Icewind's Ramblings

This is the second part of a series with a few videos of helicopters. One is an emergency autorotation, the second a Huey with a mini-gun firing at targets and the third a UH-60 in action. Pretty good but the Huey firing is mainly to the rear at targets which is easier to hit. There is very little lead, lag of the rounds to hit the target as required for side firing shots. Every fifth round is a tracer round so you can see the target being hit or adjust your firing. Enjoy. Autorotation Huey with miniguns UH-60 in Action Thanks to the troops for all that they do to proudly serve. Ice

One of Alaska ’s oldest and oddest night spots, the Fly By Night Club is going off into the midnight sunset it’s final time September 8 th 2006. It has been a great place to see the oddities and oddballs for the last 26 years and will be closing its doors soon. According to its website: Proudly Serving "Spam ® , Booze, Rhythm & Blues" since 1980!! IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT A SLEAZY BAR Mr. Whitekeys' Fly By Night Club is World Famous---we are known as well in Cairo as we are in Havana !! The club is the home of The Whale Fat Follies --"The Alaskan Show that the Department Of Tourism Does NOT want you to see." The club was founded in 1980 because there was no place else where you could order some of the world's finest champagnes and a damn fine plate of Spam ® . The Whale Fat Follies has now been seen by over 500,000 misguided Alaskans and visitors, which just goes to show how little there is to do in our pathetic little to...

It has been a busy couple of weeks here with family and friends in town for that last fishing trip as the season winds down. Hopefully I can get back on track with my posting again as I settle into that transition time between summer (we really haven’t had one) and the coming snowfall. Thanks to those that have been sending me items and I will try to get them into this blog as I can. I was reading one of my favorite blogs from Denny in Atlanta known as the Grouchy Old Cripple who had this little video. As an old chopper pilot I thought I would find a few to share with you as it was nice seeing new technology and also to remember to those long ago times. Part One. It may take a few seconds to load depending on your connection. Here is Helo Thunder: This second one gives a couple of great views of autorotation from both inside and from on the ground. It’s pretty cool and shows you what you do in an emergency to get to the ground in one piece. I hop...