@@StevenLilley / we don't have enough with one life to make all mistakes can be made.. So this is why we have to humbly learn from eachother - Respect.
@@jtr549 It’s the complacency bro, happened to me while Cycling, got too comfortable riding with loose bolts and my handlebars came flipped forward when I tried to bunny hop over a curb 😅 ate the concrete sidewalk but lucky I have thick bones and I didn’t break anything 😭
True! We all should have someone like Lester in our lives. Don't forget though, to some, YOU are the "Lester." Where I work, I'm always learning and there are people I go to for advice, but to the newer people, I'm one they go to for help and advice. I guess it's "have a Lester, be a Lester!"
Im kind of a Lester at work. Grumpy, but I’ll help you get out a pickle when you’re struggling. And usually it’s just reminding folks of the fundamentals and a presence of someone whose more experienced. Just like Lester did there. And he made sure to praise mover for doing a good job.
Absolutely, Wade. It’s extremely beneficial (especially to the less-experienced) to be candid about your errors. It’s also difficult to do; like you, I couldn’t appreciate the professionalism more.
It's what we should all do so that others can learn from _our_ event. It is what I used to do and it also reinforced the lesson for myself and 40 years later I still remember some of the experiences that I shared on Sunday nights at the aero club bar. I also picked up things that others shared too which I believe help add to my _bag of experience_ without depleting the _bag of luck._
I think your candid self-evaluations are so powerful and will enable those of us with way less experience to be more honest with ourselves when we make mistakes - thank you
That's his military exposure paying off. Flying in the military forces you to be critically humble in front of your peers and today's video is proof positive.
High-stress, full-concentration situations will naturally produce many more mistakes than routine situations, if we're measuring hour by hour or similar. Yes, you can be so relaxed that you stop paying attention, so it's better to be slightly task saturated to give your brain something to do. But when you're at the limits you are definitely going to miss things. It's just physics. A typical person spends far more hours in routine situations than routine situations though, so you end up with more total mistakes made in routine situations, and might get the impression routine is more dangerous. You've probably heard statistics like "you're more likely to crash your car within 10 miles of your house than outside that radius". Well, yes. You're also far more likely to be driving within 10 miles of your house. In practice, you're far less likely to make stupid mistakes near your house, because you know where all the lanes are, which way you're going etc., so you don't even have to think about that, leaving your attention for things like deer running across the road. Likewise, the guy with 3000 hours on an airframe is far more familiar with basic stuff, and therefore less likely to make dumb mistakes. The guy who just got his first solo flight is busy trying to actively remember how to do a dozen things the experienced guy does from muscle memory. The veteran is more likely to make judgement calls he later regrets, while the noob is more likely to follow the guidance of the instructors which is on the safe side of things.
Your admission of errors to your thousands of subscribers shows how humble you are Mover. Your dedication to safety takes over for your pride. Learning from mistakes are priceless and save lives (Bill from Slidell)
The fuller version is, you're born with a bag of luck and an empty bag of experience and the objective is to fill up the bag of experience before your bag of luck runs out.
12:44 I've been in a tower when they were training a new controller and the instructor briefed them to wait for a departing aircraft to be at a couple of hundred feet before giving freq. changes. This might be teachable for the controller they can see you on approach, they could have waited.
This was my thought too. You're giving someone that is more or less on short final (most critical phase of flight) squak codes and frequencies. Do it earlier, or wait until they're on the deck.
Controllers are taught to avoid issuing instructions during critical phases of flight (landing, takeoff, rollout, etc.). So while yes the PIC is ultimately responsible, it’s bad practice by ATC to be issuing instructions to a landing aircraft like this.
@@flapppytappybird7923 I mean their job is literally to provide separation. It's hard to say knowing where people are and what they're doing isn't their job. As CW said, he could/should have told them to standby, or waited until he was on the deck. Yeah, PIC is where the buck stops, but ATC is there to assist as well.
Back when I was a coach I'd tell my kids, "practice is about making your worst day better." The way you went about this, your worst day just got much better! Awesome debrief!
I'm sure every pilot knows those "that was stupid" moments (I had quite a few of them myself)... few can admit it happened to them. Great video, thank you very much!
One of the greatest life, business, aviation lessons comes from the US Military Aviation Debriefs. A humbling and necessary process to insure that the lessons learned are revealed in an open and honest way. Blue Angels debrief the bleep out of their flights, they do so so hey don"t die. Thanks CW for the great lessons and honesty revealed in this one. The old adage Aviate, Navigate and Communicate never more true than here. Don't ever let ATC interrupt critical flight operations, they can wait your life is to important. What's the deal with blocking the hanger, that egress is the hangers right of way. Must be some deal between airport and Hanger owner. Nice steep landing, and calling Lester smart. Like the phrase 40 Million obstacle course, haaaa
Thank you Steve. I’ve been flying for a major airline for 30 years now, and I really appreciate your perspective. Much like your experience, I’ve found that the most challenging bits of the job come at the most unexpected (and seemingly routine) times. I have great respect for the self-critique and professional reflection in this video.
Don't trust the truss ! remember this from a firefighting documentary and relevant to me as having studied engineering, and of course statics ! Now how do you guys spot and identify the type of structure above you in all that smoke and distractions going on, let alone it's remaining integrity !
@@jerseyshoredroneservices225 not sure if you got the correct message I wrote (as I now see it had typos) but it's corrected now and it's what I was always trained to remember in flight school and this is a great and humble lesson for making sure that's always applied in actual practice
@@justinspirational I understood what you meant the first time despite the typo. I knew somebody was going to say that and I was just waiting for it.... You're right it is absolutely the way to fly... aviate, navigate, communicate in that order.
