02-07-2014, 08:27 AM
We've all wanted to do it, and maybe some have already finished!
This will be a log of my trip around the world by helicopter, so it might take a while to finish! I'll be using a variety of choppers as the mood takes me, but will try to handfly VFR as much as possible in real weather.
I decided to start at Gatwick, my real world workplace, and don't have a fixed route in mind - I'll just head in vaguely the right direction and see where the flying takes me!
UK army Bell 212 for the first leg to EGMH (Manston)
![[Image: 2014-2-2_10-43-17-701-L.jpg]](http://vespasia.smugmug.com/Other/Rotary-RTW/i-5gXBc9d/0/L/2014-2-2_10-43-17-701-L.jpg)
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![[Image: 2014-2-2_11-25-23-5-L.jpg]](http://vespasia.smugmug.com/Other/Rotary-RTW/i-PwwsdK4/0/L/2014-2-2_11-25-23-5-L.jpg)
Flight time 30 minutes...
Leg 2 EGMH to LFAC (Calais) across the English Channel
Country number 2 is France..
The mighty Chinook!
![[Image: 2014-2-4_14-38-27-698-L.jpg]](http://vespasia.smugmug.com/Other/Rotary-RTW/i-FKPDz6x/0/L/2014-2-4_14-38-27-698-L.jpg)
![[Image: 2014-2-4_14-39-41-18-L.jpg]](http://vespasia.smugmug.com/Other/Rotary-RTW/i-Dc8CFzV/0/L/2014-2-4_14-39-41-18-L.jpg)
![[Image: 2014-2-4_14-50-14-513-L.jpg]](http://vespasia.smugmug.com/Other/Rotary-RTW/i-V2t6GQ2/0/L/2014-2-4_14-50-14-513-L.jpg)
![[Image: 2014-2-4_14-53-18-430-L.jpg]](http://vespasia.smugmug.com/Other/Rotary-RTW/i-MLnkk6W/0/L/2014-2-4_14-53-18-430-L.jpg)
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![[Image: 2014-2-4_14-55-17-991-L.jpg]](http://vespasia.smugmug.com/Other/Rotary-RTW/i-TZ5dpjM/0/L/2014-2-4_14-55-17-991-L.jpg)
Flight time 25 minutes (TT 0hr55m)
Next leg is LFAC to LFOI (Abbeville) which is already flown and waiting for me to process the shots.....
Steve
This will be a log of my trip around the world by helicopter, so it might take a while to finish! I'll be using a variety of choppers as the mood takes me, but will try to handfly VFR as much as possible in real weather.
I decided to start at Gatwick, my real world workplace, and don't have a fixed route in mind - I'll just head in vaguely the right direction and see where the flying takes me!
UK army Bell 212 for the first leg to EGMH (Manston)
Flight time 30 minutes...
Leg 2 EGMH to LFAC (Calais) across the English Channel
Country number 2 is France..
The mighty Chinook!
Flight time 25 minutes (TT 0hr55m)
Next leg is LFAC to LFOI (Abbeville) which is already flown and waiting for me to process the shots.....
Steve