Tuna Pilot B Roll
3:22
2 жыл бұрын
Evolution 252 Flight Helmet Review
16:00
The Tuna Boat Cooking Show
4:20
2 жыл бұрын
Pros & Cons of being a Tuna Pilot
13:00
Tuna Pilot Flight Gear
15:49
3 жыл бұрын
Tuna Boat Tour
14:59
3 жыл бұрын
What A World - Tuna Pilot Life
5:07
3 жыл бұрын
Fishing in Full Swing on the FK866
3:12
Life as a Tuna Pilot
6:06
3 жыл бұрын
MD500 Autorotation Demonstration
3:15
Welcome to Guam
2:29
3 жыл бұрын
Flight Instructing in Bend Oregon
4:47
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@badkarma5776
@badkarma5776 24 күн бұрын
did you get any training going from ?? to the MD500?
@helicopter2992
@helicopter2992 Ай бұрын
Miss you ❤
@BOBJOHNSON-v6u
@BOBJOHNSON-v6u Ай бұрын
I subscribed
@paulreilly3904
@paulreilly3904 2 ай бұрын
We always make room for alcohol. Quite right. Quite right 😉😁
@VillainState
@VillainState 3 ай бұрын
Is this the same helicopter that crashed on landing. Looks the same & boat.
@pilotairbear
@pilotairbear 4 ай бұрын
What company did you fly for.
@pilotairbear
@pilotairbear 4 ай бұрын
Good job
@mariajesusrocha756
@mariajesusrocha756 4 ай бұрын
Olá amigos navegadores dois sete mares e os pilotos vamos compartilhar OK obrigada pôr compartilhar conosco é sensacional 🌹🌹❤️❤️😁😁🇧🇷👍👍👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 ⛴️ ⛴️ ⚓️ 🦈🦈 🚁🚁🚁
@snakesvt
@snakesvt 5 ай бұрын
Nice. I loved it out there. You’re braver than me tho. I would never fly away from the boat on a set because I knew if I had to put it in the water they weren’t coming to get me for a while.
@geminimen
@geminimen 6 ай бұрын
Hi, I’m a very low hour CPLH from UK. I’m having a lot of difficulty getting to fly here , just saw your video and thought if you could help me out with advice of getting a tuna pilot work. Please, I’d really appreciate if you could help me with getting some flying with your connections. Best wishes. A.
@snakesvt
@snakesvt 7 ай бұрын
Getting off the tuna boats has been as much of a curse as it has been a gift. After 13 months , life on the boats eventually takes it’s toll on you. It happened to all of us. We found ourselves spending more hours of our life in uncomfortable seat looking at nothing but open sea only to return to a room the size of a prison cell, all in a helicopter put together with parts older then you. You sit around waiting for master to say “prepare for takeoff” in some language you don’t understand only to hope you actually catch the damn fish this time so you can fill up the boat and go to port. Hours waiting only to see the asshole master miss the the damn school and you have to spend god knows how many more days out at sea. You just wanna get out. You’re tired of the bed bugs, tired of eating the same old shit food everyday and dealing with the little stinking thieving crewmen, You wanna go home. You’re sick of the smell of fish and piss. You’ve been told when to fly, where to go and you just wanna be YOU again. And at first knowing that “this was my last trip” is amazing. You do 3 or 4 cartwheels as you walk off Dock and hold your Passport high and proud as you check out of RRE for the last time. But what you don’t know is that while you may be leaving the tuna boats, the Tuna boats will never leave you. Like a drug that controls you, your brain will constantly replay only the fondest of memories that you spent with some of the best people that you will ever know. And *poof*, just like that, you no longer dwell on the flight ops, shitty food or standing in REE not understanding why they the brownies and no ice cream or getting yelled at for doing exactly what the fish master said and the fish still got away. Instead, you think about your friends. You remember all of the things you did together. You remember that no matter where you go in life or who you may meet, the tuna boats will always remain a major part of the nucleus of your existence. You are Tuna Trash now and you will be a Tuna Trash 50 years from now. That’s why tuna pilots are different. That’s why getting out off the boats is like checking into rehab. You may never go back, but I promise you that you are going to relapse in your mind every single night. TTFL!!!!!
