Sikorsky S-58 Helicopter Training Flight
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2022
- Hey all! since the last S-58 video was pretty popular, I figured why not make one more. This video is just a ride-along during one of my training flights before I got signed off for another season of drying cherries. I was a pretty low time pilot during this video so it is by no means perfect. It isn't intended to reflect the views or policies of the company but rather just as a look into my job from 2019-2021.
- Auta a dopravní prostředky
I was a swampy for five years, what an amazing job to have for a young man from a tiny northern Saskatchewan community
I had lots of fun flying along with you ( in my chair) , but I did enjoy the video. Keep flying that ship and stay safe. Thanks again.
No problem, glad you enjoyed it
This was awesome! I'm not going to lie the S-58 does look a bit goofy but these videos are so interesting to watch.
Oh yeah, they're pretty ugly birds lol. But it's fun to be able to share what it's like to fly them. There's very few S58 videos on here
As a kid, I always loved them. I thought they looked big, domineering, and powerful, especially with water pontoons.
It's amazing these things are still flying and with their radial engines, too. My dad flew the Bell 47 and it's variants, and the S55/S58 after getting recalled into the Marines for the Korean war. Then he flew for a living with an outfit called Rotor-Aids out of Louisiana and Ventura, CA from 1955-64 and flew the Sikorsky Sky-crane when they were running electrical lines over the CA ridge route near Santa Clarita, CA. I never got to fly in the S58, but I did get to fly in the Bell 47G Ranger in Ventura when I was about 11. I also got to fly with my dad when I was 12 in a Bell Jet Ranger in 1974. Thanks for the video. I miss my dad.
Glad you liked the video. Sounds like your dad was a good guy
Nice ego-free video. Good real-world feel as one goes through the process of addressing skill- atrophy/rust.
Thank you! I know there's not very many videos on CZcams that take you through a lesson like this. So I thought it would be kinda fun
Man those radio comms coming in really are indecipherable at times haha
Yeah the GoPro didn't do a great job at getting clear comms
Lovely insight into your training! Quite liked the way the instructor went about things, he seems very down to earth!
Yeah he's a good guy and fun to learn from
I’d love to do a season of cherry drying just to fly the old dog! Thanks for sharing the video.
The instructor sounds like Simon, Carol, from you got talent series
Aha I did not expect a British accent in this video lol!
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it. He's from the Falkland Islands but he call him our resident Aussie to piss him off 😂
@@sinfulldoubt Great way to piss a Brit off xD
I'm from Washington state. I know where this is lol, it's between Brewster and Okanogan. Y'all do any flying around the mountains around Omak? That would be a pretty sick video as well.
Looks like Brewster, Wa. It’s cool to see some familiar terrain in your videos. I use to deliver freight to them. Bring them some parts. Awesome videos man.
Sure is! Small world lol
Love the raw videos, bro!
Thanks man! I'm working on another music video now but may throw some more raw footage up before
@@sinfulldoubt Sweet!
Big ole radial engine. Never flown one of those. Grew up watching Riptide, Air Wolf, and. Lue Thunder. Found helos to be fascinating.
Well I'll definitely agree with you there. I got a ride in an Air Force Huey when I was younger and it was an instant addiction. Never want to do anything else since then
Very interesting video
That is a really cool video......now I actually know what you guys do up there in those S58's :)
You must be from the area lol.
@@sinfulldoubt no but my son flies those beasties
I miss my days of flying helicopters
Awesome video! Thank you! Would love to see future videos with no background music though. I love just hearing the aircraft
I think I've got enough footage to do more of these videos
@@sinfulldoubt that would be great thank you 😊
I was once a wondering pilot trying out everything I could… and still do 😎
Awesome
Thanks!
Completed my PPL-H in 1995 with intention of doing CPL after that, of course realisation that I was basically unemployable after a CPL and would require spending even thousands more dollars just to get a foot in the door ended the dreams since I was already working three jobs just to pay for the PPL and Turbine rating. Flying helicopters sounds all very good, but reality was a huge waste of money, should of invested the money in property and my life today wouldn't be so miserable. That's my pilot experience.
That’s why so many pilots are ex-military
no background music please.. please give us that raw engine sound.. great video..
If I could do life over again, I’d definitely be a helicopter driver.
I've watched all your videos now and, honestly, I shocked that there isn't more cockpit standardization. I just assumed that there was some law or FAA requirement or something that mandated instrument positions and so on.
That would be pretty convenient from a pilot's perspective. But I can see why they don't force everyone to change
You do a mag check on shutdown in these ships? Is there a particular reason for that?
Honestly it's been long enough that I can't remember the full reasoning but it is to check for roughness. I had one flight where the engine sucked the diode out of one of the spark plugs. So the mag check let me know right right away that we needed to look into it.
In any piston-powered aircraft, it's routine to do a mag check prior to shutdown. That way, if anything has changed between takeoff and landing, you'll find out about it sooner rather than later. Never a good thing to get the "Launch!" order and find out that there's a maintenance issue that could have been detected earlier. Customers hate that.
people want to know what kind of gloves are you wearing / recommend ? :) / thanks
I honestly don't really remember the brand. I just know they're nomex and I think I bought them from Gibson and Barnes
What kind of gloves do you where?
I'm not entirely sure. They're nomex and I'm pretty sure I bought them from Gibson and Barnes years ago lol
How much do they pay and hows the mx/safety? Looking to maybe send my resume in
Pay is around 4k a month and maintenance is passable lol
whereabout does this take place?
Eastern Washington
@@sinfulldoubt neat, those are some old birds! I was curious because the first vid I saw was for the tuna boat, and just assumed that was over near Japan not really thinking about it. So was that also off the pacNW, or are you taking contacts around the world lol? Keep posting, it's interesting to see these types of jobs I'd never heard of
@@papaskot yeah I'm all over the world these last few years. Hoping to come home for a little while though.
OMG, that Trading pilots annoying, accents always abrasive in cockpit or radio LMAO
Lol it's a bit better in the cockpit
you may have been new on this video, but you are top gun to me bro, salute 07
Horrible audio! Just all the way around horrible!
Lol glad you liked it
I did like it. Just didn't like the audio
This is eastern Washington right?
More central Washington, up towards the border