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WarGamer

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11. I'll just avoid helicopters...

Reply to malaise (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 12, 2025, 06:02 PM

Apr 2025

I was on one... once.

Went on a bucket list trip to Heron Island off the Great Barrier Reef in Australia...

The only way to get to the island is via chopper from Gladstone.

Pretty cool but won't do it again... and I've flown a TON of miles in my life on commercial jets.

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