go out and have a little flying fun, Ben
Here's how...
I figured I'd get in some flying before the WX turns crapola tomorrow. The choice was to go hiking with some friends or fly. Flight won out.
So I figured why not fly out to where my friends were hiking and see if I could spot them? I flew west to avoid West Chester (not the place I would choose for an autorotation) and then southeast to a state highway. I overshot their cars about a half mile on my first pass (the open fields told me I was too far west), did a 360, and found the cars. I made several circuits of the woods but couldn't spot them among the trees. If I had another pilot on board and could have really concentrated on looking down maybe I would have spotted them. It was fun trying, though.
I didn't feel like heading back yet, so I flew east to Rt. 202, crossed it, and turned north when I was even with Immaculata College (and thus clear of N99). I hung a right at US 30, and proceded to fly over the "Main Line" suburbs. After passing Wayne, PA (I spotted the John Harvard Brew Pub), and being down to tad under an hour of remaining fuel, I turned north and intercepted Rt. 202 again, following it to the Rt. 401 exit.
I followed Rt. 401 (having to do a bit of a dipsy-doodle to avoid two towers that were higher than my 1,400' MSL) past Chester Springs up to Rt. 100, about 4 miles from my house, and hung a left on Rt. 100, and passing over the construction zone at Eagle, and seeing the traffic backed up about a mile each way, I thought to myself: "What a great time I'm having up here. This is why I learned to fly! And what a crappy time those people down there must be having...".
I followed Rt. 100 down to where I could see the twin towers near N99, made a bee line for them, entered the pattern and landed. 1.1 hours of quality time with the R22!
Life is great! Life is especially great when you're a pilot and go out and fly for the sheer fun of it
And that, Ben, my friend, is the answer to your question!
And you don't need a helicopter to do it either -- a J-3 Cub will do the same kind of flight quite nicely.
Here's how...
I figured I'd get in some flying before the WX turns crapola tomorrow. The choice was to go hiking with some friends or fly. Flight won out.
So I figured why not fly out to where my friends were hiking and see if I could spot them? I flew west to avoid West Chester (not the place I would choose for an autorotation) and then southeast to a state highway. I overshot their cars about a half mile on my first pass (the open fields told me I was too far west), did a 360, and found the cars. I made several circuits of the woods but couldn't spot them among the trees. If I had another pilot on board and could have really concentrated on looking down maybe I would have spotted them. It was fun trying, though.
I didn't feel like heading back yet, so I flew east to Rt. 202, crossed it, and turned north when I was even with Immaculata College (and thus clear of N99). I hung a right at US 30, and proceded to fly over the "Main Line" suburbs. After passing Wayne, PA (I spotted the John Harvard Brew Pub), and being down to tad under an hour of remaining fuel, I turned north and intercepted Rt. 202 again, following it to the Rt. 401 exit.
I followed Rt. 401 (having to do a bit of a dipsy-doodle to avoid two towers that were higher than my 1,400' MSL) past Chester Springs up to Rt. 100, about 4 miles from my house, and hung a left on Rt. 100, and passing over the construction zone at Eagle, and seeing the traffic backed up about a mile each way, I thought to myself: "What a great time I'm having up here. This is why I learned to fly! And what a crappy time those people down there must be having...".
I followed Rt. 100 down to where I could see the twin towers near N99, made a bee line for them, entered the pattern and landed. 1.1 hours of quality time with the R22!
Life is great! Life is especially great when you're a pilot and go out and fly for the sheer fun of it
And that, Ben, my friend, is the answer to your question!
And you don't need a helicopter to do it either -- a J-3 Cub will do the same kind of flight quite nicely.