A few photos from the stakeout. First couple days worked in a constant 40 knot wind but rewarded on this last couple days with calm weather.
Doesn't look like there's to many places in Kulukak to grab a beer....;-)
I don't want to worry you but back in the 90s a friend was researching getting the rotorcraft helicopter rating in R22s and he found out 25% of them built had crashed up to that point.
Hopefully the R44 has a better safety record.
Turbine Helicopters (such as the Jet Ranger) have the best safety record in General Aviation. I would much rather ride around in them than any piston helicopter.
Dude,
Great photos, as usual, but how in hell can you tolerate all that snow, ice, freezing weather etc.? Heck I get cold just looking at the pictures.
I ‘spose I is just a Florida redneck that am use to the whomidity and hur’icanes ! (Along with smoked mullet, fried specs (some people call them “crappie”, go figure) and of course beer.;-)
Have great Sunday!
Damn...I knew I shouldn't have read this post. Jealous....very jealous!
As always, awesome pics!! :clap: I like Ralph and the chopper!!! 🙂
You were meant to find that monument left by your wife...it's a sign from above reminding you to not forget your anniversary. 😉
> I don't want to worry you but back in the 90s a friend was researching getting the rotorcraft helicopter rating in R22s and he found out 25% of them built had crashed up to that point.
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> Hopefully the R44 has a better safety record.
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> Turbine Helicopters (such as the Jet Ranger) have the best safety record in General Aviation. I would much rather ride around in them than any piston helicopter.
Yeah Dave..
we swap out helicopters if we are working radical mountains or higher altitudes...the Hughes 500 is my fave... lots of power and a big basket on the side we can toss all kinds of heavy gear in...When we started using R44's some years ago now none of us had a whole lot of confidence in the machine...but its proved its worth and durability I have to say...especially with the right pilot... some of our projects involve around 2000-3000 take offs and landings and half of those are some sort of toe in...so its fully capable... So good in fact our boss stopped paying us hazard flight pay. Its also quiet...you can talk to each other inside without avionics if need be...without that skull splitting turbine scream...
> Dude,
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> Great photos, as usual, but how in hell can you tolerate all that snow, ice, freezing weather etc.? Heck I get cold just looking at the pictures.
> I ‘spose I is just a Florida redneck that am use to the whomidity and hur’icanes ! (Along with smoked mullet, fried specs (some people call them “crappie”, go figure) and of course beer.;-)
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> Have great Sunday!
I like North... but South is not a bad spot at all....cold is good if your dressed properly....and if it gets colder you dress even more properly....and if it gets even colder you sip peppermint schnapps ...but yeah..I'm kinda pseudo reverse I guess... 100° with humidity...you can only strip down to a point where I can layer up...and as far as ice and snow...you just kick it if it gets in the way...
I lived in Florida in the way back...Pensacola Beach on Pensacola Island...did 5th grade there... that was friggen awesome time....lots of fishing... and sunburns
> Doesn't look like there's to many places in Kulukak to grab a beer....;-)
Kulukak was quite dry yes... but Field HQ Dillingham is a fishermans town...;-)
every time I see your icon Legs, I have to chuckle...I think those commutes were an hour and a half each way to the job site so we had to screw around with camera antics in the helo to STOP from falling a sleep...
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> I like North... 100° with humidity...you can only strip down to a point where I can layer up...and as far as ice and snow...you just kick it if it gets in the way...
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Exactly!
> cold is good if your dressed properly....and if it gets colder you dress even more properly....and if it gets even colder you sip peppermint schnapps ...but yeah..I'm kinda pseudo reverse I guess... 100° with humidity...you can only strip down to a point where I can layer up...and as far as ice and snow...you just kick it if it gets in the way...
That is almost verbatim what I say when people ask me why I like the cold better than the heat.
That is pretty funny. Thanks once again for letting me borrow it. The other video of you drinking a beer in the cockpit is pretty funny too...
@ the 4:30 mark.
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Mr. Moistner,
I continue to be impressed and amazed with your photo blogs and your ability with a camera. Thank you for letting this flat-lander into your world.
I appreciate that there is a lot of "git-R-done" attitude amongst you and your associates in such remote locations. I'll bet you have some stories that make even TDD seem like a pansy. (No offense Ted, really.) You must have some "wacky" helicopter pilots to deal with.
I must ask about the Chinook pulling the barge. There must be some distortion from heat waves or a telephoto lens that make the aircraft appear too to be too close to the ice for the rotor not to make contact. I am no expert in photo analysis, just going from what my eyeballs see.
Again, Daryl, I really appreciate what you are doing as a brother surveyor and a as a damn good photographer.
Keep up the good work. I'll hang up now and listen to your response on the radio.
Best regards,
JA, PLS SoCal
