carpetstu Posted June 12, 2011 Author Posted June 12, 2011 No offence taken SteveD. Prom is now as prominent in the UK as much as it has been for years in the USA. And to be honest I welcome it with open arms. The kids / young adults will remember the day and so will I, for years to come! As far as I am concerned it's important to enjoy life to the full and if a helicopter, ice cream van, limo or elephant is available at a reasonable cost and it makes my girl smile I don't care what everyone else thinks In two years time after Yaz ( the daughter) finishes college she is talking of going out to the states to study and work. I think if that happens I won't see a lot of her . Some of you know me very well and know that my " little " girl and I are very close. So seeing her enjoy life now makes me very happy! And as for the spoilt comment .... She is the most grounded 16 year old I know and works very very blooming hard to get everything she has and I am a stupidly proud Dad. The comment did grind a little but I chose to ignore it's potential upset! Stephen does know both Yaz and myself and as a good friend I thankyou for your comments Let's let that lye there ? And return to thinking of imanigitave ways to get the well dressed prom attendees to their destination with massive smiles! Quote
Captain Colonial Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 Parachute? That would be a good entrance! Camels? Dog sled? (Maybe not... no snow) Seriously, how close would the copter be able to land to the venue? Not impressive if no one else can see it. Quote
carpetstu Posted June 12, 2011 Author Posted June 12, 2011 Dog sledge ...good call we already have the huskies A helicopter can get in quite close, they have a landing area next to the car park and I have landing permission .... Mind as my mate is the hotel manager that was never an issue lol He might object more to an Elephant though as they are known to leave piles of steaming smelly stuff As for a parachute .... We could just get away with chucking her out the plane door .... The dress she has would double up as a chute pmsl Quote
DITCH Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 Stu stick to plan "A" mate............The Helicopter!!!!!! You had an idea of the Helicopter, stuff all the suggestions............ Bye the way............ My mates Mil Mi-26 "Halo" is still up for grabbs if you coff up the juice .... "No commission charged". '' Ditch. Quote
carpetstu Posted June 12, 2011 Author Posted June 12, 2011 Stu stick to plan "A" mate............The Helicopter!!!!!! You had an idea of the Helicopter, stuff all the suggestions............ Bye the way............ My mates Mil Mi-26 "Halo" is still up for grabbs if you coff up the juice .... "No commission charged". '' Ditch. The copter is looking to expensive Ditch Unless the fuel for your mates works out reasonable along with the logistics ? Quote
DITCH Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 The copter is looking to expensive Ditch Unless the fuel for your mates works out reasonable along with the logistics ? That's a a real shame Stu.......... I'll put the thinking cap on mate, u've got a bit of time ? My mate went through the same thing with his little Girl, she ended up turning up at the Royal Hotel in Ashby in Guess................. A Fire Engine !!!!!!!!! What a laugh that was, and belive it or not, turned more heads that night, than the very very boring Streched Limo thing. Ditch. Quote
echoz Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 I just went in my dads westy, and left absolutley b*****kxed in a rusty peugeot 406 banger mobile Limo's do nothing for me, id rather get the bus lol got more photo's than the crappy limo's Quote
NikUK Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 Hi Stu, If you do get a Heli, just be careful that the pilot and Heli have the correct insurance! Just dropping into a school fileld may casuse a lot of problems as it comes under public transport as its the old "hire and reward" probelm. I know a lot of commercial heli company and pilots and am happy to have a word with a couple of them but not too sure that I know any in that area. Drop me a PM if you still intersted. Prices vary a lot, depemdant on type of machine and and can vary from £650 per hour for a 206 Jetranger to £1200 per hour for a AS355 twin Squirell. I personally wouldn't use an Robinson R22 (ever!) or R44(Unless with a very good Comercial pilot), but thats just my personel opinion. Quote
carpetstu Posted June 12, 2011 Author Posted June 12, 2011 Cheers Nik if you get info please let me know. Fire engine mmm sounds like a plan I know a couple of the local Fire people ... Mind I know a few coppers too... Do you think they can get me a loan of the copper chopper ? Quote
RedditchJay Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 Nothing wrong with the Robinson R44..... very good machine, my friend is on his 3rd and its used as a learner heli down at Staverton ..... and yes... he is a damn good pilot, flys it across to Switzerland once a fortnight for his meetings with the banks... Quote
SteveD Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 solved your problem wuv ,buy it ! il fly it for you they can hang on the skids http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/single-....afa9701 Quote
carpetstu Posted June 12, 2011 Author Posted June 12, 2011 solved your problem wuv ,buy it ! il fly it for you they can hang on the skids http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/single-....afa9701 Sorted Jay .....So how's he feel about helping some ladies in distress ? Quote
SteveD Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 solved your problem wuv ,buy it ! il fly it for you they can hang on the skids http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/single-....afa9701 Sorted Jay .....So how's he feel about helping some ladies in distress ? im up for helping ladies in distress just off to find my spiderman outfit Quote
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