scott heger
Custom-made Troublemaker
- Joined
- Dec 14, 2003
- Messages
- 1,636
- Location
- Southern California
- Aircraft
- SportCopter Bell 206L-1
- Total Flight Time
- 1350
This week, a friend and his family visited me from out of state.I asked if they would like to see "all" of Southern California in a hour? They looked confused until I offered to give them a helicopter ride, and the smiles began.
I set the clock in the helicopter at launch, and heres what the 5 of us flew over/by/around in one hour exactly.
Downtown Los Angeles skyscrapers, Dodger Stadium,Universal Studios, the Hollywood sign,Paramount Studios, Beverly Hills, UCLA, Getty Center, Santa Monica Pier, UNDER LAX departure(shoreline route),Redondo-King Harbor, Pacific Palisades, Donald Trump's new (overrated) golf course, Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors, the Queen Mary, Huntington Beach Pier, just south of Disneyland's restricted airspace to Angel Stadium, and a 3,000 foot tall mountain peak landing to end the trip.
I flew over a total of 22 cities, within 7 control tower's airspace: El Monte, Santa Monica,LAX, Torrance, Long Beach, Los Alamitos, and SNA/John Wayne, which kept me pretty busy switching frequencies along the way.
It was amasing how much area we covered in an hour, and the kids really enjoyed the trip. So when we get back, the 10 year old sees the SportCopter parked in the corner of the hanger, and says "wow, thats what REALLY looks like fun!!!". I think I saw the helicopter shed a tear..... the kid knows.
Scott Heger,Laguna Niguel,Ca N86SH
I set the clock in the helicopter at launch, and heres what the 5 of us flew over/by/around in one hour exactly.
Downtown Los Angeles skyscrapers, Dodger Stadium,Universal Studios, the Hollywood sign,Paramount Studios, Beverly Hills, UCLA, Getty Center, Santa Monica Pier, UNDER LAX departure(shoreline route),Redondo-King Harbor, Pacific Palisades, Donald Trump's new (overrated) golf course, Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors, the Queen Mary, Huntington Beach Pier, just south of Disneyland's restricted airspace to Angel Stadium, and a 3,000 foot tall mountain peak landing to end the trip.
I flew over a total of 22 cities, within 7 control tower's airspace: El Monte, Santa Monica,LAX, Torrance, Long Beach, Los Alamitos, and SNA/John Wayne, which kept me pretty busy switching frequencies along the way.
It was amasing how much area we covered in an hour, and the kids really enjoyed the trip. So when we get back, the 10 year old sees the SportCopter parked in the corner of the hanger, and says "wow, thats what REALLY looks like fun!!!". I think I saw the helicopter shed a tear..... the kid knows.
Scott Heger,Laguna Niguel,Ca N86SH