This video makes me nervous

[KarlFranz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-pJ2XaKu2o

Well at least now we know where all the money we spend on Astons goes.

[AdamV12V]

WOW!



That is some seriously impressive piloting skill!

[mikey k]

Saw the trailer yesterday
Impressive work and I guess it is a big market for them
Did I spot the Dr up there?

[ockhamsrazor]

No test drives presumably...

[Neil1300R]

mikey k said:

Saw the trailer yesterday
Impressive work and I guess it is a big market for them
Did I spot the Dr up there?

Not a big market at the moment, Aston's are not bling enough vs the competition these days. Hopefullt the Middle East and the Far East will grow for AM.

[897sma]

Quite like this video too, http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BGj6x7AE4Rk made me feel proud to own an Aston

Edited by 897sma on Friday 18th January 09:29

[George29]

Nothing says happy 100th birthday like flying a car up onto a helipad

[mikey k]

George29 said:

Nothing says happy 100th birthday like flying a car up onto a helipad

You are going to love this one then!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unpwa4xK6P0

[Bravo73]

AdamV12V said:

That is some seriously impressive piloting skill!

Meh. It's okay. He managed to maintain a reasonably stable hover. But there wasn't much wind up there.


















I fly the same type (AW139). But to be fair, I've not yet had the opportunity to drop a Vanquish off on top of the Burg al Arab.

[Swiss_Toni]

Pretty straight forward, not easy, but straight forward.

This is a bit trickier

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

A helicopter operator I visited here in Switzerland had a huge picture on the wall of them building the pylons for an industrial cable car for a dam project. They were using a single engine AS350 to sling the structure and there were 4 guys on the pylon guiding it in and bolting it up, yes bolting it up. Fairly routine, except that the pylon was a about a 30° to 40° angle on the edge of a cliff with nothing but "fresh mountain air" below.

[tonyhall38]

he didn't land it in the middle of the banner.....i think he needs to pratice more to get it right....back to school son..!!!

[Bincenzo]

Drifting slightly OT, but tricky helicopter flying comes in many forms. This is my bag.......
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bC2XIGMI2kM

[hornbaek]

Now I get the notion of "air miles"

[mikey k]

That's A LOT Of air miles

I've seen the Swiss heli guys carting pylons and other stuff up mountains a few times on our Euro Hoons impressive stuff.

[897sma]

Bincenzo said:

Drifting slightly OT, but tricky helicopter flying comes in many forms. This is my bag.......
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bC2XIGMI2kM

Wow, fking amazing flying and balls of steel. Makes me realise that I've never really done anything remotely difficult or dangerous in my life.

[Bincenzo]

897sma said:

Wow, fking amazing flying and balls of steel. Makes me realise that I've never really done anything remotely difficult or dangerous in my life.

Steve, that's the joy of naval aviation. Admittedly that's at the edge of the operating envelope, but imagine having to do that at night. Never fails to get my heart going a bit!
M

[Bravo73]

These guys always impress me for their remarkable skill, accuracy and (particularly important in the commercial world), speed of operation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oPz86V9McU

[Swiss_Toni]

+1