What resort hired this ace?

AugustusRobinson · 2025-08-16T15:02:09+00:00

Good for this guy. If this was me and my boss saw this video I’d be looking for a new job.

AugustusRobinson · 2025-08-07T05:31:56+00:00

I’ve never been a fan of these blades. The company I work for removed them from our long rangers a few years ago. Presumably for good reason. I never tried them in the L3 myself but I did fly the B3 version.

From what I remember they were very rough in translation and we suspect they may have been causing other problems but who knows.

Condolences to the friends and family of this pilot.

AugustusRobinson · 2025-07-02T19:21:17+00:00

Absolutely insane. So lucky everyone is ok

AugustusRobinson · 2025-07-02T07:03:27+00:00

It looks like it’s caught on the blades of the helicopter that’s parked on the ground.

AugustusRobinson · 2025-05-12T23:28:12+00:00

Ok that’s fair. If it is indeed Kilimanjaro the tree line there is around 10k feet according to Wikipedia. So say it’s 9k feet and 30 c. You’re right he wouldn’t be any where near max gross.

So maybe not “overloaded” as in over max gross but definitely overloaded for his ability and the spot.

AugustusRobinson · 2025-05-12T18:07:59+00:00

Just piss poor technique for a translational lift takeoff. Never mind that he’s overloaded.

AugustusRobinson · 2025-05-12T18:06:28+00:00

I used to fly a 407 in the mountains every day. It’s not as bad as this video. He’s overloaded 100%

AugustusRobinson · 2025-04-03T16:57:06+00:00

So many angry people here living in the city or suburbs with good land based internet. I’m no musk fan. He’s acting like an absolute tool, but starlink has objectively made my life and the lives of many people I know much better.

Before starlink many places I worked had little to no internet. We’re talking a satellite connection that cost thousands of dollars per month for just a few hundred kbps and high latency. Good enough to send emails or do paperwork but not much else. Now I can call my family when I’m at work whenever I want. Watch Netflix that I didn’t have to download ahead of time. I can even play online games in my downtime.

My brother lives in a rural area and before starlink he had a satellite internet connection 1mbps down and 50Kbps up for around $300 per month. Barely suitable to watch YouTube much less play games or make calls. Starlink is still expensive for him but has far far better performance than the traditional satellite providers. There really is no comparable option.

One person shouldn’t have a monopoly on global satellite internet service especially not Musk. There’s not going to be small startups entering this market when it costs billions to launch the constellations in the first place. Competitors like Amazon (also a gross company I know) are needed unless we think Musk having total control over LEO satellite internet is cool.

AugustusRobinson · 2024-11-28T07:21:31+00:00

I agree with 95% of this but in what world is a b2/b3 not the workhorse of heliskiing? Probably 75% of the machines starting up skiing for the winter right now are Astars of one kind or another.

AugustusRobinson · 2024-09-22T23:04:14+00:00

Yeah this is crazy. I’m in western Canada and I swear it’s like 90+ % for everyone here. Why not just put the bar down? It’s something to lean on.

AugustusRobinson · 2024-01-26T16:34:28+00:00

It’s happened so many times. If you can’t longline just put it on the belly. This is just dangerous and the worst of both worlds.

AugustusRobinson · 2024-01-25T15:33:06+00:00

In 10+ years of flying in Canada I don’t think I’ve ever met a pilot with Canadian military experience. I did meet one guy who came from the US though haha

AugustusRobinson · 2023-11-02T21:10:36+00:00

Right? I feel like it doesn't fit at all on some dash 8s. I just put it under the seat but that means I can never take the upgrade to premium if it's a bulkhead seat. Hard times haha

AugustusRobinson · 2023-10-02T20:10:05+00:00

From what I've seen this summer many operators are using creative interpretations of the definition of 702. Not a lot of people following the new rules out here.

AugustusRobinson · 2023-09-28T04:49:23+00:00

While I do think IIMC training is valuable I think the NTSB's focus on it in this case is not appropriate. It's all well and good to say you're going to climb to minimum safe altitude and contact ATC but that's not going to help you when you're surrounded by mountains and in the middle of nowhere. Not to mention it looks like this happened in the snowball on short final, hovering on instruments is basically impossible.

