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Andre Hutchings

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Andre Hutchings is an experienced helicopter longline pilot and instructor Photo:LA Helicopters Do you remember how humbling it felt first learning to hover? If you ever want to experience that feeling again then give longlining a go. The ability for helicopters to move equipment and loads to remote or hard to reach locations makes them incredibly useful machines. Helicopter longlining notches that capability up several levels of awesomeness. There are utility helicopter pilots the world over that earn their living through this challenging skillset and today we get to find out a bit more about what is involved. Andre Hutchings is an experienced longline pilot and instructor. We catch Andre between trips to Afghanistan where he is introducing longline work to the military forces there and resupplying outposts. Where you hear in this interview is a super condensed ‘how-to’ longline lesson so get ready to take some notes.      You’ll find links to resources and sites mentioned in the show further down the page. Podcast: Subscribe in iTunes | Play in new window | Download 00:55 Listener feedback – Brett from Melbourne, Australia 02:07 Leave a review here 02:20 Movember charity event for men’s health – sponsor Mick here 03:25 Future project – if you want to promote helicopters worldwide get in touch 04:02 Quote of the week 04:56 Welcome Andre Hutchings – longing and vertical reference 05:30 Longline work in Afghanistan with US military 06:58 First flying experience – L.A. , instructing, L.A. police department, Columbia Helicopters, MD500, Vertol, Chinooks, country manager in Afghanistan 08:10 Compressed longlining course into an interview 08:30 Volomission longline training company 09:25 Vertical reference vs longline 12:35 Some of the more interesting external loads 13:49 What makes a good longline machine 15:11 Human factors, seating position, fatigue, single pilot 17:34 Preflight planning, load weights, load order, distance, fuel 18:50 Weight and balance, load flight characteristics 20:28 Equipment – hook check, lines, nets, briefings 23:29 Line materials – steel vs synthetic, jacket, electrical line 26:34 Taglines 27:29 Groundcrew and signals 29:44 Aircraft pickup, taking up the slack, lifting the hook clear 33:09 Hooking up the load / transition 37:28 Loads in flight – turns, rolling in and out, spinning loads 39:22 Approach, judging height, speeds 41:40 Correcting a swing 43:25 Cocking off for wind and sight picture 45:06 Christmas trees 46:56 Releasing the load and rigging 51:09 Flight emergencies 53:08 Where people go wrong with longlining 56:23 Remoted instruments 57:34 Volomission longlining course structure 1:01:40 info@volomission.com / volomission.com 1:03:46 Show sponsors trainmorepilots.com Links from this week’s episode: Volomission – Longline training courses Movemeber charity sponsor page LA Helicopters Longline Course (rebranding as Volomission) [leadplayer_vid id=”544DABC4483A9″] Dont’ try this at home! This is the Christmas tree video we talk about in the episode. [leadplayer_vid id=”544DAC4C59B0B”] Be part of the conversation around this episode by leaving a comment below. The post RWS 13 – Helicopter Longlining with Andre Hutchings appeared first on The Rotary Wing Show Podcast.

Andre Hutchings is an experienced helicopter longline pilot and instructor Photo:LA Helicopters Do you remember how humbling it felt first learning to hover? If you ever want to experience that feeling again then give longlining a go. The ability for helicopters to move equipment and loads to remote or hard to reach locations makes them incredibly useful machines. Helicopter longlining notches that capability up several levels of awesomeness. There are utility helicopter pilots the world over that earn their living through this challenging skillset and today we get to find out a bit more about what is involved. Andre Hutchings is an experienced longline pilot and instructor. We catch Andre between trips to Afghanistan where he is introducing longline work to the military forces there and resupplying outposts. Where you hear in this interview is a super condensed ‘how-to’ longline lesson so get ready to take some notes. You’ll find links to resources and sites mentioned in the show further down the page. Podcast: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ph/podcast/rotary-wing-show-interviews/id903691746?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe in iTunes</a> | <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/rotarywingshow/p/s3.amazonaws.com/rotarywingshow/RWS13-Andre_Hutchings_helicopter_longlining.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Play in new window</a> | <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/rotarywingshow/p/s3.amazonaws.com/rotarywingshow/RWS13-Andre_Hutchings_helicopter_longlining.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a> 00:55 Listener feedback – Brett from Melbourne, Australia 02:07 <a>Leave a review here</a> 02:20 Movember charity event for men’s health – <a href="http://rotarywingshow.com/mo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sponsor Mick here</a> 03:25 Future project – if you want to promote helicopters worldwide get in touch 04:02 Quote of the week 04:56 Welcome Andre Hutchings – longing and vertical reference 05:30 Longline work in Afghanistan with US military 06:58 First flying experience – L.A. , instructing, L.A. police department, Columbia Helicopters, MD500, Vertol, Chinooks, country manager in Afghanistan 08:10 Compressed longlining course into an interview 08:30 Volomission longline training company 09:25 Vertical reference vs longline 12:35 Some of the more interesting external loads 13:49 What makes a good longline machine 15:11 Human factors, seating position, fatigue, single pilot 17:34 Preflight planning, load weights, load order, distance, fuel 18:50 Weight and balance, load flight characteristics 20:28 Equipment – hook check, lines, nets, briefings 23:29 Line materials – steel vs synthetic, jacket, electrical line 26:34 Taglines 27:29 Groundcrew and signals 29:44 Aircraft pickup, taking up the slack, lifting the hook clear 33:09 Hooking up the load / transition 37:28 Loads in flight – turns, rolling in and out, spinning loads 39:22 Approach, judging height, speeds 41:40 Correcting a swing 43:25 Cocking off for wind and sight picture 45:06 Christmas trees 46:56 Releasing the load and rigging 51:09 Flight emergencies 53:08 Where people go wrong with longlining 56:23 Remoted instruments 57:34 Volomission longlining course structure 1:01:40 info@volomission.com / <a href="http://volomission.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">volomission.com</a> 1:03:46 Show sponsors <a href="http://trainmorepilots.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trainmorepilots.com</a> Links from this week’s episode: <a href="http://volomission.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Volomission – Longline training courses</a> <a href="http://rotarywingshow.com/mo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Movemeber charity sponsor page</a> LA Helicopters Longline Course (rebranding as Volomission) <center>[leadplayer_vid id=”544DABC4483A9″]</center> Dont’ try this at home! This is the Christmas tree video we talk about in the episode. <center>[leadplayer_vid id=”544DAC4C59B0B”]</center> Be part of the conversation around this episode by leaving a comment below. The post <a href="https://rotarywingshow.com/rws-13-helicopter-longlining-andre-hutchings/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RWS 13 – Helicopter Longlining with Andre Hutchings</a> appeared first on <a href="https://rotarywingshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rotary Wing Show Podcast</a>.

RWS 13 – Helicopter Longlining with Andre Hutchings