@AerialAttraction
@AerialAttraction 6 ай бұрын
You are so right. In so many ways. Since leaving the boats I have had wonderful experiences with wonderful people and been able to do so many more amazing things in my career, but yet, even with all that in mind, there is still some part of me that misses the freedom and simplicity of being a tuna pilot. I left a piece of myself out there, and while I may never return to the fishing grounds, I think that place, that life, will always call to me.
@snakesvt
@snakesvt 7 ай бұрын
Getting off the tuna boats has been as much of a curse as it has been a gift. After 13 months , life on the boats eventually takes it’s toll on you. It happened to all of us. We found ourselves spending more hours of our life in uncomfortable seat looking at nothing but open sea only to return to a room the size of a prison cell, all in a helicopter put together with parts older then you. You sit around waiting for master to say “prepare for takeoff” in some language you don’t understand only to hope you actually catch the damn fish this time so you can fill up the boat and go to port. Hours waiting only to see the asshole master miss the the damn school and you have to spend god knows how many more days out at sea. You just wanna get out. You’re tired of the bed bugs, tired of eating the same old shit food everyday and dealing with the little stinking thieving crewmen, You wanna go home. You’re sick of the smell of fish and piss. You’ve been told when to fly, where to go and you just wanna be YOU again. And at first knowing that “this was my last trip” is amazing. You do 3 or 4 cartwheels as you walk off Dock and hold your Passport high and proud as you check out of RRE for the last time. But what you don’t know is that while you may be leaving the tuna boats, the Tuna boats will never leave you. Like a drug that controls you, your brain will constantly replay only the fondest of memories that you spent with some of the best people that you will ever know. And *poof*, just like that, you no longer dwell on the flight ops, shitty food or standing in REE not understanding why they the brownies and no ice cream or getting yelled at for doing exactly what the fish master said and the fish still got away. Instead, you think about your friends. You remember all of the things you did together. You remember that no matter where you go in life or who you may meet, the tuna boats will always remain a major part of the nucleus of your existence. You are Tuna Trash now and you will be a Tuna Trash 50 years from now. That’s why tuna pilots are different. That’s why getting out off the boats is like checking into rehab. You may never go back, but I promise you that you are going to relapse in your mind every single night. TTFL!!!!!
@snakesvt
@snakesvt 7 ай бұрын
I truly miss the boats. I flew off the PNG Nupla Kumul in 2015-16. Barefoot flying is the best.
@PTRRanger951
@PTRRanger951 7 ай бұрын
Did you bring those tortillas with you? How the heck you get an American brand from Fresno on the boat? lol. Or was this filmed when you were home in the states?
@miguelcastillo3450
@miguelcastillo3450 10 ай бұрын
dude..., great video where did you learn to flight the 500´s for operation over tuna boats? how much did it cost? thank you, and regards for you!!!
@AlphaChinoz
@AlphaChinoz 10 ай бұрын
May I ask how many flight hours a year one could expect from a job like this?
@AerialAttraction
@AerialAttraction 6 ай бұрын
500 to 700 hours is the norm. A lot of that depends on the boat and the FM. With that in mind, if you get a Japanese boat, you can expect around 300 hours.
@hammertime1
@hammertime1 10 ай бұрын
Where in Mass are you from? Anywhere near Norwood, MA airport?
@AerialAttraction
@AerialAttraction 6 ай бұрын
My first ever flight in a R22 was out of KLWM
@michaelvolin9749
@michaelvolin9749 10 ай бұрын
Great job.
@baptiste9017
@baptiste9017 10 ай бұрын
Do you have an AIS PLB or Mini SART to be found faster if you ditch ?
@gabcamara
@gabcamara 11 ай бұрын
Adolft hitler died😂
@lifeingeneral9111
@lifeingeneral9111 11 ай бұрын
Dude, you better track the blades on that thing. I did that back in the 90
@geraldsepulvedajorquera6144
@geraldsepulvedajorquera6144 Жыл бұрын
Great video!!! How do you apply for this kind of job?
@Franjaver
@Franjaver Жыл бұрын
Great video .. I remember when I came back after 18 month total .. It was hard for me to socialize again with most of the people and even had hard time and stressed myself when in a mall .. I didn't want to go to a mall for months .. still don't love it actually.