Much respect. I know nothing about helicopters other than what I’ve picked up from watching this series. What I do understand is airmanship. I’m a former USAF pilot, now a captain at a major that I’ve flown for for 30 years; I’ve got 9 airliner type ratings and about 25,000 hours of total time. I don’t say this to be self-aggrandizing, I say it to establish perspective. In my career I’ve had colleagues die in airplane accidents, I’ve taught a lot of students in various capacities, and I realize…that I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I’ve never intentionally done anything procedurally noncompliant or dangerous in my career, but when you look back sometimes you realize that you made mistakes you didn’t appreciate at the time because you were too inexperienced to understand they were mistakes.I congratulate you for posting an honest self-critique here. It’s hard to do, but is the sign of a true professional. Like I said, I don’t know much about helicopters, but I do know a true pro, and my hat’s off to you for having the humility and professionalism to explain your errors so others (especially the less experienced) can learn from your mistakes. Sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know: that can still kill you. I’m genuinely appreciative of this video. Thanks again.
First video I’ve seen of yours but so glad RUclips pushed it at me. I’m a 7yr R44 pilot but with only 200hrs. Although never been in a situation like this can totally relate to it and the instinctive decisions you made. Learnt some really valuable stuff so thank you for sharing, sincerely.
Respect for showing the tough with the good. That kind of humility is what helps keep good pilots (anything, really) alive. Glad you caught the drop in time and knew how to save yourself. Kudos to you for all the above. Respect also to Lester for being positive and supportive when you needed some help. And complimenting you on the nice flying in tough conditions. No hint of attitude about needing to step in for the assist. That's one good guy right there.
You definitely have my respect. As an observer (not a pilot) from an OH-6 airframe, you knew your limitations for the airframe you were flying and asked for help. Kudos to you brother.
Hi Mover. Lesson learned. You're still fresh. Don't punish yourself too hard. You're a fighter guy. Takes time to get proficient in a rotor. Happy landings from Portugal.
Better to be hard on oneself and establish good habits from day one. If you don't take it seriously enough, later on you'll get sloppy again and risk making other mistakes.
Complete respect for posting this debrief? It’s so important to learn from our mistakes, no matter our level our experience or station in life. Thank you!
Good video, been flying heli's 20 years, and still learning, I understand the pressure your in, lots of things going on. Was great of you to share, thing I will mention, it does get easier, but always respect the weather, (Killed to many of my friends in heli's) You hit the nail on the head mentioning all the things that lead to an incident, and your comment about packing up for the day is a sound point. And remember your in a heli, just land the bloody thing and wait, people will forget that, but not the time you have an incident. R44 perfect machine to learn in, but so much more fun in an A Star ..... Enjoy, and thanks for the vid's Fly safe....
I almost lost my life on take off because I skipped checking my seat lock in pre-flight / run up. About 300' in the air my seat clicked all the way back to almost the damn back seat. I had to use my foot to push the yoke forward and use a down pitch attitude to rectify my seats position but ended up getting so close and locked into position that i had no room to pull back very far on the yoke. I'm here to tell you all about it because by the grace of God. I did not panic. I was too mad to panic. Check your damn seat locks y'all. No way for a pilot to die. Now that was stupid. What you did was encounter a learning curve, and did very well coming to terms with it. Any ways, I wasn't trying to dominate ignorance with pure stupidity. thank you for your share, i took notes.
nice and honest debrief. If I may - what always helped me a lot - when landing, transitioning to hover and touchdown, your sight is wrong - check any spot across the windshield - to your left side, approx 50-100ft away, fix on that with your sight and keep your cyclic steady - use your pedals only. Once you look too close or straight, you're forced by brain to move your cyclic and it's getting even worse. After few hundreds heli hours I don't care, but this helped me a lot in my beginnings.
I joined the military in 1991. I took the anthrax vaccine and the next year was diagnosed with type 1 iddm(yes, studies showed it could happen) I can't become a pilot but I live it vicariously through you guys. Thanks for all you do.
I waited until I had time to sit & give this video the full attention it deserved and I'm so glad I did - absolute respect & kudos Mover for not only putting this full breakdown out there of what led up to & happened with the mistake, but for owning the whole thing from start to finish. It would be easy to just show the few minutes of the mistake & leave it there, but to debrief the thought process on either side is incredibly valuable to the non-pilots as well - people tend to forget about the mental process that a person puts themselves through in those minutes & hours after making a mistake with potentially drastic outcomes, and how that time is _equally important_ to ensure future success. Sometimes it's best to shake it off & continue, others it's best to stop for the day & take the time to process what you did - but the learning from a mistake doesn't stop right after it's been made. Thanks Mover 😎👍
Tons of respect for ya dude. Takes a lot to not only own up to mistakes and to learn from them, but to then publish them publicly as teachable moments. And those are the mistakes that you'll likely never make again. Keep it up Mover.
This was probably the most riveted I've been watching the helo vlog. There was so much going on in this video, it felt like a movie. And in the end, Lester makes a cameo. This was top notch. Glad everything worked out 🚁
We started about the same time with helicopters, I flew a Cabri and now an R44 as well, licensed since last November. At the moment I fly Cirrus SR20 and told everyone in my home airport tower and the instructors if I in the Cirrus ever announce to turn final to the Helipad direction 26 they should wake me up. It is absolutely true that mixing fixed wings with the much lower workload flying the machine itself and Helicopters requires special attention. I am just glad the stick and pilot seats are on the other side, that helps reminding you where you are. Glad you caught it in time and learned from it. Thanks for sharing! The helicopter advantage is clearly: from going below 30kt on approach in the fixed wing you won't walk away. Always keep the blue side up!
