A very short, sweet-sounding video from the Flying M Air YouTube channel.
Join me at the “Huey Camp” landing zone while one of the three Hueys on cherry drying contract lands at its base after a short maintenance flight, stirring up a ton of dust. Love helicopter sound? Turn the audio way up for this one!
And no, he wasn’t nearly as close to that fuel truck as he looks in the video.
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That looks really tricky, how much can the pilot see when descending the last 15 feet through that soup?
I played the audio through my hi-fi and it sounded marvellous, rich bass down to the sub-audible but feelable range. Echoes of ‘Apocalypse Now’ …
From inside the cockpit, it probably wasn’t as bad as it looked. The key is to see the potential for the problem on the way down and get a good handle on how far you are from the ground before the dust gets bad. A slow, steady approach makes it safe — eventually, you’ll reach the ground, even if you don’t see it.
And yes, the sound is good! I had a microphone that filters out wind noise.