TAG flying the gorge

[Mayfield]

I seldom like the music accompanying video, but this is an exception.

An older video, but looks great! This TAG web site, https://www.tagaviation.com.au/video-library has videos of Chris Toevs flying that are pretty darn neat.

I'm comfortable that my cojones are not up to flying the gorge now, and moderately uncomfortable that they once were.

Jim

 

[GyrOZprey]

Hard NOPE - for ME! ...unless you are willing to sacrifice your machine in a place with NO REAL emergency landing options & even less hope of getting extracted without massive expense!

LOTs of fun ...until the "MURPH" strikes ...and ANY engine CAN "spit-the-dummy" ...at ANY time - no matter HOW well you maintain it /trust it!

Although the video of Glenn's & My MOAB area flights in 2017 look risky ...we had land-able 4WD tracks with-in glide -range 95% of our flights!

I think some of my (unpublished) flights over sketchy terrain - in Australia ...were my riskiest (longer than 5 minutes over "tiger-country")..... I no longer have the bravery to DO that anymore!

 

[nishanh]

Cool video, but the danger that was always drilled into us in helicopter training was that river running runs a high risk of a wire strike

 

[GyrOZprey]

As our old friend & last president of the CO PRA chapter - Mark Shook found out the hard way ...many years ago!

 

[Jerry_Forest]

As our old friend & last president of the CO PRA chapter - Mark Shook found out the hard way ...many years ago!

Isn't this what might have happened to B.J. Schramm?

 

[Kevin_Richey]

Was contaminated jet fuel that he filled up on the suspected culprit w/ BJ?
I remember something about his Helicycle was found upside down, skids up out of the water in a reservoir...