The reposition was far more stressful visually to watch, but I'm sure the settling error was far more stressful as the PIC. Well done, and glad it worked out the best way possible. Lessons pave the way to success.
You cannot live long enough to make all the mistakes. Outstanding airmanship owning the lesson and then sharing so others can learn the lesson without having to experience it. Total Respect.
Mad respect for being so up front about your mistakes and challenges. It shows that even the best aviators still brush up against the unexpected from time to time. Being able to face it head on, to keep a cool head, and make good decisions is a skill that can only be built through humility, honest self-critique, and a willingness to learn. Too many accidents occur from overconfidence!
Great video. I admire you for having the discipline to evaluate what happened, take stock, and learn from it. And major thanks for sharing your lessons learned with the rest of us. Controllers aren't always aware of when the high workload moments are, especially when single pilot, so as you said, it's up to us to manage our workload.
Absolutely! Call the SOF, call your IP, call ATC…whoever you need to stay safe, it’s your call as PIC. CRM doesn’t necessarily imply the resource you need is in the cockpit/flight deck with you. Great job being candid; these kind of lessons are how aviation safety is achieved bit by bit.
I agree, very much respect for your honest debrief. It’s all about checking the ego, acknowledging mistakes, and trying to learn from them. Appreciate this video!
"Когда уверен, что можешь с вертолетом на "Ты" - самое время перейти на "Вы" ("Вы сэр")". Yes, Mover, red comrades are watching you😎Be careful and fly safe
Another fantastic vlog and full respect to you for sharing the good and the bad. That landing at the end was definitely very good. Loved the extra chat and insight provided in this one. Also great to see a impromptu Lester appearance.
Yeah, I personally wouldn't take my hands off during an approach. However... In all fairness, tower guy should know you don't give a change to a student heli on short app. That's really dumb. You're an experienced aviator and it got you... Imagine if it was some kid with a fraction of the experience. Side note... I think that might have been a 60G Nellis.
These are my favorite kinds of aviation videos. Steve "FlightChops" Thorne made his RUclips career eating humble pie for all to examine. Good on you for your integrity, sir, and this learning opportunity for both seasoned and novice aviators of all stripes.
It takes so much self discipline to go through something like that and just take a second to collect yourself once on the ground, then get right back up in the air. To go on from that and not just quietly delete the footage, but to post it to the whole world as a retrospective learning experience shows why you're both a fantastic pilot and still alive today. You recognized the mistake and recovered quickly. All around amazing. Keep up the amazing work.
A true aviator never stops learning, recognizing his mistakes and acknowledges he doesn’t know everything about everything. Respect for posting a self critical debrief and allowing others to learn from your experience. Tailwinds.
Stupid question maybe: When you were blocked by those parked planes and trucks, why wasn't it possible to just fly over them? Is there an inherent safety issue with doing that, or is it more about the rules of the airspace?
He'd have to land vertically on the other side of the jets if he took off and flew over them, which is apparently something tricky/dangerous. Obviously I'm not a pilot, this just what I understood from his commentary on other parts of the video about steep approaches and vortices.
I like that you and other RUclipsrs are doing these type of debriefs to show and explain just how easily a confluence of minor mistakes can quickly turn into a mishap. Seeing near-mishaps or actual mishaps progressing and then explaining the reasons has a much more visceral and lasting impact than just reading a mishap report or lessons learned. This type of video can help make general aviation safer.
Thank you for being honest about this event. How many of us would never admit we had made a mistake that could have killed us. Back to total attention, there are a lot us us appreciating your lessons.
This is such an interesting viewing experience - Mover "The fuckin man" Lemoine, a literal god in combat aircraft wanting help in a helicopter, now before any of you get your panties in a twist that was just funny tag line to get you hooked. My real point is, it's really interesting to see someone like him with his skillset and history seem almost concerned or unsure about what's going on but you put him in an F18 and no matter what happens I'm sure he has about 300 different ways to get out of that jam. Really interesting to watch the development of skills between such different aircraft and really puts into perspective that no matter your skill level, you always need to be learning and that applies anywhere, not just flight. Kickass video, glad I saw it.
This is a good example of how a pilot´s professionalism contributes to general aviation safety. Thank´s to Mover´s confidence in posting this, perhaps someone will learn from it and put it to good use. Others again will be inspired to have the same confidence in sharing their own mishaps. Speaks volumes to your integrity, man. Good recovery!
You're just like, "That was stupid". You're about as calm as me during a near death experience. Some people aren't that calm after almost killing themselves. 🤣
It’s hard to explain, but there isn’t really a panic during an emergency (or a that was stupid moment) just….. disappointment in yourself. Probably due to most pilots having a very type A personality. So that’s most of what you’ll actually hear.
Total respect from a previous R44 pilot. Thank you for posting and talking us through it. I miss my flying days, due to a serious medical issue I had out of the blue, was told I will never fly again while in the stroke ward of hospital as a 30 year old. Love the channel, all the best from New Zealand.
Lester is such an alpha, when will we get an interview? An old seargent used to say you learn more from mistakes that succeses. I enjoy these videos very much.
