Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Grand Canyon tips anyone?

[LarryT (l02turner]

Hi Stephen -
   My comment about the pilot came from a conversation I had with one of 
the company helo pilots I met while at a layover in Saudi Arabia.  He said a 
trick he likes is to stumble onto the helo after the passengers are on - 
then he gets into one of the passenger seats and starts complaining about 
the pilot being late - after a short period he says, "Hell, I can fly this 
thing - I've watched them do it a bunch!" - at which point he hops into the 
pilot seat and fires it up.  The passengers are looking at each other 
nervously as the "pilot" starts jerking the controls causing the helo to 
bounce up & down.

   About this time he smiles and turns to the passengers with a "Gotcha". 
Of course he never did this when company execs were aboard - even so, now, 
he'd be fired on the spot.

But it made a good story --    ;-)

LarryT
74 911


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From: "Stephen Sherman" <sherman [at] wildblue.net>
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 2:54 PM
To: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Grand Canyon tips anyone?

> I was sitting in the right seat and asummed the guy in the left at the 
> controls was the 'pilot' :-)
> It was better than any rollercoaster ride I had benn on - remember that 
> was 1968 - rollercosters have come a long way since then. That was when I 
> was a machinest in L.A. It would take a few years b4 I took up flaying and 
> aerobatics.
>
> Stephen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> To: "Stephen Sherman" <sherman [at] wildblue.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Grand Canyon tips anyone?
>
>
> > Stephen wrote << pilot is adding power & collective to counter it. you 
> > loose a couple hundred feet>>
> >
> > Is that when the guy at the controls asked if the pilot was aboard yet? 
> > ;-)
> >
> > LarryT
> >
> > OilAnalysis Time?
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> >
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Stephen Sherman" <sherman [at] wildblue.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:45 PM
> > To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> > Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Grand Canyon tips anyone?
> >
> > > Take the helicopter ride. It starts out normal but   then just after you 
> > > go
> > > over the edge your cought in a downdraft and the pilot
> > > is adding power & collective to counter it. you loose a couple hundred 
> > > feet.
> > > We did in the choppers like were used in Whirlybirds (a old tv show). 
> > > After
> > > that I was hanging out the chopper taking pictures like crazy.
> > >
> > > Stephen
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: <stewartchung [at] comcast.net>
> > > To: "Stephen" <sherman [at] wildblue.net>
> > > Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 2:27 PM
> > > Subject: [Ferrari] NFC: Grand Canyon tips anyone?
> > >
> > >
> > > > hi all,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > i am taking my 11-year old son down to vegas next weekend for chinese 
> > > > new
> > > > year and also taking a couple of days to see the grand canyon.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > it is shameful of me i know but i have never been to the grand canyon.
> > > > would any of you offer some tips to us? for example -
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 1. go to the north rim? or the south?
> > > >
> > > > 2. is it a one-day visit? or should i stay a night?
> > > >
> > > > 3. any "must-sees"? like caverns and stuff..
> > > >
> > > > 4. nice place to eat? lizardburger?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > just fyi, we will be flying in to vegas and renting a car to drive 
> > > > there.
> > > > after the visit, we would need to drive back to vegas, return the car, 
> > > > and
> > > > fly home.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > i know some of you are thinking why i don't go to the web and 
> > > > research -
> > > > the web is full of grand canyon stuff - problem is they are mostly
> > > > commercial sites that try to steer you to patronize them. so i thought 
> > > > to
> > > > turn to my friends here and get some trusted advices.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > stewart
> > > >
> > > > seattle, wa
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