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I did a thing....I flew a helicopter!!!
Have you ever wondered what it's like to fly a helicopter? Me too!
I recently took a trial instructional flight with the awesome folks at Touchdown Helicopters at Shellharbour Airport to see just how easy or hard flying a whirlybird is. My instructor Archie gave me a thorough on-ground introduction on how a helicopter flies, before a very hands on preflight inspection.
Join me as we fly from Shellharbour Airport along the beautiful Illawarra coastline. Keep watching to the end as you see me attempt my first hover!!!
I recently took a trial instructional flight with the awesome folks at Touchdown Helicopters at Shellharbour Airport to see just how easy or hard flying a whirlybird is. My instructor Archie gave me a thorough on-ground introduction on how a helicopter flies, before a very hands on preflight inspection.
Join me as we fly from Shellharbour Airport along the beautiful Illawarra coastline. Keep watching to the end as you see me attempt my first hover!!!
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Wheeler landing in Citabria VH-WKM at Camden
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Practice makes perfect and while I'm not perfect yet, it's satisfying to get a smooth wheeler :)
Citabria VH-RRW. First Taildragger Solo. 11/3/20
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First taildragger solo in Citabria 7GCBC VH-RRW at Camden Airport
Super D Aerobatics over the Illawarra coast
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From Camden to the Coast in Curtis Aviation's 2022 Super Decathlon, VH-8CA.
Aeros in the Super Decathlon
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A quick trip to the beautiful Illawarra coastline for an aerobatic session in the Super Decathlon.
Aerobatics in the Super Decathlon
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A quick solo session of aerobatics in Super Decathlon VH-8CA
Western Sydney Airport tour with SydSquad's Tim Bowrey
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Join us as we take an aerial view fo the under construction Western Sydney Airport at Badgery's Creek.
Aerobatics over Western Sydney Airport in Citabria VH-RRW 24/05/23
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The new international airport is still under construction, so the airspace remains part of the Sydney training area. It's the perfect place to practice aerobatics with long leading lines to follow!
Western Sydney Airport - under construction 12/10/22
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Take a lap around the new Western Sydney Airport to see how construction is coming along. Curtis Aviation Citabria VH-WKM was my ride.
See and avoid....BIRDS!
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A brief encounter of the feathered kind at 1300' during circuit training in Cessna 182 VH-BMX as I spotted a flock of Australian White Ibis mid downwind for Rwy 06 at Camden.
Aerobatics in Citabria VH-RRW
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Another fun hour in the Citabria today saw me complete my aerobatics endorsement! Huge thanks to Craig out at Curtis Aviation for the wonderful tuition. He really makes flying a whole lotta fun!
Taildragger Solo in Citabria VH-RRW 11 March 2020
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My first taildragger solo flight in Citabria VH-RRW. The Citabria is a totally different aircraft without the weight of an instructor sitting in the back, as I found out on my first landing attempt! The second one though, was much nicer! Many thanks to Kurt Ams for the on-ground video. Love ya work mate!
Spin training in Citabria VH-RRW, Curtis Aviation
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Spin training in Citabria VH-RRW, Curtis Aviation
Is there anything you cannot fly? Looked amazing and fun
Perhaps look at it another way...there's nothing I won't have a go at flying!
Magic mate - loved it!
@@smatruk thanks mate! If you ever want to try it, Archie is your man! He was awesome as an instructor.
Well, that looks fun! Got to say the controls look so sensitive. Are you gonna give up the aerobatics for a chopper now?
@@Jeffzzzaus haha no way!! This was just for fun and a whole lot of curiosity! The controls are super sensitive….just rest your arm on your lap and steer with your fingers.
Wow !!! Absolutely awesome 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Ooooh yeah!
Cheeky 360 vid. Nice
I've got a few, but they take so long to upload!!!!
looks fun...
It's a lot of fun, but a lot of concentration too!
Awesome video 👍👍🎉🎉
Thanks Simone!
Great video Nigel
Thanks Hayden!
Awesome !!!!! 🎉🎉🎉 That interior looks super all glass !!! 😍
Wonderful video, great to hear Kurt enjoying the manuvers. 😊
Thanks Leanne, @smatruk did great! The g forces take a bit of getting used to, but he handled them well!
@that_airfield_guy4731 Are you high and dry, away from the flooing. What was the birds 🐦 that got hit last night? Bin chickens? I was watching the stream while at work.
Flooding.
@@leannehurst5183 We're all good, although the drive home this morning was a tough one! They were Silver Gulls that got hit.
👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks Nigel great footage and approach back to camp😊
Thanks Andy! The river runs are a fun way to get back into Camden :) How's your flying going?
Awesome aerobatics !!! Best scenic as well, nothing better than our South Coast !!! 🤩🤩🤩
On a sunny day the coast always looks fantastic!
I think he's using a pretzel for a microphone
That makes it one expensive pretzel! haha. We were using Bose A20's with an nflightcam cable connected to the old GoPro Hero 5 for audio.
Great footage, Nige! Hope Kurt was able to keep his Sneaky Burger down after that!😂
HAHA, the schnitzel burger went down amazing after the flight, hehehe - what a blast 🙂
Thanks Jennifer! A little bit of food afterwards and Kurt was good to go....to sleep.....haha It's quite exhausting on the body if you're not used to it, but I will say that Kurt handled it really well!!!