Thank you for the safety debrief! As an airplane pilot this story is actually quite relatable to me. Occasionally after a memorable bad landing I would find a CFI to gat my confidence back. … and that final approach was tight!
Thanks for the valuable lesson, Mover. I call that a "Don't fuckin' do that!" moment. We've all had 'em. Mine came at 140mph on a motorcycle. Woulda been just as messy.
My hundred mile an hour plus incident on a motorcycle came when I went from Lane number two to Lane number one, which normally wouldn't be a problem but Lane number two was concrete, Lane number one was asphalt and there was about a two to three inch lip that my front tire really didn't appreciate at the speed I was going, the steering started shaking so bad I thought it was going to throw me off but fortunately I just held on and slowed down and didn't get thrown off at 100 plus miles an hour which probably would have instantly ended my life. Three lessons I learned were one slow the f*** down, two don't race if you're not a racetrack and three steering dampeners are good
@@laprepper wobbles are scary, either power through them, or coast out of them... had one scary on myself induced from the same thing, a high lip on freshly paved road, I powered through because I was in a right turn.
The hardest part is admitting the mistake. I know it's got to be that much harder to admit it to the world. What matters is that you made it out alive and have posted it here for everyone to see and learn from. Although I'm not a pilot yet, things like this will always be in the back of my mind in training and beyond. Aviate, navigate, communicate. Standby is one of the most powerful words in aviation, yet I think I've only heard someone use it once in the hundreds of hours of aviation videos that I've watched. It's all too easy to think that you have to do something ATC tells you in that instant, but as PIC, you have every right to tell them to standby, complete your task and then get back to them.
Complete RESPECT for posting this debrief.
I completely agree. This is what I expect from someone as top shelf as Lemoine. Honesty, acknowledgement of mistakes, and OWNING those mistakes.
+1 we learn most from our mistakes
@@StevenLilley / we don't have enough with one life to make all mistakes can be made..
So this is why we have to humbly learn from eachother - Respect.
Amen. Anytime we can use an oops to help educate others shows humility and appreciation. Thank you!
Don’t think there’s a pilot alive who hasn’t said “well that was stupid” 👍
Ha I see what you did there, because the ones that don't are dead.
Hold my beer and watch this
Great video Mr.Lemoine you get better every day.
it's the same for motorcycles lol, always seems like a good idea till you realise how close you came to taking a trip down some tarmac sandpaper.
@@jtr549 It’s the complacency bro, happened to me while Cycling, got too comfortable riding with loose bolts and my handlebars came flipped forward when I tried to bunny hop over a curb 😅 ate the concrete sidewalk but lucky I have thick bones and I didn’t break anything 😭
It's like the NASCAR driver who gets killed pulling out of his driveway. Don't die in an R-44, dude. I'd miss your content.
that makes me think of michael schumacher …
That being said...if you want to go out in a blaze of glory riding the lightning in a Hornet or Viper, I'll understand.
Perhaps the way out of the driveway is a right turn.
@@craigh1790 waste of a perfectly good pilot + plane!
Look up how Francis Gary powers died.
Everyone needs a Lester in his Life. A slightly grumpy guy, that got the keys to everything and knows whats going on.
True! We all should have someone like Lester in our lives. Don't forget though, to some, YOU are the "Lester." Where I work, I'm always learning and there are people I go to for advice, but to the newer people, I'm one they go to for help and advice. I guess it's "have a Lester, be a Lester!"
I wonder if the Lester's of the world are becoming rarer as people may know less about how things work.
@@MongooseTacticool why do you say people know less about how things work?
Im kind of a Lester at work. Grumpy, but I’ll help you get out a pickle when you’re struggling. And usually it’s just reminding folks of the fundamentals and a presence of someone whose more experienced. Just like Lester did there. And he made sure to praise mover for doing a good job.
A license to fly is a license to learn. We should all strive to learn more every day. Fly safe out there y'all!
..SO true.
Yep, just about all of 'em, including marriage, here in the Uk, she keeps that one;)
Learning never ends
Well said.
And big appreciation for Mover having shown this. 👍
Mad respect for having the humility to show your faults, not a whole lot of people with a following do this sadly.
Aviation is a great equalizer..
Absolutely, Wade.
It’s extremely beneficial (especially to the less-experienced) to be candid about your errors. It’s also difficult to do; like you, I couldn’t appreciate the professionalism more.
It's what we should all do so that others can learn from _our_ event. It is what I used to do and it also reinforced the lesson for myself and 40 years later I still remember some of the experiences that I shared on Sunday nights at the aero club bar. I also picked up things that others shared too which I believe help add to my _bag of experience_ without depleting the _bag of luck._
Yeah, it's very respectable and a great learning presentation
It’s part of military aviation culture.
I think your candid self-evaluations are so powerful and will enable those of us with way less experience to be more honest with ourselves when we make mistakes - thank you
That's his military exposure paying off. Flying in the military forces you to be critically humble in front of your peers and today's video is proof positive.
Good job being very frank without pontificating or sounding like an arrogant ass (like some flight instructors). 👍
As a controller, I'd never try to pass info to an aircraft on short final, unless it's urgent. That could have waited.
I've been wanted to ask a controller, at what point in your education to you take "how to speak like an auctioneer" ?
That’s what I was thinking.
Mistakes are normally made when "routine" is involved....vs. high stress full concentration situations ! Usually everyone is harder on themselves.
The biggest mistake is getting in any Robinson. After 2 hours of lessons I swore I would never fly in one again.
