Royal Air Force. 
Not sure where they are heading from here. I am guessing they were not planning on staying in Miami.
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Local to me then. I can have a look and see what it’s up too
Yup, the front axle steers into the turn and the rear steers out. It’s kinda fun to watch it snake around corners in the rear view mirror.
Backing up is a different story … the steer axles don’t know what to do and get all janky. Each axle has it’s own lift axle valve switch located in that box halfway down the trailer so if you’re going to do any sort of more complicated backing up you have to get out of the truck and lift those axles.
These trailers all seem to have their own feature set. Some trailer’s steer axles lift automatically when you’re reversing. Some don’t have steer axles so whenever you’re going around a corner you have to flip the steer axle lift switch on the dashboard.
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It’d be boring if it were simple mate 
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Been there, done that @Victork2. Never again.
I’m still so stoked that, out of necessity, I found a trucking job that I love (flatbed) at this old age of 55 after 18 years of trucking! I just lucked right into it because they basically sold my old job off for a billion dollars (literally). Good riddance LOL!
If you ever decide to immigrate to Canada, specifically the Pearson International Airport (CYYZ) area north west of Toronto, I’d love to work with you … the wunderkind! 
We’re actually looking for somebody to join the contract I’m on right now. I’m in by 5:30 am and try to get out of there by around 3:00 pm, Monday thru Friday. Probably won’t be enough money for you though. PM me for the deets if you’re interested.
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Thanks @Elby
My wife has been hinting loudly about moving to Canada since her trip to her brothers wedding.
It actually wouldn’t be out of the realms of the possibility space lol.
How does the CDL work our there?
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You get your class A (truck drivers license) and your class Z (airbrake endorsement). My drivers license says I have an AMZ*. The M is for motorcycle and the * means I need corrective lenses. 
You could rent a tractor trailer somehow and do these tests in a day, especially with my help.
Are you the only breadwinner in the household? (does your wife work?)
EDIT:
I only asked the breadwinner question because the average house price in the Toronto area is currently $1,100,000 CAD and will probably be rising another 11% this year. Rent is equally obnoxious.
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Yeah, as someone that came to Canada from the UK, the main thing to consider is how the finance side works out first nowadays. Housing has become very expensive in Ontario and BC, and you can use something like https://www.realtor.ca/ to get any idea of house prices in different areas. There is a big shortage of pretty much all the trades, especially heavy haulage.
Canada Immigration uses a points based system where age, education and the job sector you are applying for. Places that need people often give acceptance letters based on you getting a work permit. The points system is not very complicated and there’s a quiz thing here - Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) tool: skilled immigrants (Express Entry). People typically get a work permit for a few years and then use that while in Canada to apply for Permanent Resident status, and then eventually Citizenship if you want it. You get a waiver from having to take the English test, being from the UK, so those are free points in the bag. Not being old helps as well. 
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If you do decide to hop across the pond something else to consider is that aviation opportunities are more plentiful on this side of the Atlantic than in the UK.
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Not a photo but a nice day for GoPro-ing.
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Outstanding! You’ve got the camera angle perfect right there man! 
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Thanks! GoPro has a $99 wide lens adapter they call “Maxview”. It’s very expensive for something so simple but it makes all shots look good with very little fisheye effect. Also, that particular helicopter is in need of some rigging TLC. It vibrates like mad. The camera was bouncing on its mount at the cycle of the rotor. The video is impossibly smooth given what the camera was actually doing. There is real wizardry in that little unit.
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Very cool. I like your comms set too … mind if I ask what kind it is? I hear they’re doing great stuff with noise cancelling earbuds these days.
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That was very cool! Loved the other video where you are doing touch and goes. Why do I suddenly have the urge to go fly DCS Gazelle?
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That was last week. Lots of learning happened in that .8 hours. I need to edit the subtitles where I call the yaw instability “LTE”. It wasn’t. I just didn’t know what else to call it. Also, I didn’t let the clutch completely disengage before turning the battery off. So the next guy turned the rotor with the start. It wasn’t a terrible infraction but yet another indicator how different those machines are from the planks I’m used to.
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It’s a Clarity Aloft. I use it in the Pitts and was too cheap to buy something else for the helicopter flying. I love it! But it comes with two negatives (TMI warning): 1- If earwax is something your ears produce, as do mine, it will show as soon as you remove the buds, and 2- the foamy buds attach to the earpieces by screwing them on. The female cylinder is made of soft plastic and is easy to strip. Three times now I have had to remove a bud from my earcanal with needle-nose pliers–once with a bit of bleeding. But after years of using this headset I have the technique down. Being free of a big head-clamp and/or yet another device I must either charge or buy batteries for is the best feature of the Aloft. Helicopters also require the 2-to-1 adapter that can be seen in the video.
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Thanks for sharing.
Are you following taxiways whilst at the airports already airborne, then departing on the runway? It’s something I’ve never considered before with helicopters that have skids, how the departures and landings would work.
Having only seen this at air shows, where all GA chopper movements tend to be from their own area near the arena for pleasure flights.
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In for the answer.
I see a lot of helicopters hover-taxi from their startup areas down the taxiway to a point they can safely takeoff. Sometimes they’ll use the runway. A few months ago a flight of Chinooks landed on our runway, then taxied (on their wheels) onto the ramp, but when it was time to depart they just taxied to the taxiway and took off from there, so I don’t know what the rule of thumb is.