Cherry Drying with a Helicopter (again)
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- A GoPro video with cockpit/radio audio from the beginning of a 2-hour cherry drying flight. Get an insiders look at what it's like to be a cherry drying pilot in Washington state.
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Just when you think you've heard of all the possible jobs in the world, you learn of this, drying trees with a helicopter. Nice flying.
Why do cherries need to be dried? Are they the only crop that cannot tolerate rainwater?
gluino because ripened cherries need to be dried immediately after rainfall because if not they will soak up the water, split and can’t be picked. That’s why cherries are so damn expensive.
@@keepsitg9765 So how did they market cherries in the days before helicopters?
@@shubeedoo - My best guess is that in those days, people were fine with eating a split cherry or two. It's only nowadays that people need their food looking perfect.
@@MyFavoriteDisease - I'm fine with split cherries 🍒 if that would make them cheaper and more available year round.
Funny, none of my cherries have ever said "helicopter dried" on the package
That's because the helicopter was not organic, so they purposely leave that out.
@DEWEY HILGER: Yeah, the price tells you.
@@lightspeed72 that's why its imperative that Elon Musk
Abandon these silly thoughts about going to Mars and develop some kind of an electric Cherry dryer vehicle the lower the cost we could go Cherryless what with rising sea levels and global warming. We need to keep these babies dry and cool 9r the poor chocolate coverers could lose their industry....
@@327mill most pilots, no. This pilot.....most DEFINITELY.
@@KutWrite the loss to birds costs more than the whirly birds.
Back in the 80's when I lived near Phoenix, AZ they had a Phoenix Open golf tournament and they had a very cold morning so used a helicopter to hover over the greens to dry them out...First time I'd ever heard about using a helicopter to dry something out and now I see another example..thanks for the video...
I like the different camera angle that allows you to see the controls and out the side window. Beautiful scenery.
as a person who is kind of squeamish about heights this is very spooky for me but in the same token very satisfying to see new ways of farmers trying to keep their orchards running..i don't know if farmer is the right word or not but essentially that's what they are when they are growing produce...i hope you are getting paid well as i know fuel isn't cheap...you are a ace pilot around the lines and trees and different odd and end garbage in the rows...good job with that bird
I have three cherry trees and I use my wife's hairdryer to dry our cherries. Your system is better. Thanks.
No better reason to buy a drone
@@PuneetRane hahaha thats like a super tiny fan, doubt it works
What interesting work, and what a magnificent landscape to fly in!
I had no idea this was a job. I wouldn't have guessed rain would make cherries swell and split. Thank you for sharing and doing this important job.
Never knew there was such a thing as cherry drying helos, but hats off to the precision and skill!
Just started in the R44 and I have to say you have fantastic hovering skills. I had no idea cherries required this level of care. Very well done video. Thanks for posting!
btw water on cherrie fruits causes them to expand and break outside structure and mildew can also form.
VUTZARCO Thanks for the info. I just kept reading hoping l would find out, then l came to yours! I thought perhaps it was mold related, and now l know for sure! Thank youl. Lol🌈🍒🍒
My wife's uncle is a retired crop duster pilot. Flew in Eastern Montana and in and around Othello WA.
Those wires are bad news for any pilot. He cut through one once and got lucky he kept on flying.
Helicopter pilots are always cool. Thanks for sharing!
Interesting. Never would have thought of using a helicopter as a blow dryer. You seem like a very experienced pilot.
11:20 you say "not exciting stuff", but here I am watching LOL. Very cool!!
Our airport has telephone wires off the approach end of the less-used (shorter) runway. Large bright orange plastic balls make the wires impossible to miss (miss seeing I mean- ed.) from the air. The cost to the city is negligible so wondering if a letter to the power co. might be a worthwhile investment. Just a thought. Safety is no accident (FAA quote). Nice vid. Enjoyed the ride!
This footage is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING...!!!!
Wow!
I never knew helicopters were used to dry cherry's! Very interesting!
Dang thats an amazing view in that cockpit or seat!
Id have to say that I've never wanted to live or do what anyone else does than you! Awesome way to live a life.
