If You Missed It Before- Greatest Ever Heli Is On Again

[transquebecniece]

Um, no...I don't know that......hence, I'm still waiting ever so patiently. :blur:

[zenny]

I tuned in to discovery channel early,,,,, they had a marathon of best ever episodes,,,, one on tanks, fighters, beer, bombers, best ever sport cars,,,, etc…

-how were the shows ?? Example of one,,,,,

after watching the one on ‘best ever sports cars’,,, It was all serious and interesting ….. Then someone decided to have a Mazda Miata in the top ten and it came in second place!! ? It beat Ferrari, Corvette etc…..…?

- What does this have to do with helicopters?

The air crane was impressive -to see fire fighting and emptying out peoples swimming pools so they can put out the fires… The empty CH-47 vertical climb at 2000 feet/min,,,, another of my favorites was the UH-1 segment.... they had Vietnam vets that crewed on a UH1 including the door gunner ...reunited ..then they all went for a flight. That was emotional. The Apache is impressive. The Mi26 its huge and unreal, The R-22 was cute. A good one to see on Discovery is the Helicopter episode on one of the Frontiers of Construction shows.

[transquebecniece]

I hate the Discovery Channel. Pffffffffffft!

[transquebecniece]

Z? Might have to take ya up on it if the offer still stands.

[PedalJam]

TQn

 

If my memory is not totally gone you live in Colorado ?

 

I don't know how close you live to Gateway , Colorado ?

 

The Gateway Colorado Auto Museum just opened last year

 

Their signature car is a Olds F88 concept car from the 50's they paid

3 million dollars for at last years Barrett / Jackson car auction.

 

Who you say would pay this much for a 50 yr old car , or what this has

to do with this thread............

 

The man is John S Hendricks, founder of the Discovery Channel

 

Go check it out and demand to see the owner, then rap his knuckles and

demand your tv.

 

You might get a digitial mastered copy :up: :up:

[transquebecniece]

Totally amazes me what you fellers know sometimes. How 'bout that, PedalJam! :up:

 

I'm 4.5 hours through the most gorgeous (and treacherous this time of year) mountain passes from Gateway, which is on Colorado's Western Slope—on the edge of the Uncompahgre Plateau. I actually went on a dinosaur/fossil dig over there once!

 

I'm impressed you knew all that! The odds of Mr. Hendricks physically being at the auto museum are like zero, but that's a route I wouldn't have thought of in a million years! Next time I have to go to Grand Junction, I'll just drop down and shoot that 'ol F88 for ya!

 

In the meantime, I'll just wait...somehow I WILL add that episode of the Greatest Ever to my heli flick collection!

 

(The thought of a digitally mastered copy makes me wanna initiate a letter-writing campaign however! Drool! )

 

Yer funny, PedalJam! I get in enough trouble as it is. Ha!

[Hollywood]

thought the jet ranger would have been a little higher up...although im not a big fan of the jetbox...theres no denying that everyone out there has got some time in one at sometime in there career. two types i thought were missing...the 214 with its huge stove an paddles(it seems to have a certain mystic to it when ever one shows up at a campain fire.)...only have a few hrs on but wow...it sure is impressive if your in the circuit bucketing with it....that thing is a water moving machine...itll do circles around the s61....also the hu500...my absolute favourite...theres not a helicopter out there that ive flown that fits more like a glove....so much fun!! most of my hrs are in the 500....loved every single one.

dont want to ruin it for tqn...but the number one spot was well deserved...and is also a pleasure to fly.

[transquebecniece]

Iz okay, Hollywood; I already know what #1 is. It's why I want a copy of that particular episode of The Greatest Ever. You're not the first nor will ever be the last to make that last comment. And that probably goes without saying!

[transquebecniece]

FINALLY! :up: The Greatest Ever: Ten Greatest Helicopters will be on the Military Channel this coming week. Yippee! And for all you noobs, it's rumored that Mr. Vertical Mag (Mike) makes an appearance. :punk:

[Elvis]

Yes Mike is there