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A Quick Helicopter Pickup/Dropoff

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Another video from the Flying M Air YouTube channel.

Here’s a quick video of one of my cherry drying crew, Indy, landing at my house to pick me up and then fly me back to our landing zone. The backstory is simple: he needed to get his car moved up to my house. He could either drive up to my house and drive back to the LZ with me and then I’d drive home — total time elapsed 45 minutes — or fly up to my house, pick me up, take me to his car, and let me drive it home (total time elapsed less than 20 minutes). I let him decide and I think he chose wisely.

He wasn’t quite sure where to land when he arrived. Although the spot he first attempted was okay, it isn’t particularly level and that tends to freak some pilots out. Moving to the gravel works fine, but it’s also a bit unnerving for folks who aren’t accustomed to landing so close to a building. (For the record, he had about 30 feet between the main rotor blades and my deck.)

His departure was quite different from mine. He elected to pick up and then back up away from the house before making his turn. Again, he wasn’t that close. But when in doubt, do it the safest way. I think being that close to the house was kind of unnerving. When I depart from that spot, I usually pivot over the grass and dive into the valley to gain speed before climbing out or descending to that landing zone. Whatever works and is safe, right?

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Morning Helicopter Flight to Quincy

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Another video from the Flying M Air YouTube channel.

I was unexpectedly called out to do a cherry drying flight on Saturday morning. Here’s footage from the nose cam with narration added in production.

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Winter Helicopter Flight to McMinnville Part 2

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Another video from the Flying M Air YouTube channel.

Here’s the second part of my March 2021 flight to McMinnville, starting west of Ellensburg, WA and running to the Yakima Reservation. This flight has both nosecam and instrument cam views, as well as cockpit narration and radio chatter. I’ll release additional parts of this flight throughout the summer.

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Helicopter Flight Over Wenatchee

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Another video from the Flying M Air YouTube channel.

Join me for a 20-minute flight from the maintenance hangar at Wenatchee Pangborn Memorial Airport to the Columbia River, up to the Rocky Reach Dam, and back down to Malaga. Along the way, I’ll tell you about what you’re seeing and tell you about my helicopter maintenance and ground handling wheels.

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Winter Helicopter Flight to McMinnville Pt 1

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Another video from the FlyingMAir YouTube channel.

Guess who flew back down to McMinnville in March?

Join me for the first part of this flight, where I leave Wenatchee Pangborn Memorial Airport (KEAT) and head south over winter terrain. This flight has both nosecam and instrument cam views, as well as cockpit narration and radio chatter. I’ll release additional parts of this flight throughout the summer.

Note: This is the 1080 HD version of this video. A 4K UHD version without the animated subscribe button and Member Wall is available to members at the Sponsor level or higher.