Repost so all can see it: Helicopter marshall crew signaling, freestyle! :D

[Frank N. O.]

Jim posted this but I'm concerned it'll be overlooked, I know I did the first time I viewed and posted it, but it's totally awesome and admirable of the guys and gals that made it so it deserves a repost and since it's a flight crew I thought I'd post it here, hope there's no problem with it.

(Warning don't drink anything while you see this if you're weak to aviation humour)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fZ96LT-NabE

I can tell you one thing for sure, if I was flying a helicopter and the marshall did something like that then I seriously think I'd crash the helicopter due to uncontrolled laughter. It also reminds me of an old tv segment showing a US street traffic guide officer that danced in his center of the road, that dude had a good mood and rhythm like these three here too. It seems the video was all done on location without any post-shot effects but just a boombox in the back and a lady at the mic with a very nice elegant english accent 

Frank

[happylanding]

it is fabulous! Actually I had not noticed when Fireflyr posted it, so thanks for reposting!

[Mike]

HA HA!!

I never saw this before either. Definetly a USFS crew....
Seems to be one of those "too much time in the woods" kind of things we get from time to time
(that's how Panaca Jane was invented)

I wonder which crew that is. I shall call upon TWEEK, Bob, firegirl, and more to find out!! 

[Frank N. O.]

Anyone find out who it is yet?

Frank

[TWEEK]

Im not sure, but......Anna is in Montana.  The helitack crew is from Montana.  Anna thinks of stuff like this.  Hmmm.......

[Mike]

Yeah, true!

I meant to ask her but she is very pre-occupied lately for obvious reasons.

I think we should all keep at least one "Miller Highlife" in our fridges from now on
in rememberance of our buddy Breg, what do you think, Tweek ?!?

(I heard you made it over there. Really made her happy btw....)

[happylanding]

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


I cannot find the threads for the movies so I post the one I found here. I find it beautiful. enjoy! 

[Frank N. O.]

Nice one, I didn't know there was a Virgin American line though.
I can't seem to find threads either. Atm I'm looking for two, one where there was a reply on the travel of GA flight controls, and another about the twin rating one here got recently, but with the success of this forum there are a lot of threads to look thrue.

Tweek (or Mike): Who's Anna? And btw did anyone decipher/recognize the name spoken at the start of the movie?

Frank

[TWEEK]

I believe the name at the start of the vid was Mark Ogano, or some such.

Anna is, well, how would one begin to describe Anna?  We all worked together on 352...she has spent time on Black Mountain as well.  She has what could only be called a sprained sense of humor, which is infectious, and could be considered the glue that holds far flung friends that don't often have occasion to see each other often together.

She really cares about her friends, also.  Huge heart.

So thats Anna.

[undatc]

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


I cannot find the threads for the movies so I post the one I found here. I find it beautiful. enjoy! 

Not to be off topic here, but my grand father was an airframe painter in the airforce, and was one of the origional painters for Boeing on the 747 when it first came out.  He personally painted every aircraft that went outta the Everett, Wa plant from about 68 to the mid seventies.  They actually have to use special paint, and a special application process cause of the aerodynamics and weight of the paint on surface areas that large, it can unbalence the aircraft and flight controls.

And back on topic, a good friend of mine was a USFS forest fire fighter, I dont know if you know her, probably not, but her name is Keren Pagaduan, she just got married so it may have changed.