@@hogsneverwinbiggames - For you alone, that's apparently true - that's a personal decision. Thanks-
complacency kills at every level of aviation
One random RUclips comment to make the day better
High-stress, full-concentration situations will naturally produce many more mistakes than routine situations, if we're measuring hour by hour or similar. Yes, you can be so relaxed that you stop paying attention, so it's better to be slightly task saturated to give your brain something to do. But when you're at the limits you are definitely going to miss things. It's just physics.
A typical person spends far more hours in routine situations than routine situations though, so you end up with more total mistakes made in routine situations, and might get the impression routine is more dangerous.
You've probably heard statistics like "you're more likely to crash your car within 10 miles of your house than outside that radius". Well, yes. You're also far more likely to be driving within 10 miles of your house. In practice, you're far less likely to make stupid mistakes near your house, because you know where all the lanes are, which way you're going etc., so you don't even have to think about that, leaving your attention for things like deer running across the road.
Likewise, the guy with 3000 hours on an airframe is far more familiar with basic stuff, and therefore less likely to make dumb mistakes. The guy who just got his first solo flight is busy trying to actively remember how to do a dozen things the experienced guy does from muscle memory. The veteran is more likely to make judgement calls he later regrets, while the noob is more likely to follow the guidance of the instructors which is on the safe side of things.
Your admission of errors to your thousands of subscribers shows how humble you are Mover. Your dedication to safety takes over for your pride. Learning from mistakes are priceless and save lives
(Bill from Slidell)
Took a pinch out of the luck bag and put it in the experience bag. Extreme ownership.
Omg this is a good... I wanna say proverb but I don't think that's the proper term... Anyways I'm going to remember this one in the future
As with the previous post, that really is a good quote Silicon...
Ok jocko
@Tom Gulbranson I like that... where does it come from? Never mind,,, I'll google it. 🥴👍
The fuller version is, you're born with a bag of luck and an empty bag of experience and the objective is to fill up the bag of experience before your bag of luck runs out.
As a private pilot (SEL, VFR, Fixed wing), I love the honesty and transparency. We can't learn, if we don't share... Thank You!
12:44 I've been in a tower when they were training a new controller and the instructor briefed them to wait for a departing aircraft to be at a couple of hundred feet before giving freq. changes. This might be teachable for the controller they can see you on approach, they could have waited.
This was my thought too. You're giving someone that is more or less on short final (most critical phase of flight) squak codes and frequencies. Do it earlier, or wait until they're on the deck.
Not ATCs responsibility. They don’t have to pay attention to stuff like that. All comes down to the PIC
Controllers are taught to avoid issuing instructions during critical phases of flight (landing, takeoff, rollout, etc.). So while yes the PIC is ultimately responsible, it’s bad practice by ATC to be issuing instructions to a landing aircraft like this.
@@flapppytappybird7923 Not my job is not a mentality that's great for aviation.
@@flapppytappybird7923 I mean their job is literally to provide separation. It's hard to say knowing where people are and what they're doing isn't their job. As CW said, he could/should have told them to standby, or waited until he was on the deck. Yeah, PIC is where the buck stops, but ATC is there to assist as well.
Back when I was a coach I'd tell my kids, "practice is about making your worst day better." The way you went about this, your worst day just got much better! Awesome debrief!
On the plus side you won't be making this mistake again in your life.
Glad you're ok man.
I'm sure every pilot knows those "that was stupid" moments (I had quite a few of them myself)... few can admit it happened to them.
Great video, thank you very much!
"Lessons Learned" says it all. Glad you cane through it all. No question...You'll be a better pilot for it.
like he isn't already the best pilot? :P
Great job owning your mistake, making the necessary correction and driving forward with a positive attitude. This is how you succeed in life. 👍
10/10 debrief. Keep it upright.
One of the greatest life, business, aviation lessons comes from the US Military Aviation Debriefs. A humbling and necessary process to insure that the lessons learned are revealed in an open and honest way. Blue Angels debrief the bleep out of their flights, they do so so hey don"t die. Thanks CW for the great lessons and honesty revealed in this one. The old adage Aviate, Navigate and Communicate never more true than here. Don't ever let ATC interrupt critical flight operations, they can wait your life is to important. What's the deal with blocking the hanger, that egress is the hangers right of way. Must be some deal between airport and Hanger owner. Nice steep landing, and calling Lester smart. Like the phrase 40 Million obstacle course, haaaa
25+ years as a firefighter "there is no routine call" debrief too live another day sir!
Thank you Steve.
I’ve been flying for a major airline for 30 years now, and I really appreciate your perspective.
Much like your experience, I’ve found that the most challenging bits of the job come at the most unexpected (and seemingly routine) times.
I have great respect for the self-critique and professional reflection in this video.
Don't trust the truss ! remember this from a firefighting documentary and relevant to me as having studied engineering, and of course statics ! Now how do you guys spot and identify the type of structure above you in all that smoke and distractions going on, let alone it's remaining integrity !
It's good to have friends like Lester.
Lester? Like from GTA V? LOL
@@FirestormX9 he even has the same body type
well, what I learned today is fly first, then worry about the other stuff.
Good debrief and glad things turned out well.
I've been reading through the comments looking for someone to say those three words. I like how you paraphrased it!
Always Aviate first, navigate second, communicate last as a priority
@@justinspirational
🤣 I knew somebody would say it
@@jerseyshoredroneservices225 not sure if you got the correct message I wrote (as I now see it had typos) but it's corrected now and it's what I was always trained to remember in flight school and this is a great and humble lesson for making sure that's always applied in actual practice
@@justinspirational
I understood what you meant the first time despite the typo. I knew somebody was going to say that and I was just waiting for it....
