at the beginning, when the helicopter was quie
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