Post your random pics!

[ArcticDude]

Nice picture Chris!
That kind of desert would be nice place for astro photography. No clouds on the sky and no light pollution anywhere near.

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EDIT:
Don't mean that particular deser in Iraq, but desert like that generally.. :crackup:

 

[Alaskan]

I have that flight on video too, might upload it later. Yes very dark at night out there.

 

[diachi]

Photo i took last week on my way to Mosul Dam, Iraq. Flying to Q West today.

Looks cool! I'm yet to get more than 10ft off the pad in a helicopter. Got to go on a "test flight" (if you can call it that) when I worked for a group of aviation companies.

Nice picture Chris!
That kind of desert would be nice place for astro photography. No clouds on the sky and no light pollution anywhere near.

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EDIT:
Don't mean that particular deser in Iraq, but desert like that generally.. :crackup:

Agreed! The sky must look stunning at night out there. I mean it's great here, but at the time of the year where the sky is good it's also absolutely freezing outside, as both of you know.

 

[Alaskan]

I've been flying around in helicopters for 30 plus years now, first in the oil field, then out here. Probably have a couple hundred flights i've been on over the years by now.

Here's a photo I took a couple of years ago flying in Alaska:

 

[RedCowboy]

Very nice, flying has to be additive Chris, but I am curious, do you have to land back on that little aluminum portable looking pad that blue helicopter is sitting on? It looks like a small space.

 

[diachi]

Very nice, flying has to be additive Chris, but I am curious, do you have to land back on that little aluminum portable looking pad that blue helicopter is sitting on? It looks like a small space.

Yup, they use those for remote locations with uneven/otherwise unsuitable terrain, mountain tops, that sort of place.

I recall a few pictures of helicopters on those pads at our operations in Peru and up here in the north at various camps from my last job.

 

[Alaskan]

Very nice, flying has to be additive Chris, but I am curious, do you have to land back on that little aluminum portable looking pad that blue helicopter is sitting on? It looks like a small space.

Extremely tight spot, they just move slow and get it just right.

 

[lasersbee]

Photo i took last week on my way to Mosul Dam, Iraq. Flying to Q West today.

Puts a reality perspective into where
you are... Be safe.

Jerry

 

[RB astro]

Puts a reality perspective into where
you are... Be safe.

Jerry

I agree Jerry, stay safe Chris and thanks for sharing.

 

[RB astro]

Had a beautiful family day out yesterday, went for a long drive and did some shopping.
Then a nice dinner and to top it off, Saturday Night Bowling.
Got home late and straight to bed.

They almost beat me but I got the upper hand (in the end). :crackup:

 

[paul1598419]

You're just a regular Fred Flintstone, Andrew. :crackup:

 

[RB astro]

You're just a regular Fred Flintstone, Andrew. :crackup:

:crackup:

 

[Shotgundrums]

Here's a few from my digital wallet:

I saw that pack of batteries in the Exchange and had to have a pic

The second is an engine that took heavy FOD

LASTLY, maintainer humor.

 

[Alaskan]

Ouch, expensive engine repair. Those are quantum batteries, one of them appears to have made a leap into the jacket free version.

 

[Alaskan]

In Mosul today




post images

Admittedly not great quality photo's, but what I'm seeing here.

 

[paul1598419]

Yikes! Those photos don't inspire comfort or safety. Take great care there, Alaskan.