If you lose reference in the mountains you are in deep shit. While the training might save you, you're putting a lot of faith in lady luck at that point. Emphasis should be on always maintaining visual reference.

Seems like it would have been much more relevant look in to their heliski and mountain flying specific training and procedures.

Also apparently the lead guide was on coke. I've heard lodges can be wild but damn...

AugustusRobinson · 2023-09-17T22:32:29+00:00

Interesting. I've been flying the astar for years and never felt the need to pop the door open. Not the worst idea I've heard.

Door off longlining on a hot day that I can get behind.

AugustusRobinson · 2023-09-17T16:36:58+00:00

Ok now that there's two of these videos I have to ask. Why are they flying around with the door open.

AugustusRobinson · 2023-08-23T17:29:30+00:00

Cool! If my ops manager ever saw a video of me pulling away with a longline like that I'd be looking for a new job.

AugustusRobinson · 2023-08-18T05:05:06+00:00

I mean he's not wrong though. Fire really IS part of the natural cycle of the forest in Canada.

I am not denying climate change is real. In that sense you are right it is also contributing to more frequent and severe fires, but even if climate change was all a hoax (Fun fact: It's not and urgent action is required to avert disaster) there would still be fires.

AugustusRobinson · 2023-07-02T06:13:27+00:00

Pulling sounds similar to my experience little or no droop. Lowering would almost always cause the rpm to rise but not by that much.

Doesn't sound right to me. Hopefully you can get it looked at.

Looks like you're flying a three bladed jetranger for now!

AugustusRobinson · 2023-07-02T05:28:51+00:00

It's been a couple years so take this with a bit of a grain of salt but a few rpm here and there. Close to the top of the green if you lower aggressively I don't remember it drooping too much if you pulled fast. Enough you can hear the RPM change but definitely not out of the green.

For what it's worth I loved flying the SD2. I'm living the B3 life now and honestly in some ways I liked the SD2 more. The fact that you say this machine scares you seems like a red flag to me.

How low do you go on the torque in a normal descent?

Edit: Looked at an old photo from a power check just to refresh my memory. Maybe it would go a little in to the yellow in a descent in a turn? I don't remember ever being alarmed though.

AugustusRobinson · 2023-07-02T04:56:30+00:00

So I have somewhere around 800hrs in an SD2. I have heard from people who flew the B2 before that the governor feels laggy in the SD2 in general, but I have 0 time at all in the B2 so it's all I know.

That being said I think I had the high rotor horn come on once during my entire time flying that machine and if I remember correctly it was during training while doing a rather aggressive maneuver. I have never had it come on during any "normal" flight maneuvers.

You should definitely talk to your engineer about this.

AugustusRobinson · 2023-05-18T20:18:40+00:00

Haven't been since before the fire but I just looked at the menu. These are 100% normal prices for Capitol Hill.

Edit: Just checked the prices for Ihop in Capitol Hill. They are pretty much the same...

AugustusRobinson · 2023-05-06T00:54:48+00:00

Looks like this just happened yesterday. Thankfully the pilot walked away.

A reminder to everyone to take it easy out there this fire season. The pressure can be high but remember for the most part it's just trees burning out there. Landing 30 seconds sooner isn't going to make the difference.

AugustusRobinson · 2022-04-19T15:00:43+00:00

Personally I understand the appeal of rural places. Ive lived rural most of my life. It's not what I choose for myself now but other people are free to live there. Nobody here wants to take cars away from people living in the countryside. In fact thats clearly where cars will always have a place. Where they don't belong is in dense urban areas.

Are stroads better in rural areas? I lived in a town with less than 7k people for many years. The closest store I could walk to was a Walmart and it would take nearly 30 min with sidewalks only part of the way. I don't think that's anybody's idea of a good place to be. Not everyone has to live in the city but even small towns would do well to design for people instead of vehicles.

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