You're right it is absolutely the way to fly... aviate, navigate, communicate in that order.
Much respect.
I know nothing about helicopters other than what I’ve picked up from watching this series.
What I do understand is airmanship. I’m a former USAF pilot, now a captain at a major that I’ve flown for for 30 years; I’ve got 9 airliner type ratings and about 25,000 hours of total time. I don’t say this to be self-aggrandizing, I say it to establish perspective. In my career I’ve had colleagues die in airplane accidents, I’ve taught a lot of students in various capacities, and I realize…that I’ve made a lot of mistakes.
I’ve never intentionally done anything procedurally noncompliant or dangerous in my career, but when you look back sometimes you realize that you made mistakes you didn’t appreciate at the time because you were too inexperienced to understand they were mistakes.I congratulate you for posting an honest self-critique here. It’s hard to do, but is the sign of a true professional.
Like I said, I don’t know much about helicopters, but I do know a true pro, and my hat’s off to you for having the humility and professionalism to explain your errors so others (especially the less experienced) can learn from your mistakes.
Sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know: that can still kill you. I’m genuinely appreciative of this video.
Thanks again.
It's always great when someone with a lot of time and experience can own up to a mistake. Many kudos sir!. We are always learning.
First video I’ve seen of yours but so glad RUclips pushed it at me. I’m a 7yr R44 pilot but with only 200hrs. Although never been in a situation like this can totally relate to it and the instinctive decisions you made. Learnt some really valuable stuff so thank you for sharing, sincerely.
Respect for showing the tough with the good. That kind of humility is what helps keep good pilots (anything, really) alive. Glad you caught the drop in time and knew how to save yourself. Kudos to you for all the above. Respect also to Lester for being positive and supportive when you needed some help. And complimenting you on the nice flying in tough conditions. No hint of attitude about needing to step in for the assist. That's one good guy right there.
Love how Lester guards the controls and looks at everything. Old good habits never die.
Major respect for posting this. I've learned something today thanks to you.
I applaud your honesty in admitting a mistake. We all make then, but many would never admit them. I would fly with you at any time.
This why I would fly with Mover any day as a passenger. Admits to
his mistakes a puts it to learning and not doing it again.
@@gregorybentley5707 thats very wrong, 20 years in the industry
Agreed. He stopped the lessons early on due to helicopter maintenance.
Glad you're ok. Much respect for showing people how to be a real man, one that isn't afraid to admit his mistakes.
Thank you for sharing and being honest with us. We can learn allot from this
Well done sir
You definitely have my respect. As an observer (not a pilot) from an OH-6 airframe, you knew your limitations for the airframe you were flying and asked for help. Kudos to you brother.
Hi Mover. Lesson learned. You're still fresh. Don't punish yourself too hard. You're a fighter guy. Takes time to get proficient in a rotor.
Happy landings from Portugal.
Better to be hard on oneself and establish good habits from day one. If you don't take it seriously enough, later on you'll get sloppy again and risk making other mistakes.
Complete respect for posting this debrief? It’s so important to learn from our mistakes, no matter our level our experience or station in life. Thank you!
Its great to see the breakdown of this mistake and how you take it on the chin and learn from it. Great content as always!
Good video, been flying heli's 20 years, and still learning, I understand the pressure your in, lots of things going on.
Was great of you to share, thing I will mention, it does get easier, but always respect the weather, (Killed to many of my friends in heli's)
You hit the nail on the head mentioning all the things that lead to an incident, and your comment about packing up for the day is a sound point.
And remember your in a heli, just land the bloody thing and wait, people will forget that, but not the time you have an incident.
R44 perfect machine to learn in, but so much more fun in an A Star .....
Enjoy, and thanks for the vid's
Fly safe....
I live and work in Lafayette, and as a motorcycle pilot I can confirm the amount of thunderstorms here recently is to damn high!
If you could send some our way (UK) that would be great! Lol
@@gargoylesplinth867 Arizona(Phoenix), too!
Ill jump on the band wagon and say send some to norcal as well
Former Navy Huey gunship pilot - it only takes a second doesn't it
34:10 - “You see that? A fucking obstacle course of $30 million” 😂😂😂
I came to say that; that's a great line!
I almost lost my life on take off because I skipped checking my seat lock in pre-flight / run up. About 300' in the air my seat clicked all the way back to almost the damn back seat. I had to use my foot to push the yoke forward and use a down pitch attitude to rectify my seats position but ended up getting so close and locked into position that i had no room to pull back very far on the yoke. I'm here to tell you all about it because by the grace of God. I did not panic. I was too mad to panic. Check your damn seat locks y'all. No way for a pilot to die. Now that was stupid. What you did was encounter a learning curve, and did very well coming to terms with it. Any ways, I wasn't trying to dominate ignorance with pure stupidity. thank you for your share, i took notes.
We need Lester in the comments...
Seriously, thanks for sharing this video. Keep up the good work!
nice and honest debrief. If I may - what always helped me a lot - when landing, transitioning to hover and touchdown, your sight is wrong - check any spot across the windshield - to your left side, approx 50-100ft away, fix on that with your sight and keep your cyclic steady - use your pedals only. Once you look too close or straight, you're forced by brain to move your cyclic and it's getting even worse. After few hundreds heli hours I don't care, but this helped me a lot in my beginnings.
Learning is always compressed after a HOLY CRAP moment. Great debrief.
