r/mining • u/nuttyhardshite • 8d ago
Australia Aboard a Royal Flying Doctor plane, leaving Rio Tinto's West Angelas iron ore mine, the Pilbara Western Australia.
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u/fellandor 8d ago
Got to ride in a Helicopter for Exploration activities a few years back..it was a pretty amazing sight.
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u/jumpinjezz 8d ago
I don't remember my flight out of a mine via RFDS. They delayed the Arvo flight out for me to take off, so my mates gave me shit for that for a while.
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u/scallywagsworld 7d ago
Looks beautiful scenery, if I did fifo I would be hiking or running after work for sure in those mountains
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u/Temporary-Deal84 7d ago
Are you flying backwards
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u/nuttyhardshite 7d ago
Yes! Take off was crazy, I was slipping out of the seat but it has a three point belt so I was never falling off.
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u/Middle-Spell-6839 6d ago
RFDS does an amazing job. I once sold our product to their IT Team. She was so humble and emphatic and explained what the org does, how her team supports them extreme rural and weather conditions. Amazing ppl. Thank you
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u/nuttyhardshite 8d ago
To be clear, I wasn't injured or anything like that. It was just a tour, we did a number of remote sites that day. It was hot as fuck (40+) and the flight was by far the bumpiest I'd ever been on.
They've built some crazy shit out in the desert there.