Short YouTube video/transcript from Kenny Keller and Heather offering a quick tip called “mic fright” (fear of using the radio push-to-talk). They normalize nervousness, give radio-call guidance (be short, plan your call: who/where/what), demonstrate a concise example radio call for a helicopter traffic pattern, and promote HelicopterGround memberships (50% off July 4 sale with code JULY50) and contact information.
You want to do Mike Bright, do some. The scary push to talk switch. Yes, Something quick.
Mike fright. The scary push to talk button. Brian just brought that up today. Kenny and Heather here with another tip. Operations manager Brian Rutledge brought up a guy who was having a real problem with the radio and he said that's always a good topic to bring up. So we like the title Mike Br. I never heard that before. Mike fright.
Mike fright.
The scary push to talk button. We've all been there in the beginning. And I'll even say I came into helicopters after being in law enforcement, fire department, towing service, years of radio experience, I start learning to fly a helicopter. I can't talk on the radio to save my butt. Why? Because I'm learning this new complicated skill. I talked on radios for years before I ever start flying. Why couldn't I talk on the helicopter radio? And I would learn some good things from Vietnam. Air pilot. Early on with my first CFI job, he said, hey, it's not the almighty tower God. He's just a guy up there that puts his pants on every day or a girl every day like any of the rest of us. They're normal people. Just talk to him. Be confident on the radio. You'll be surprised at how much easier it will get when you start just talking. And you want to be short. You want to be concise. You don't want to be like Billy Bob going, hey, you guys going down to the fish fry Friday night? Yeah, me and my wife are going to head down there. Don't do that. Don't be that guy. Short, sweet, to the point. Think about what you're going to say, how you're going to say it before you ever start talking. And it's really pretty easy, I know it sounds when you say that, right? Who you are, where you are and what are you going to do that gets you through almost any single radio call. We do have radio communication. Course it's free, but it's also goes in with any of our memberships, so I forget where we're at. Do we even talk about the sale yet?
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50%. We hardly ever do that.
Rarely have we. We've done it a few times, not many, but we decided the price of everything's went up. Prices are going crazy. You're paying more for everything else. Gas, fuel, helicopter time, instructor time. Everything's went up in the whole entire world. So what we do, we slashed it by 50% or 10 day sell. Get in before it's gone. Links down below. And to wrap up. Mike, was it? Mike Bright.
Mike Bright.
Mike Bright. Scared of the mic, that scary push to talk button. You got to get out there, start doing it and don't feel bad if you're nervous. We were all there, everybody's been there. The more you do it, the more practice you get, the better you will get. Remember, short, sweet, to the point. Think about what you're going to say before you say it. And who you are, where you are and what do you want to do. Who you are, where you are and what you want to do. It works for almost every single radio call.
Did you want to give us an example?
Give you an example? Like. How are you talking about? Oh, sure, I'll give you an example. I'll do a little go around here. I was headed in for the Runway.
Yeah.
I make two calls into one call on a base and final. A lot of people call base leg. A lot of people call final. Heather, if you would reach down there and switch that button for me again, one little arrows. Yep. I turn it into two calls to make it short, sweet, to the point. So instead of having to key up and talk twice, I do it once. I'm gonna come around here and set up a base to final. Then I'm gonna make one radio sweet to the point. Not much to it. I'm getting ready to turn my base now. So I'm thinking ahead, where am I, who am I and what I want to do? So here we go. Warsaw traffic, helicopter 69 hotel, right face, turning final for Runway 18. Warsaw. And there you go, one simple call. Instead of making two calls, I made it one call, short, sweet, to the point. Who am I? Where am I now? Am I going to do. Yeah, that's it. All right. We'll come back tomorrow for the next helicopter training tip.
See you then.
See you then. Peace out.
All right, cool.
How Many is that?
So, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