Look at you Mr Fancypants glass avionics
Felt like flight sim, lol
Haha, it's a funky panel, especially for someone who's used to steam gauges! It's a Garmin G3X :)
Oh my goodness I don’t know if I would’ve survived 😂😂
You'd be fine Kate! You might have screamed a little, but you'd be fine! haha
👏👏👏👏👏👏
There's another video to come in the next day or so, hopefully with comms :)
@@that_airfield_guy4731 Cant wait mate.
@@airmackeeee6792I started putting it together....it should last about 10 minutes. It just needs a touch more editing and will hopefully be up tonight Sydney time.
@@that_airfield_guy4731 So do you fly 8CA regularly out of Camden?
@@airmackeeee6792 when the finances permit, yep!
Good stuff. Kurt looked rather calm... :P
He did really well Jeff!
Body certainly wasn't prepared or used to it, but glad I held up 🙂 I will go again!
@@smatruk I'll be happy to take you up on that!
I know 😛
That's a diffrent view Nigel that we are used to seeing, you can have all the upside downs you like, thank you for letting us see the other hobby you have🇳🇿🇳🇿cheers
Thanks Lesley, all of the aeros I currently do are quite gentle, including the upside downs :)
Good stuff, wish you had the go-pro for front view too, like a split cam. Thannks Nigel
Thanks Jeff. I had an Insta360 mounted as well, but the settings weren't good and the recording stopped after the first 10-15 minutes. Nexct time I should have is sorted :)
Just two great mates going for a nice fly on a beautiful day. Thanks for the tour, boys. 🛫 YSCN was always fun to fly in and out of in FSX.
It was a beautiful day....until the storms rolled in. Thankfully we'd finished our flight!
Nice one Nigel And Tim. Amazing footage . Thanks for this.
Most welcome Craig. We look forward to doing another video in a few months time to see the changes since making this one :)
How long is the runway , and when compared to Kingsford Smith Airport ?
It will be 3700m. Sydney Airport's Rwy 16R/34L is 3962m
Great video, Nigel! I really enjoyed it! It's really interesting to see it all taking shape from a different perspective. It's huge! Glad to see Tim was able to keep down his breakfast! 😉
Haha, Tim actually held it together pretty well this time! It sure is a massive project and there's still so much more to build!
Nice video different prospective 👍
Thanks Colin. It gives you a real sense of size from above!
Thanks for that, it brought back some memories. I still remember the "cow sheds" for the first area solo when I started my training.
How cool! Who did you train with?
@@that_airfield_guy4731 Arborne Aviation. They went bust a few years ago. It just so happens that one of the 172’s I used to hire from them crashed at Camden a few weeks back, if my identification of the registration on the wreckage film on the news was correct - CPQ. Very sad for the young fellow doing training I assume.
@@alanclarke8877I do remember Airborne. I initially flew with Aero Training Camden who later became Camden Aviation. I only started flying through Curtis in 2019 when I learned tailwheel. Unfortunately it was CPQ. I believe he was on his first solo. Very sad indeed :(
Which airport did you land at Nigel?
Camden (YSCN)
That's the one@@AustNRail! I fly out of Curtis Aviation at Camden
Looking really good Nigel 👍
Thanks Paul! Thanks for jumping in to have a look at the vid!
Well done, guys! I enjoyed this very much. Can you do this again, please?
Hey Lisa, yes, absolutely! Hopefully I can convince Tim to do some aerobatics over the airport with me :)
Great! That would be worth seeing 😅 @@that_airfield_guy4731
@@that_airfield_guy4731That would be interesting! 😂
Fabulous vision. Thanks guys! 😊
Thanks and you're most welcome, Maree!
Thank you Nige and Tim ,wonder pic s of the new airport ,has it just one runway and what direction does it go. Love both of your work, 🇳🇿🇳🇿✈️✈️✈️
Thanks Lesley, the new airport has just one runway and it will be named 05/23. Thankfully there are no other runways in the area with a similar alignment, so there won't be any confusion with nearby airports.
Great video/flight Nigel
Thanks Shannon!
Great video Nigel
Cheers! I've been trying to convince Tim we should do an aerobatic flight, but so far no luck.
Oh Nigel I need more of this. Love the front facing cam and narration
Cheers mate, will keep it in mind for the next video I do.
So good!😍😍
Thanks legend!
Unreal flight
Thanks Andy! We picked a good day for this one and got it done before the storms rolled in!
beautiful flight!
Thanks Sean!
“That’s about as much fun as you can have with your pants on”
Wow !!! 😍😍😍 Aerobatics show over Western Sydney Airport 🛩
It’s a great place for it! Just gotta watch out for any conflicting traffic.
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Great footage 👍👍❤️❤️
cheers mate!
Great vision 👌🏻
Thanks mate. This is from the Insta 360 One X2
When the IBIS on the r5 isn't helping out... oh wait wrong IBIS
Im back in scotland praying for the borders to open back up so i can come back and finish my ppl! Do you fly at curtis much? Yeah the whole team are brilliant guys
I've done my tailwheel endorsement plus spins and aerobatics rating with them this year, so I've been back once or twice a month since the start of the year. We're hoping the borders open again soon too. I'm keen to get back to Europe in 2021 :)
OMG, you would be the perfect person to have as a pilot in case of an emergency, but to do these with intent seems insane and yet incredibly amazing!! That is some skill and I'm nervous just watching
Thanks. The spins are incredibly fun, especially once your body gets used to the rotations. Recognition and recovery from spins is a great skill to have, as spins are one of the big killers of private pilots across the world.
I did my first solo in rrw, craig was my instructor. Great place to learn!
@@jmg1403 It sure is, and Craig is seriously good fun to fly with! Are you still flying?