Sekuyiminyaka ngifuna ukuthatha i-helicopter ukuhamba eHawaii. Ngokuqondile, ngiye ngifuna ukuthatha i-helicopter tour eKaua'i, ngoba iningi lesi siqhingi libonakala kuphela emoyeni.
Ngolunye uhambo olwandulela eKaua'i, mina nomkami sasihlele umjikelezo we-"dreamer photographer's dream" nge-Jack Harter Helicopters, kodwa uhambo lwethu lukhanseliwe ngenxa yezimo zezulu ezibi. Ngakho-ke, ngangijabule lapho ekugcineni ngakwazi ukuvakashela i-Kaua'i neJack Harter Helicopters.
Kungani I-Jack Harter Helicopters? Ngenkampani ezinama-helicopter ezingu-14 ezisebenza eKaua'i, ngase ngenzile ucwaningo lwami ukuhlola ezindaweni ezinjengerekhodi lokuphepha, ukwaneliseka kwamakhasimende, isipiliyoni senkampani, kanye neminikelo yokuvakasha. I-Jack Harter Helicopters yayiseduze phezulu kohlu endaweni ngayinye engiyihlolile.
Okuzobona
Iningi lezinkampani zokuvakasha ze-helicopter eKaua'i zihamba ngezinyawo ezifanayo eziyisisekelo sehora elilodwa. Baya e-Lihue heliport bese behamba nge-clockwise nxazonke eziqhingini. Ukuhlala ngaphakathi kwezwe ngaphesheya kwe-Kauai bese udlula i-Hanapepe Valley lapho uzothola khona ukubona iMawaiopop Falls (iJurassic Park Falls) futhi uhamba ngezinyawo ngokusebenzisa i- Waimea Canyon , i-Grand Canyon yasePacific.
Kusuka eWaimea Canyon, uya e- Nā Pali Coast lapho uzobona khona amatshe aso odumile emhlabeni. Kusuka eNā Pali, uhambo luhamba ngezinyawo eNyakatho Shore ukuya eHanlei Bay lapho uhambo luhamba khona phakathi kwe-Hanalei Valley kuya emgodini weMt. I-Wai'ale'ale , indawo enonya kakhulu emhlabeni.
Kusuka kuMt. I-Wai'ale'ale loluhambo luya empumalanga ngaphesheya kwe-Wailua River Valley kuya e- Wailua Falls bese ubuyela e-heliport. Ihora lidlula kakhulu kakhulu.
Ukunakwa imininingwane encane
Okwenza umehluko phakathi kohambo oluhle kakhulu kanye nokuvakasha okuhle yimininingwane encane.
UJack Harter unikeza inkulumo ebanzi ngaphambi kokushayela indiza inikeze umbono wokubheka indiza, imiyalelo yokuphepha kanye nemithetho yokugibela nokubhuka.
Benza isiqiniseko sokuthi ukhululekile ngalokho okuzofika ngesikhathi sezindiza.
Amaqembu agibele ahlale ohlelweni oluthile nasezihlalweni ezithile ngaphakathi kwe-helicopter ukuqinisekisa ukunikezwa kwesisindo esifanele. Iqembu lethu lalihamba nge-Eurocopter AStar elihlezi abagibeli abayisihlanu, elinye elibhekene necala lokushayela kanye nezinye izihlalo ezingemuva.
Ngaphambi kokuba i-helicopter iqede, abasebenzi basezingeni lomhlaba baqinisekisa ukuthi wonke umuntu uhlezi futhi eboshwe impahla futhi ukuthi ama-headset ayatholakala futhi asebenza.
Ukubeka i-Mood for Flight Great
I-Jack Harter Helicopters isebenzisa ikhanda elihle lokunciphisa umsindo. Ngeke uzwe injini noma ukuqhuma kwama-blades. Yini ozoyizwa ngomlando wezokushayela nomculo wangemuva okhethwe ngokukhethekile engxenyeni ngayinye yalolu hambo.
