permison Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 Martin Pociask, the communications director and editor of ROTOR magazine for the Helicopter Association International (HAI), is writing an an article on working dogs and the helicopter. He is looking for people to contribute any insightful background information to help support the article. Everyone is familiar with the role of humans and their flying machines. But many people are unaware of the contributions that canines make to rotorcraft aviation. He is going to include some background on my dog chewie and I. Chewie flies everywhere with me and is well known at all our regular airports. He even has his own headset (www.muttmuffs.com). He's not a working dog but a constant companion. If you have any stories you want to share about your dog and aviation please forward them on to Martin. You can reach him at marty.pociask@rotor.com or rotor@rotor.com. Make sure you put "Helicopter Dogs" in the title of the email.Permison Quote
lockedcj7 Posted October 8, 2007 Posted October 8, 2007 Check out Randy at KCEU. He flies a Brantly back and forth to work and his dog is is co-pilot. Actually, he has a bumper-sticker on the front of his panel (visible from the outside) that says "Dog is my co-pilot". Not sure how much "work" the dog does though. Mostly he can be seen napping near the rocking chairs. Quote
BOATFIXERGUY Posted October 9, 2007 Posted October 9, 2007 Check out Randy at KCEU. He flies a Brantly back and forth to work and his dog is is co-pilot. Actually, he has a bumper-sticker on the front of his panel (visible from the outside) that says "Dog is my co-pilot". Not sure how much "work" the dog does though. Mostly he can be seen napping near the rocking chairs. i would be scared to death to have my dogs in the helicopter! I have two german shorthair pointers. A little active! I could just see them freak out during a crucial part of the flight and cause a crash! john Quote
gft Posted October 11, 2007 Posted October 11, 2007 Flying doesn't agree with all people and I'm sure flying doesn't agree with all dogs.Our 85lb. Yellow Lab flies in the backseat of our 44.She's well behaved and doesn't seem to think any differant of it than she does riding in the back seat of a truck.She's also a regular passenger in the back seat of our fixed wing. Down side is that she slobbers on my shoulder sometimes when were coming in for a landing. Quote
BOATFIXERGUY Posted October 11, 2007 Posted October 11, 2007 GFT,I would love to bring my dogs with us....just scares the hell out of me! Not even sure I would have put them in our mooney.... john Quote
permison Posted October 11, 2007 Author Posted October 11, 2007 Flying doesn't agree with all people and I'm sure flying doesn't agree with all dogs.Our 85lb. Yellow Lab flies in the backseat of our 44.She's well behaved and doesn't seem to think any differant of it than she does riding in the back seat of a truck.She's also a regular passenger in the back seat of our fixed wing. Down side is that she slobbers on my shoulder sometimes when were coming in for a landing. Yeah, Chewie is a regular crew member on our flights too. (Also a yellow lab) We've done the slow flights in the helicopters with him sticking his head out the window but can't go much faster then taxi speed (he has a harness which keeps him safely inside the aircraft). In our old Cessna we have him ride in the back on the bucket seats and he just sleeps the whole way there. We just upgraded to a Grumman Tiger so now he has all sorts of room in back to hang out. Marty is still looking for stories so please drop him a line.Permison Quote
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