Friday, December 12, 2008

Flying to Half Moon Bay for lunch

A co-worker of mine owns a helicopter. On good weather days he sometimes flies out to Half Moon Bay for lunch and this Thursday he asked me to join him. I figured that it's a pretty rare opportunity so I said yes.

It was a lot of fun and very interesting seeing all of the preparations that he had to do and the communications with the towers. I have only been in a helicopter once before this, and it was rather large comparatively. This helicopter only seats 2-3 people, and I had to move my leg around the controls, and make sure I don't hit them. :p

On the way back he did a hilltop landing, and even offered to let me try a slight turn. I lightly touched the control stick and said "That's enough for me!" :p Then we did a steep turn before heading back... to work.

5 comments:

Nick said...

You mean you didn't get to fly on Airwolf?

sainueng said...

Who do you think I work for? An 80's TV show? :)

Sophia said...

Oh man, seriously? You should learn how to operate one just so you can borrow it. The possibilities are endless! You know, like what if you saw a ninja run off with uh, your sandwich? Grab your bokken, and chase him with a helicopter!

Nick said...

Need I say more?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr_CJL1YQRc

Kevin said...

Obviously you work in a place much cooler than I, 80's TV show or not.