Umculo ubeka impela isimo sengqondo ukuthi ngabe uyisihloko esivela ku-Jurassic Park njengoba uhamba ngezintaba zeManawaiopuna noma izingqikithi ezikhulayo zomsindo we-Everest njengoba uhamba phezu kwe-Waimea Canyon.
Imakrofoni encane iyatholakala kumgibeli ngamunye ukuze ukhulume nomshayeli bese ubuza imibuzo. Umshayeli wethu, uBrian (Chris) Christensen, wayemangalisayo. Wayengolwazi olunzulu eKauai futhi yayiyingxenye ebalulekile yokwenza indiza ijabule.
Bengingaqiniseki ukuthi yini engingayilindela ngokwemibhikisho. Okuyiqiniso kwakungenxa yokuthi indiza yayibushelelezi ngaphezu kwanoma yimuphi indiza engake ngiyiyo. Angizange ngibe nomunye umuzwa wokuguqula ukuphakama noma ukushintshwa kwejubane. Uma bekungesiyo indawo eguquguqukayo njalo nokuthi ngiyazi ukuthi ngise-helicopter, ngabe ngabe ngihlezi esihlalweni semidlalo yeshashalazi ebuka ifilimu ye-IMAX.
Kubaluleke kangakanani lapho uhlala khona?
Abanye bathi akukho zihlalo ezimbi ku-AStar. Ngivame ukungavumelani, ikakhulukazi uma intando yakho ingu-photography. Izihlalo ezimbili zangaphakathi ngemuva ngeke nje zisebenze uma umgomo wakho ukuthatha izithombe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izihlalo ezimbili zezingcingo zangemuva zihle kakhulu ukuzitholela izithombe. Sizokhuluma okuningi mayelana nalokhu kusigaba samathiphu ekupheleni kwalesi sibuyekezo.
Umshayeli wethu wayeqaphele kakhulu ukuqinisekisa ukuthi kumasayithi amaningi enza ukushintshwa kwama-360 degree ukuze imibono efanayo ifinyeleleke kubo bonke.
Isibonelo, ngangihlezi eceleni kwewindi langemuva langasemuva nangenkathi sagijima enyakatho ngaphesheya kweNxweme yaseNā Pali, uChris wenza ukuphenduka okwanele ukuthi ngakwazi ukubona amathafa olwandle nolwandle kanye nomuntu ngakwesokudla sami.
Okubalulekile
Akungabazeki ukuthi ngangijabule kakhulu ngehambo lami le-helicopter ngeJack Harter Helicopters. Iqede konke okulindelekile okuphezulu futhi yangenza ngifisa ukubuka ezinye iziqhingi zaseHawaii emoyeni. Umgomo wami oyinhloko, ngaphandle kokujabulela ukuvakasha kwakuwukuthatha izithombe. Ngithathe cishe abangaba ngu-300 futhi ngifake izintandokazi ezingu-84 kuGalari lezithombe ze-Aerial ze-Kauai .
Isithombe kusuka ku-AStar sinikeza izinselele. Uma izithombe ziwumgomo wakho oyinhloko, ungase uthande ukucabangela ukuvakasha kwabakwa-Jack Hughes 500 abagibeli abagijima ngeminyango. Nakhu, nokho, kukhona amathiphu okuvakasha kwe-helicopter yakho nokuthi uthatha izithombe ezivela e-helicopter.
Inqubomgomo Yethu Yokuziphatha
Njengoba kuvamile embonini yezokuvakasha, umlobi wanikezwa uhambo oluhambelayo ngenjongo yokubukeza i-Jack Harter Helicopters. Nakuba engathonye lokhu kubuyekezwa, i-About.com ikholelwa ukudalulwa ngokugcwele kwazo zonke izingxabano ezingase zenzeke. Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi, bheka inqubomgomo yethu yokuziphatha.
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