I've won the euromillions - hypothetical question

I've won the euromillions - hypothetical question

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EarlOfHazard

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3,601 posts

157 months

Tuesday 17th March 2015
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Firstly, I have not won the euromillions, but supposing I had. I would like to learn to fly a helicopter.

Which licenses would I need to fly an ex-military helicopter that has twin gas turbine engines. And what (approx) would this cost to achieve?

To give you an idea an idea of flying machine, it would be something Russian, like an Mi-24 Hind.


PanzerCommander

5,026 posts

217 months

Tuesday 17th March 2015
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PPL(H) and a type rating would be my guess.

Learning to read Cyrillic would be a good idea too.

IanMorewood

4,309 posts

247 months

Tuesday 17th March 2015
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About thirty thousand for your ppl(h) with a decent number of hours and then get someone who's certified to train you on the specific helicopter.

Hugo a Gogo

23,378 posts

232 months

Tuesday 17th March 2015
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can I be your gunner?

perdu

4,884 posts

198 months

Tuesday 17th March 2015
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can I sit in the back drinking vodka?

EarlOfHazard

Original Poster:

3,601 posts

157 months

Wednesday 18th March 2015
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of course, comrades.

Lost soul

8,712 posts

181 months

Wednesday 18th March 2015
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perdu said:
can I sit in the back drinking vodka?
You can sit in the front and drink Vodka

Doshy

824 posts

216 months

Wednesday 18th March 2015
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I'd need a few vodka's before I got in it.

perdu

4,884 posts

198 months

Wednesday 18th March 2015
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Lost soul said:
perdu said:
can I sit in the back drinking vodka?
You can sit in the front and drink Vodka
Job's a good 'un, I'll take it thumbup

JuniorD

8,616 posts

222 months

Wednesday 18th March 2015
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Great idea.

I'd love a Bell UH-1, with a huge speaker on the side that played only Credence Clearwater and Hendrix tracks. $0.5M would get the chopper, and a further $0.5M of training before I'd have the balls to fly it chickenhawk style.


iguana

7,025 posts

259 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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Huey over Bournemouth beach on a summer Sunday with "ride of the Valkyries" playing surely wink

Pothole

34,367 posts

281 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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Cheaper to buy a jeep to play silly buggers?

MartyG1987

161 posts

122 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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iguana said:
Huey over Bournemouth beach on a summer Sunday with "ride of the Valkyries" playing surely wink
+1, that would be awesome!

andymadmak

14,482 posts

269 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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Great thread idea!

OK, so lets say it was 100 million, and lets say you were happy to splurge 20% of that learning to fly your weapon of choice, buying your weapon of choice and using it for several years.

What would be the weapon of choice................?


Me, either a Spitfire or a Hunter....... or both......... or maybe a Foland Gnat or or or a Hawk T1...... decisions decisions



hehe

markmullen

15,877 posts

233 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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A Lockheed S3 Viking for fixed wing and an AH6 Littbird for rotary.

IanMorewood

4,309 posts

247 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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Whilst pretending to be Biggles in a single engine vintage fighter would be great fun I would be after something more practical and easier to fly as I feel I would struggle to deal with the hun and probably have enough trouble avoiding an unintended ground interface moment.

A seaplane sounds like a great idea to me and looking at globalair you can pick up a ww2 era Gruman Widgeon for about £200,000; what cooler way can you think of to take the family down to the Med.

Dr Jekyll

23,820 posts

260 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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I reckon that starting from scratch you could become qualified on a Spitfire and something like a Jet Provost for about £250,000. Maybe another £50,000 to learn to fly a Hunter or Gnat.

A Spitfire or similar would probably cost a couple of million to buy, the Hunter or similar maybe £500,000.

I seem to recall reading that Spitfire running costs are around £100,000 a year before you fly it, then maybe £3000 an hour. But that was a few years ago. An interesting jet would have far higher fuel bills but I don't know how the other costs compare.

Pothole

34,367 posts

281 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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IanMorewood said:
What cooler way can you think of to take the family down to the Med.
Any kind of rented small jet?

NM62

952 posts

149 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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Guess I'll have to have a big win.

Helicopter - UH-1 or AH-1

Old warbird - Spitfire mk.1 or 2 or P51D or Bf-109G

Newer - F-86A or A-10 or OV-10 Bronco or S-3 Viking ( always liked them since sitting in one on board the Nimitz in Portsmouth Harbour )

red_slr

17,122 posts

188 months

Thursday 19th March 2015
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I would go with Air Wolf AND Blue Thunder. biggrin

In reality, a brand spanking top of the range Cirrus. SF50.