Doctor Heli, Burrs, and...
I went for a walk with my dog along the river in the next town over, with my eldest daughter.
A doctor helicopter was parked there. It seemed they were in the middle of training and were about to take off. Wow, what a rare chance to see a helicopter take off from this close!
When I asked my daughter walking with me, 'Should we hijack it?', she gave me a cold reply: 'Seriously, stop.' I continued, 'Let's hijack it and go to America!', but she gave me a realistic answer: 'We'd crash on the way, wouldn't we?'
She was clearly embarrassed by me, as I was obviously excited and acting silly.
The grass on the ground rippled outward in a radial pattern centered on the helicopter.
When I asked with a smile, 'Hey, I wonder if it can fire missiles?', my daughter completely entered ignore mode.
Once it lifted a few meters, the rustling of the grass stopped.
I wonder what the ground looks like from up there.
By the way, I wonder how far a helicopter can fly. I got curious and looked it up.
It depends on the model, but for a machine like the 'Eurocopter EC135 P2i', it gets about 1 km per liter. The tank holds 663L, and the cruising range is 635 km. This is when fully loaded, so it might be slightly better sometimes.
From Kanagawa, Hiroshima is just about that distance. Since the speed of a doctor helicopter seems to be around 200 km/h, I could go see Gakky in just 3 hours.
I want to eat a lot!
Gakky = Oysters!
A helicopter, I, I want one!
Finally, I'll look up the price.
The aircraft is a European-made model called the EC135, and the price is about 500 million yen!
Yes, that's it.
When we finished our walk and were about to get into the car, there were tons of burrs on my daughter's socks and on the paws of our dog, Nano.
An ordinary autumn holiday.