I joined the military in 1991. I took the anthrax vaccine and the next year was diagnosed with type 1 iddm(yes, studies showed it could happen) I can't become a pilot but I live it vicariously through you guys. Thanks for all you do.
TOTAL CONCENTRATION on your face with Lester in the judges seat and a SWEET landing.
I waited until I had time to sit & give this video the full attention it deserved and I'm so glad I did - absolute respect & kudos Mover for not only putting this full breakdown out there of what led up to & happened with the mistake, but for owning the whole thing from start to finish. It would be easy to just show the few minutes of the mistake & leave it there, but to debrief the thought process on either side is incredibly valuable to the non-pilots as well - people tend to forget about the mental process that a person puts themselves through in those minutes & hours after making a mistake with potentially drastic outcomes, and how that time is _equally important_ to ensure future success. Sometimes it's best to shake it off & continue, others it's best to stop for the day & take the time to process what you did - but the learning from a mistake doesn't stop right after it's been made. Thanks Mover 😎👍
Lester was flying with no headset. That's what got you into trouble the first place! He's the man!
Tons of respect for ya dude. Takes a lot to not only own up to mistakes and to learn from them, but to then publish them publicly as teachable moments.
And those are the mistakes that you'll likely never make again.
Keep it up Mover.
This was probably the most riveted I've been watching the helo vlog. There was so much going on in this video, it felt like a movie. And in the end, Lester makes a cameo. This was top notch. Glad everything worked out 🚁
I'm glad you're here to tell the tale and also glad you brushed it off and continued!
Kudos Mover, for putting this out there. Integrity shines, while providing a valuable lesson. Great channel.
We started about the same time with helicopters, I flew a Cabri and now an R44 as well, licensed since last November. At the moment I fly Cirrus SR20 and told everyone in my home airport tower and the instructors if I in the Cirrus ever announce to turn final to the Helipad direction 26 they should wake me up. It is absolutely true that mixing fixed wings with the much lower workload flying the machine itself and Helicopters requires special attention. I am just glad the stick and pilot seats are on the other side, that helps reminding you where you are. Glad you caught it in time and learned from it. Thanks for sharing! The helicopter advantage is clearly: from going below 30kt on approach in the fixed wing you won't walk away. Always keep the blue side up!
i love some debrief on these episodes, whether the flight was smooth as butter or not, glad you're ok!
Not just owning the mistakes and geting better but sharing for someone else to learn from. Nothing but respect for that.
The reposition was far more stressful visually to watch, but I'm sure the settling error was far more stressful as the PIC. Well done, and glad it worked out the best way possible. Lessons pave the way to success.
You cannot live long enough to make all the mistakes. Outstanding airmanship owning the lesson and then sharing so others can learn the lesson without having to experience it. Total Respect.
Lester coming in hot like a bat out of hell to save the day God bless him.
Has your six....lol👍👍👍
Mad respect for being so up front about your mistakes and challenges. It shows that even the best aviators still brush up against the unexpected from time to time. Being able to face it head on, to keep a cool head, and make good decisions is a skill that can only be built through humility, honest self-critique, and a willingness to learn. Too many accidents occur from overconfidence!
Lester flew with you without his helmet, a major complement of your skills!
Great video. I admire you for having the discipline to evaluate what happened, take stock, and learn from it. And major thanks for sharing your lessons learned with the rest of us. Controllers aren't always aware of when the high workload moments are, especially when single pilot, so as you said, it's up to us to manage our workload.
Some times we just have to call for help, good job. Smoothest landing yet the last one there.
Absolutely!
Call the SOF, call your IP, call ATC…whoever you need to stay safe, it’s your call as PIC. CRM doesn’t necessarily imply the resource you need is in the cockpit/flight deck with you.
Great job being candid; these kind of lessons are how aviation safety is achieved bit by bit.
I agree, very much respect for your honest debrief. It’s all about checking the ego, acknowledging mistakes, and trying to learn from them. Appreciate this video!
"YOU SEE THAT?! Fuckin obstacle course of $30,000,000" 😂😂😂 Well put!
Had me in stitches! :D
Love your modesty and the fact that even with all your experience you can admit you made a mistake and are still learning
"Когда уверен, что можешь с вертолетом на "Ты" - самое время перейти на "Вы" ("Вы сэр")". Yes, Mover, red comrades are watching you😎Be careful and fly safe
Another fantastic vlog and full respect to you for sharing the good and the bad. That landing at the end was definitely very good. Loved the extra chat and insight provided in this one. Also great to see a impromptu Lester appearance.
Yeah, I personally wouldn't take my hands off during an approach. However... In all fairness, tower guy should know you don't give a change to a student heli on short app. That's really dumb. You're an experienced aviator and it got you... Imagine if it was some kid with a fraction of the experience. Side note... I think that might have been a 60G Nellis.
These are my favorite kinds of aviation videos. Steve "FlightChops" Thorne made his RUclips career eating humble pie for all to examine. Good on you for your integrity, sir, and this learning opportunity for both seasoned and novice aviators of all stripes.
Know yourself, seek self improvement. Glad you made it back to fly another day.
It takes so much self discipline to go through something like that and just take a second to collect yourself once on the ground, then get right back up in the air. To go on from that and not just quietly delete the footage, but to post it to the whole world as a retrospective learning experience shows why you're both a fantastic pilot and still alive today. You recognized the mistake and recovered quickly.
All around amazing. Keep up the amazing work.
Just like in GTA when things get hot, call Lester
LMAO was thinking the same
That's a lot of experience you received for you 3rd solo. Great learning. Well done, even with your mistakes. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for sharing your experiences.
