This is the helipad at Monte Carlo with the chopper getting ready for the short hop over the sea to Nice.
After take-off straight over the sea the helipad is just visible.
Then the French coastline through a dirty window which the pilot 'refused' to clean - must have been a big fly or a dirty seagull.
Approaching Nice:
Terra firma!
Couldn't he have landed nearer? The wait for a bus was as long as the flight!
It seemed strange flying without the immersion suit I had been used to on offshore helicopter flights in Norway and out of Aberdeen.
For more aerial acrobatics visit: Carmi's Thematic Photographic 146
10 comments:
I used to love flying, Bob, but fallen out with it now. That aside, these pics are brilliant.
What courage! I'd have been holding on so tightly I wouldn't have been able to hold the camera at the same time... Great photos by the way ;-)
Very cool!
What lovely photos a beautiful place! It looks like you had the best weather too...very nice post for TP too! Funny how pictures taken 8 years ago can look like they were taken yesterday!
Bob here's my TP aerial link...Carmi does have mine posted now....
http://twincitiesblather.blogspot.com/2011/05/thematic-photographic-146-aerial.html
Nice photos Bob. I loved south-east France when I travelled there.
Oh what adventures you must have! Thanks for visiting my crazy blog! :)
I'd like to ride in a helicopter sometime, looks like fun. Nice shots.
Thanks for visiting, Bob! I enjoyed your shots, also...flying in a chopper is so incredible, you took some good shots.
I think that I am going to follow your blog, it looks interesting.
Once again, thanks for stopping by! J.
THAT....is beyond cool! I've never been on a chopper. Blimp, yes, but not a helicopter. That must be the neatest experience, especially with a pilot with an aversion to cleaning his windows :)
I love how you and everyone else have chosen to interpret this week's theme. I can always count on you to open my eyes more than a bit. Much appreciated!
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