Wow...really feels great to fly inside a chopper...i once had a chance to be in a co-pilots seat in a bulkow used by a hydro-power transmission to install transmission lines into towers...it was just a 15 minute flite from the company hangar to an airport...you look so cool and great in that pilots seat...thanks for the video...just remembered my experience...:-)
It's a wonderful way to fly and the tour through the countryside too, very nice video, Thanks
I love your video. Wish you would start the video with a picture of the helo. I was an Aircraft Controller in the Navy for 20 years from 1954 to 1974. Great job. can't stay away from aircraft at 83 years old.
Got here after I watched you flying home from taco night at penny’s. Don’t know how I got to that video but I’ve got to tell you this cherry drying job is a career I had no idea existed . So then I had to research how & why.think I’ll go buy some cherries tomorrow ..
you learn something everyday, didn't know this was a job, thanks for explaining, makes complete sense after seeing it
All of us on the ground have often wondered...now we know! Thanks Flying M.
that control stick is awesome! love it!
The control stick is called the cyclic and the 1 in the centre called the collective, you got to love heli’s
True Story: Wealthy guy's son played baseball for a private school in Central Alabama. It rained. He wanted to see his son play ball but the field was too wet. They were gonna call the game off. He paid his pilot to hover over the ball field to dry it so the kid could play that evening. It dried. No idea how much that game cost him.
Everything...
Alabama Woodsman LOL
Probably around $800-$1400 as that's how much is cost per acre to dry cherries. A lot of money sure but nothing to a rich person.
There is a guy who owns a gasoline station and wants to play tennis after the rain. He pourd gallons of gasoline and blam. Instant Dry clay court. 😆
Great flying skills maintaining rotor clearance.
I did frost control over orange and avocado orchards in SoCal for years, but that was always at night. This looks like a lot easier in the daytime! I quit when I started having nightmares about power lines hanging vertically out of the clouds :)
I did something similar in South Florida. When the frost hit we would hover over the orchards and other crops to keep the frost from forming.
I'm not really an aviation buff, but this is really cool.
Md500 fan here from nz..Great flying ..love the footage
The camera views are incredible. Almost does not look real( I know it is). You flying that low to the trees makes me have a lot more respect for helicopter pilots. What an incredible skill.
I'm glad I was high for this.
Glad you understand what this is about.
You say it's not rocket science, but that's some skills and composure there! I had no idea drying cherries was a thing. Awesome piloting!
Awesome Maria...I just heard your interview on the Flightradar24 podcast that I listen to. And when you mentioned the ride from home to airport..I remembered that video...so I came over and subscribed..it's really a great channel...so interesting..especially for those of us trapped inside...thanks a bunch...
Great video, Maria! Now I know what cherry drying is all about. Thanks for the insight! Mike.
Enjoyed the ride along! Retired Army helicopter pilot, Vietnam with 26 years Army helicopter pilot... Thanks
Thank you. It is good to be able joining you as remote passenger
Fascinating precision flying
You make it look easy. I enjoyed the take off as much as anything else. Your day must be like: Get up, have coffee, put on pilots outfit for the day (what will I wear what WILL I where), step out the front door and into the whirley bird (which has a name you call it), and into the sky. Awesome.
Nice view. So relaxing
To see how smooth the flight was from the back seat was such a joy on the proceeding video ...One,smooth flier.
Man this chick is cool, calm , and collect. What a pilot!!
Very enjoyable. I'm a retired tour-bus driver from Vancouver, BC and a private pilot/wish I could afford a helicopter ppl. I've taken many a tour group from Vancouver through Leavenworth and Wenatchee. I've been studying the art of helicopter flying for a few years now and marvel at the skills you have as a rotor-wing pilot. I was wondering about the requirements\ if any, regarding the wearing of a pilot-helmet. Over the years I've noticed that the helicopter tours I've been on, the pilot always wore a flight-helmet. Is this not a requirement in the USA? Running your own business, doing what you love, is a challenge every day, I'm sure. still, living the dream I'm sure.
what a fascinating watch!
what is so amazing is the amount of glass that you are riding in!!!
So, this video answered my question from another one. What a beautiful place to live and work! Thanks for sharing the experience.
You are super talented, intelligent, and cool
Aw, shucks.....