A true aviator never stops learning, recognizing his mistakes and acknowledges he doesn’t know everything about everything. Respect for posting a self critical debrief and allowing others to learn from your experience. Tailwinds.
Stupid question maybe: When you were blocked by those parked planes and trucks, why wasn't it possible to just fly over them? Is there an inherent safety issue with doing that, or is it more about the rules of the airspace?
He'd have to land vertically on the other side of the jets if he took off and flew over them, which is apparently something tricky/dangerous. Obviously I'm not a pilot, this just what I understood from his commentary on other parts of the video about steep approaches and vortices.
Bro, respect for uploading this, there is life lessons here not just for pilots.
"I need you to get in, there are too many expensive toys!"
Best statement of the video lol
I like that you and other RUclipsrs are doing these type of debriefs to show and explain just how easily a confluence of minor mistakes can quickly turn into a mishap. Seeing near-mishaps or actual mishaps progressing and then explaining the reasons has a much more visceral and lasting impact than just reading a mishap report or lessons learned. This type of video can help make general aviation safer.
Is this possibly a result of no longer sharing the work load with your trainer and actually part of a normal transition (mentally) to solo flight?
Probably, most mistakes can be broken down into that. The big thing is he is experienced enough to recognize and diagnose the mistake.
Thank you for being honest about this event. How many of us would never admit we had made a mistake that could have killed us. Back to total attention, there are a lot us us appreciating your lessons.
Takes a big man to acknowledged he made a mistake, thats how we learn. Only a crazy person doubles down,
then ends up dead.
huge HUGE respect for doing a full debrief on your flight, CUDOS to you!
I bet you'll be quicker on the "standby" going forward
Serious props to you for being humble enough to share this as a lesson to others.
Given your character this post may save someone else's life and yours. Kudos!
This is such an interesting viewing experience - Mover "The fuckin man" Lemoine, a literal god in combat aircraft wanting help in a helicopter, now before any of you get your panties in a twist that was just funny tag line to get you hooked. My real point is, it's really interesting to see someone like him with his skillset and history seem almost concerned or unsure about what's going on but you put him in an F18 and no matter what happens I'm sure he has about 300 different ways to get out of that jam. Really interesting to watch the development of skills between such different aircraft and really puts into perspective that no matter your skill level, you always need to be learning and that applies anywhere, not just flight. Kickass video, glad I saw it.
This is a good example of how a pilot´s professionalism contributes to general aviation safety. Thank´s to Mover´s confidence in posting this, perhaps someone will learn from it and put it to good use. Others again will be inspired to have the same confidence in sharing their own mishaps. Speaks volumes to your integrity, man.
Good recovery!
You're just like, "That was stupid". You're about as calm as me during a near death experience. Some people aren't that calm after almost killing themselves. 🤣
It’s hard to explain, but there isn’t really a panic during an emergency (or a that was stupid moment) just….. disappointment in yourself. Probably due to most pilots having a very type A personality. So that’s most of what you’ll actually hear.
Total respect from a previous R44 pilot. Thank you for posting and talking us through it. I miss my flying days, due to a serious medical issue I had out of the blue, was told I will never fly again while in the stroke ward of hospital as a 30 year old. Love the channel, all the best from New Zealand.
Lester is such an alpha, when will we get an interview?
An old seargent used to say you learn more from mistakes that succeses. I enjoy these videos very much.
😂 such an alpha? What does that even mean
@@paulk11227 that mean he's sleep 3 second a week
@@paulk11227 It means ge is a better man than you.
Thank you for the safety debrief! As an airplane pilot this story is actually quite relatable to me. Occasionally after a memorable bad landing I would find a CFI to gat my confidence back. … and that final approach was tight!
Thanks for the valuable lesson, Mover. I call that a "Don't fuckin' do that!" moment. We've all had 'em. Mine came at 140mph on a motorcycle. Woulda been just as messy.
My hundred mile an hour plus incident on a motorcycle came when I went from Lane number two to Lane number one, which normally wouldn't be a problem but Lane number two was concrete, Lane number one was asphalt and there was about a two to three inch lip that my front tire really didn't appreciate at the speed I was going, the steering started shaking so bad I thought it was going to throw me off but fortunately I just held on and slowed down and didn't get thrown off at 100 plus miles an hour which probably would have instantly ended my life. Three lessons I learned were one slow the f*** down, two don't race if you're not a racetrack and three steering dampeners are good
@@laprepper wobbles are scary, either power through them, or coast out of them... had one scary on myself induced from the same thing, a high lip on freshly paved road, I powered through because I was in a right turn.
Awesome job! One heck of an aviator. We grow when we own our mistakes.
Damn glad you are OK.
Love the humility and self-insight you show in this debrief. New subscriber and glad you made it through this one.
Glad you recovered and have the insight to objectively evaluate your own performance.
The hardest part is admitting the mistake. I know it's got to be that much harder to admit it to the world. What matters is that you made it out alive and have posted it here for everyone to see and learn from.
Although I'm not a pilot yet, things like this will always be in the back of my mind in training and beyond. Aviate, navigate, communicate. Standby is one of the most powerful words in aviation, yet I think I've only heard someone use it once in the hundreds of hours of aviation videos that I've watched. It's all too easy to think that you have to do something ATC tells you in that instant, but as PIC, you have every right to tell them to standby, complete your task and then get back to them.
The cafe looks pretty swish for a small regional airport.
Got to get that $100 hamburger right 🤣😂