Helicopter Pilot's Tilts Got Scarier, Witness Says

The Virginian-Pilot ^ | October 16, 2007 | Dave Forster

[ladtx]

Davis, owner of Good Time Helicopters, registered a blood-alcohol concentration of .116 ...

Hey, how do you think they came up with the name Good Time Helicopters?

[Freedom4US]

I bet he’s a retired Huey or Black Hawk driver. I crewed for some pilots who scared the hell outta me. Ya only puke the first time, after that it’s OK. *kisses ground* but you want people who know how to fly, and fly well, who are at the controls.

[Williams]

Calling Randy Quaid.

[brwnsuga]

A girlfriend of mine and her family were standing in line when the police came to shut the pilot down.

[gridlock]

8 Hours bottle to throttle. Makes sense for aircraft. Makes sense for cars and boats, too.

I like drinking. I like driving. I just don’t do them at the same time.

[Broker]

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/speed/awesome-jet-streaks-by-creates-vapor-cone-310829.php

[Snickersnee]

Show me your Tilts!

[RichInOC]

“...but the worst part was when he started trying to fly inverted.”

[gridlock]

We used to have a retired Vietnam pilot flying our helicopter where I work. The helicopter, an old Huey, would be out each day on a run and would be back at around about 10:00. Sal's trick was to try to sneak up on me as I stood out there by the fire extinguisher preparing for landing.

Now, you all know what a old single turbine Huey sounds like. The big WHUMP WHUMP WHUMP with lots of whine and mechanical noise thrown in. You would think it would be pretty much impossible to sneak up on somebody standing on the ground who knows you are coming.

But you would think wrong...

Old Sal would come at me from all points of the compass. He would pop up over the tree line about a hundred yards away or over a building or a parked truck(!), and drive that thing onto the ground so fast you barely had time to turn around. Hooo boy! That guy was good!

[gridlock]

Awesome stuff. San Franciso is such a bunch of weenies every day, but never more than when they complain about the Blue Angels!

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

What an idiot.They are gonna clobber him on this.

[reagan_fanatic]

LOL

[zeebee]

Looks like a seagull got in the way at the very start of the clip.

[mad_as_he$$]

“Hello boys, I’m back!” One of my favorite movie lines.

[BubbaBasher]

I was there and couldn’t believe the stuff this guy was doing. My 14 year old son wanted to take the ride but it definitely was not normal.

[Mr. Jazzy]

“Hey, how do you think they came up with the name Good Time Helicopters?”

Yeah, he thought that “Happy Hour Helicopters” was a little to obvious.

[gridlock]

And “Drunk On My Ass Helicopters” was right out...

[NonValueAdded]

Interesting video but why isn’t it featured on that Emmy (or was it Oscar) winning thing of AlGore??? Yeah, when there is hot video to be seen, everyone rushes it to Current so the world can see. Whatwasthatyousaid? They DON’T??? YouTube? They post it to YouTube? Well, how come YouTube didn’t get the award instead?

[Goodness]

OK, I admit, the headline catches the eye of a quick-scanning reader.