Job security, everyone needs cherries for their sundaes and it always raining in Washington State, very professional flying good job
Ah, these aren't cherries for sundaes. You don't want to know where THOSE come from. Let's just say I won't eat them anymore. Ick.
Add a couple of cameras under there. Awesome views, don't forget about where you are and what you're doing because that's a great job you have there. Enjoy it everyday !!!
Very interesting, I did not know the cherry trees had to be dried in Washington state! Thanks!
That was a pretty good play-by-play of why you're doing it the way you're doing it.
What a beautiful view!
Enjoyable seeing the aircraft put to productive work. Nicely done.
That's some wonderful terrain to be flying around. Aside from the river valley, it's all flat prairie around here for at least a couple hundred kilometres.
What an awesome gig! Thanks for sharing. This Louisiana boy has never seen this done before.
I've never heard of Cherry Drying. Thank you for sharing
Living the dream. Wish I would have done that decades ago. Good video.
I can tell it is a really glamorous job. You got to love aviation bucause you will never get rich. Thanks for the great videos. Stay safe...Ray in Fresno,ca
Just found your channel! Though I fly fixed wing, this is so amazing to watch!
Your video is AWESOME!!!! Would you mind me asking what kind of pay you get for doing something that specialized?
I think it's exciting any time you get the chance to fly, awesome job. Thanks for sharing!
This is pretty cool. Looks like fun. I never helicopters were used for this.
Thanks for the vid. I love the position of the camera as the view is great plus I get to watch you on the controls. The moments of concentration that show throiugh your facial expressions is great. Keep making content please!
I grew up in Calif. and have been around cherry orchards, and have never heard of cherry drying with a helicopter - probably because it generally doesn't rain here around picking time.
That's a pretty badass business youve got there. Good for you.
1. I didn't know cherry drying was a thing, or needed. 2. You're a great multi Tasker and quite talented.
I had never seen anything like this, so yeah "still awake" funny because I had only intended to watch a couple of minutes.
Brilliant panoramic camera view.
Great job multi-tasking! I appreciate the insight gained by watching your work! Somewhat similar flying as that by UH 1 pilots in Vietnam. Helo pilots all rock!
Wow, add this to another amazing use for a heli.
you learn something new every day.
I love you tube. This is one of those jobs NO ONE, outside of the industry, knows about.
Except everyone who lives near cherry orchards,, presumably.
such a smooth pilot!
I hear that yearly it costs several of thousands dollars to maintain a helicopter. Awesome video.
Awesome -- thanks for sharing. Didn't know this was done. I grow hay in Kentucky -- wish you could "dry" it.
Incredible control. Very impressive
Nothing exiting hahaha that was brilliant , great flying ...and talking us through how and why you fly sideways and showing obstacles , loved every minute of it i started lessons in a robinson R22s absolutely loved flying them fantastic little helicopters , but then i also got to fly a bell jet ranger the difference in power and flight was astonishing , sadly i only got to do 9hrs and couldnt get a loan to he oart of the commercial team ...butvit was fun 😁🙂🙏
You casually taking off from you're front door.. probably the coolest things I have seen lol
incredible interesting what one can do with a helicopter and a great pilot
Your so talented....wow....
I enjoy driving, still, even after 30 years. I can't imagine not being thrilled about even hovering over trees in a helicopter! :)
Cherry drying like in 1827!The cherry trees must be happy.
Makes it look so easy
Here from AVGeek podcast... great interview. Looking forward to watching the videos.
Haha I knew this seemed familiar
Very unique video iv never seen anything like this. So you're just flying over top of the cherry tree to blow over the water so they can pick that day I take it. Very Cool video. Thank you.
I like your side shot. What a cool job .
Nice work. I had no idea that cherry drying was necessary. You learn something new every day.
good to keep this in mind when paying for the product i love cherries
Very cool. Makes me miss eastern WA.
Wow what a cool gig. I never knew about this.
Fantastic. You make that look like riding a bike. Awesome.
I could watch this all day. Fascinating stuff.
Excellent visibility
Wow, that's a rough life, having to fly a helicopter out of your own driveway flying around, drying out cherry tress. But hey! You know what they say "Somebody has got to do it"
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Great video! Many thanks. Stay safe.