@tj11391
@tj11391 Жыл бұрын
Rufus! 😊
@OneHoof
@OneHoof Жыл бұрын
I spent 2 years & 5 months as a tuna pilot for Hansen. Unfortunately in February 2020, due to a Covid-19 travel ban lock downs we were never allowed off of the “boats” anymore to go ashore & that really squelched a lot of the fun. I endured a 533 day (1 year & 5 month) lock down. The ship literally felt more like a prison. The ridiculous, never ending travel bans ruined it for me. But it got me almost 1,600 turbine hours. Great video. I need a create some sharing my experiences out there. Thanks for sharing. This has been my best video so far. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5TUf6Krr7Jgrq8si=IrbUIto9jXLiHD6Z
@bengillespie6428
@bengillespie6428 Жыл бұрын
Great video man!
@ahmedslihbuza6645
@ahmedslihbuza6645 Жыл бұрын
korean ship
@oliviersibille9177
@oliviersibille9177 Жыл бұрын
🚁⛴👍😄
@marcjohnson4884
@marcjohnson4884 Жыл бұрын
Dude, what and where u flying now? Medevac, ag, or gulf?
@AerialAttraction
@AerialAttraction 6 ай бұрын
Fighting fires in the 407. Hope to get a new camera and start making videos again soon.
@tone5959
@tone5959 Жыл бұрын
Cool 👍 my favorite heilcopter
@SsgtMcNasty1
@SsgtMcNasty1 Жыл бұрын
I'm still in training, but I have a question. How did you update your medical out there? I assume you just fly somewhere to get it done?
@brandonpridgen575
@brandonpridgen575 Жыл бұрын
My strobe don't work suhn! hahaha love it!
@alexashworth3119
@alexashworth3119 Жыл бұрын
Looks like a good time. Nice flying 👍
@pearsegatley5407
@pearsegatley5407 Жыл бұрын
How many flight hours do you have? Are the tuna boats generally considered a stepping stone to build up hours for new pilots or are there more that make a career of it?
@xaviergarneau
@xaviergarneau Жыл бұрын
hes my bitch , hes my mechanic. things i would never say to a helicopter mechanic lol
@fastfrog0077
@fastfrog0077 Жыл бұрын
You put that pontoon right on the red like a champ, well done
@JeffSmith-it4tm
@JeffSmith-it4tm Жыл бұрын
Asians sure like their cigarettes.
@Gmar69
@Gmar69 Жыл бұрын
Great video from another helicopter pilot. I'd love to fly your MD500 too!!!
@Firedog105
@Firedog105 Жыл бұрын
Do you get paid well or is it one of those jobs to build hours ?
@blairguinea6811
@blairguinea6811 Жыл бұрын
The best , thank you Sir
@blairguinea6811
@blairguinea6811 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir, awesome flight
@nikenpeeps
@nikenpeeps Жыл бұрын
Any updates or new chapters/adventures?
@AerialAttraction
@AerialAttraction 6 ай бұрын
I spent a season up in Alaska and am currently fighting fires in the 407. I hope to start making more content for the channel again in the near future.
@kylefraser6845
@kylefraser6845 Жыл бұрын
Great video, been looking at these myself….including the same colour! Is that the matte orange? Thanks for the review!
@johnarroyo9182
@johnarroyo9182 Жыл бұрын
What song is that. I think it makes the video pretty cool.
@DavidWade66
@DavidWade66 Жыл бұрын
fish don't stand a chance, plunder
@Michael-iw3ek
@Michael-iw3ek Жыл бұрын
How does one get a job like that?
@rioaxjenjsndbejs3613
@rioaxjenjsndbejs3613 Жыл бұрын
Great vid bro very interesting
@mr.jimjam3443
@mr.jimjam3443 Жыл бұрын
new to the channel been watching for a bit now, always find these oddly satisfying. take care dude
@roger201288
@roger201288 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the good review and for comparing it to motorcycle helmets as I've been doing myself. These things are ridiculously overpriced. I dont see why we cant just put a headset in a motorcycle helmet ourselves which is basically the exact same thing but cheaper and maybe even better.
@dermick
@dermick Жыл бұрын
Totally agree - I'm looking for something decent for a reasonable price.
@GandolfTheGrape
@GandolfTheGrape Жыл бұрын
MD500 over the dolphins with a dart on... King shit! Awesome vid brother