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hi gang,

been lurking here for a while and just signed up (wx day to the north up here!) just wanted to say hi from northen canada.

curious if there are any other commercial helicopter pilots kicking around the forums here... if so i would like to connect

blue skies
jeff

actually yes,
we have a heli - base networking group with individuals from the carolinas, california, utah, oregon, nevada, florida & germany
send me a message & we can get u aquainted
blaine

we have been making profiles something like this
but feel free to make urs as u wish

name: Blaine Sampson
mobile phone: 435-313-9373
state: currently north carolina .. but we know that changes rapidly ;p
base jumps: 180
heli flight hours: 177
fixed wing hours: 8
heli ratings: commercial (working on cfi)
heli other: used a heli to recon my first building ;)
heli employment: willing to work anywhere at the moment .. preferably in an area with base
other employment related: cpa (tax consultant), nc general contractor, skydive instructor
other misc:
favorite type of base jump: antenna head down :)
base # 1179
skydives: 2000 +

I was always interested in helicopters as I made my first hundred jumps from them when I was in the Marine Corps. After my discharge I went to Northrop U for my A&P License and then went to work for a company that did Helicopter maintenance with the idea of getting my ticket to fly.

My first job was standing on creaky wooden box holding a piece of cardboard against the spinning rotors of Bell 47. If you pulled the cardboard away with a single mark the blades were in trim, two marks meant the blades need tweaking. It was the scariest thing I ever did in aviation.

I did manage to log a few hours of dual in a Engstrom and a few in a Robinson, but the money was an issue so that was the end of that . . .

NickD

hey guys thanks for posting

...bmsbase i will pm you shortly with my info...

...nick i have heard of that, thats a great story not too many people have got to be a part of that. it was the old way of tracking the old bell products (47 and 204 mainly, i guess Huey too) thats really neat.

i have a little over 2000hours now, Mainly on the astar series (Ba, Ba+,B2, D+) and a bit on 206, 206L, 407 and ec120... oh ya and back in my training days some R22 time but i am glad i have all but forgotten those flights. the Astars are a great machine for a daily driver i mainly work in mining/exploration work (thats where the money is) moving drills.

not a base jumper by any means actually i am just looking for a school to do my A license here to start into skydiving. i have been reading reading and more reading about basejumping for about 3-4 years now and will end up there before too long no doubt about that. its not going anywhere so i am going to do it right.

i do like the rush i will say, used to work as a bungee jumpmaster a few years back and have 100+ of those jumps under me... flips, gainers, etc ill tell you you can catch a buzz from that too.

i am living in northern BC these days and if anyone is from that neck of the woods drop me a pm would love to chat with you

jeff

Hey fellas. Interested to hear more form you other pilots. I'm finnishing my Commercial and IFR ratings as we speak but am definitely interested in networking in other areas aswell.
I'm based in California but am definitely looking at moving once my ratings are finished. Feel free to pm me in regards to flying or BASE.
Cheers.

Matt

matt
sent ya a pm
blaine