Category: Auto-biographical (tuna helicopters)
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Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual Ch.2B-1 Potential Employers
Ch.2B-1 “Potential Employers “ 10/6/2009 You still see websites today, posting information which is totally out of date. Some times ‘years out of date’. This then is the ‘rough start’ of a chapter which tries to address that issue. I will need help to do so, as I am out of the tuna helicopter business…
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 8) “Eyes of Dead Man “
A Blip on the Radar Part 8 Fear and Panic: “Eyes of Dead Man “ Fear and Panic are two different beasts. A helicopter pilot does well to ponder the difference. And research, study, envisage ugly scenarios, prepare mentally for them, and try hard to never be surprised. In this last endeavor, believe me, he…
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 7) “Routine and Sudden Terror “
A Blip on the Radar Part (7) Routine and Sudden Terror: How to crash a Helicopter In the Introduction to “Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual ” I wrote this: “But if I had never had any help, never had any advice, never had mentors… I would be stone dead by now. I have waltzed -innocently- into…
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Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual Ch.3-H “Attaching a Radio Buoy “
Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual Ch.3-H “ATTACHING A RADIO BUOY “ Having safely descended to your log, your observer may now want to attach a radio buoy. Also referred to as a ‘pipper’, this will guide the ship to the log later that day, or maybe several days later. The first time you approach a log…
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Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual Ch.3-G “Descending to a Log & Blue-Out “
A forgotten Atoll; note the deep, translucent blue Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual Ch.3-G “DESCENDING TO A LOG & BlUE-OUT “ So there you are, flying along quite happily at 800 or 1000 feet, and your observer spots a log. He wants to see if there’s bait fish around the log, and if so, how they…
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 6) “Backflips “
A BLIP ON THE RADAR (6) Life and Death are real and immediate in the Tuna Fields. Men cope with the inevitable risks in different ways. Gallows humor, cruel and unkind to some, is an ever present fact of Life. No target is ever too sacred. Some would say it’s just a method of coping.…
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Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual Ch.3-C Take-Off Video Discussions
Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual Ch.3-C Take-Off Video Discussions VIDEOS I LIKE: Video 3-C/001 “Helicoptero despega de barco “ Orthodox, normal,calm, no sweat… what more can you say? Video 3-C/002 “An helicopter taking off from tunaboat “ Nice, calm. Wonder why he delayed that cyclic push forward? No biggie, but I would have shoved forward a…
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Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual – Feedback
Is that a shark I see below? (a perfectly executed autorotation after another C18 engine failure…) ATTABOYS and BOMBS (A little encouragement, very greatfully received, guys.. thanks! Note: 3/8/2010 Overwhelmingly, I would like to steer clear of the politics. As far as I’m concerned, this manual is an honest attempt to give new or prospective…
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Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual Ch. 3-F “Herding (2) “
One ace deck helper PART 3 “Moggy’s Tuna Manual ” “Handling your helicopter “ Chapter 3-F HERDING (2) When I started herding, I was on my own in a Bell 47, with not much of the faintest clue as to what was going on. Rather unexpectedly I noticed a Hughes 500 twenty yards away, hovering,…
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Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual Ch.3-E “Runaway Blades “
The Luck o’ the Irish, put (maybe excessively) to the test! PART 3 “Moggy’s Tuna Manual ” “Handling your helicopter “ Chapter 3-E RUNAWAY BLADES Runaway blades, or ‘rogue blades’ are one of every helicopter pilot’s worst nightmares. You tend to hear all sorts of stories, and it’s hard to know what’s fact and what’s…