The lone survivor managed to stay alive on melted snow and insects for about a week before the Civil Air Patrol spotted him in a steep canyon. Our helo was called to rescue the survivor, and once on the scene, we lowered our crewmen about 100 feet down to the crash site. But before we could hoist the survivor aboard the helo , he had one request.
On our fourth day at sea, the drones were launched. Our first helo went after the first drone, and I took off in the second helo to get the second drone. We recovered it and returned it to the USS Vancouver, and then launched to await airborne for the next target.
So I go, “Okay. No themes.” And yet in the first episode that I did, I wrote this little thing when, when Boomer and Helo are down on the planet I had this little thing, I remember it— I’m not gonna win any awards for that, but it’s a little germ of an idea that I used whenever Helo and Boomer were on,
She had Madhur Jaffrey's "India." She had Ken Hom. She had Anissa Helou's "Lebanese Cooking," and obviously, like, Delia Smith, Nigella Lawson-- all the classics. And back then, the recipe books weren't so picture heavy.
So with that, I'd love to introduce Anissa Helou by reading her bio. So Anissa Helou is a chef, food writer, journalist, broadcaster, consultant, and blogger, focusing on the cuisine and culinary heritage of the Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa, and most recently, the Islamic world.
helicopter. And this is a photo of an H-46 flying over the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge. An H-46 is a pretty big helo , almost 46 feet nose to tail, and over 84 feet long including both rotor arcs. It carried 22 people or a 3,500 pound external load and its maximum gross takeoff weight was 22,000 pounds.
On one of my recoveries, the drone harness did not sit properly and the drone began flying back and forth at the end of the pendant under the helo . That's a very dangerous situation, of course, and we had to release it.
It seemed like no one was watching anything and the nearest people in the chain of command, up the way, were nowhere to be found. I was assigned to the operations department as a helo pilot where our primary missions were search and rescue and weapons test and evaluation support. The latter involved primarily target drone recovery from the Pacific Ocean off of Point Mugu in Southern California.
Our helo was called to rescue the survivor, and once on the scene, we lowered our crewmen about 100 feet down to the crash site. But before we could hoist the survivor aboard the helo , he had one request. He had broken both of his wrists in the crash, but had managed to unzip his pants to relieve himself, and now he needed our crewman help to zip up his pants.
Finally, to our great relief, the two pilots popped out of the cockpit from the starboard emergency exit. We hoisted all five crew members into our helo and returned them to the ship. After relaunching to recover several more targets, we were finally finished for the day.
of a Catholic liberal arts education, so I knew about Peter Abelard from early day. But I had a chance to get reacquainted with him when HP bought Compaq, because they had code names. HP was called Heloise. . And Compaq was called Abelard. It was unfortunate. And it was entirely Michael Capellas' own doing for not Googling Peter Abelard to realize that Carly Fiorina who, of course, was the classic scholar knew the history completely
We recovered it and returned it to the USS Vancouver, and then launched to await airborne for the next target. Unbeknownst to us, our first helo was having problems recovering their drone, which had partially sunk. We hadn't heard them on the radios for quite a while, so we climbed to try and raise them or at least to see them visually.
We circled helplessly while they tried to take off with only one of their two engines working. We watched as all three air crewmen exited out the back of the downed helo . The rotors stopped turning when the remaining engine was shut down, and the helo rolled on his side and began to sink.
of the history of western universities. So Peter Abelard was an 11th century French monk. And he's mainly known for his unfortunate love affair with a woman named Heloise. It ended badly for both of them. That's how most people know about Peter Abelard. I'm the product of a Catholic liberal arts education, so I knew about Peter Abelard from early day. But I had a chance to get reacquainted with him when HP bought Compaq, because they had code
We were not allowed in jets because of the Federal statutes in place at the time that prohibited women flying in combat aircraft, and all jets were considered combat. I really had no preference and thought helo sounded like a lot of fun, but my friend, Rosemary, had no intention of letting the Navy assign her to helicopters. She was the first woman to get a bachelor's degree in aviation technology from Purdue University, and her sights were set on jets.
We watched as all three air crewmen exited out the back of the downed helo . The rotors stopped turning when the remaining engine was shut down, and the helo rolled on his side and began to sink. Finally, to our great relief, the two pilots popped out of the cockpit from the starboard emergency exit.
We hoisted all five crew members into our helo and returned them to the ship. He told me he had been watching our flight operations on the signal bridge when the helo went down.
We hoisted all five crew members into our helo and returned them to the ship. Apparently there had been some spirited wagering among the crew concerning whether it had been me who crashed the helo .
We hoisted all five crew members into our helo and returned them to the ship. I went on to fly pretty much nonstop during the next two days since the two pilots from the downed helo were not allowed to fly until the accident investigation was
And so by about the, so now at the end of season one in episode ten which is called “The hand of God”, I was spotting with, with one of the producers and there is a scene there where Helo and Boomer are hiding out— there is this whole story line throughout that season— and every episode I’m playing a little Boomer theme.
My reception in the squadron was very good. They already had enlisted women assigned and some were even in the maintenance department repairing the helos . There was also one other female officer who worked in the administration department.
I've been at Google for a bit over seven years now. And I'm super excited to be moderating this chat with the one and only Anissa Helou. So I'll spend the first half of the talk chatting with Anissa and asking her a few questions.
So feel free to use the YouTube live chat feature that we have. So with that, I'd love to introduce Anissa Helou by reading her bio. So Anissa Helou is a chef, food writer, journalist, broadcaster, consultant, and blogger, focusing on the cuisine and culinary heritage of the Middle
when Boomer and Helo are down on the planet I had this little thing, I remember it— I’m not gonna win any awards for that, but it’s a little germ of an idea that I used whenever Helo and Boomer were on, were on Caprica. And then in the second episode we went back to Caprica to follow that story line more and I thought,