Comments on: Helicopter Ride Fail

By: Los Angeles Helicopter Tours

Los Angeles Helicopter Tours — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:27:43 +0000

you get what you pay for!

By: oresama

oresama — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:34:06 +0000

I was on that helicopter the week before that happened. Great experience, apparently no the pilots though.

By: las vegas hoover dam tours

las vegas hoover dam tours — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:55:32 +0000

Sad. Is that near hoover dam?

By: Spanky

Spanky — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:58:37 +0000

Yes i swear i’ve seen that on my way out of vegas, its right next to the crappiest hotel i’ve ever seen.

By: flygirl

flygirl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:50:54 +0000

This is a completely safe ride and a professional place. They have been in business for over 10 years. Their entire staff do an outstanding job. Thank you for adding your comment pilot guy! The truth be known!

By: pilot guy

pilot guy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:52:48 +0000

The incident with the helicopter happened about 3 years ago. The pilot was an idiot and walked away from the empty chopper early one morning while it was running at 100% . The chopper was junked and the pilot fired. The operation is a safe one without any crashes or incidents. They are very up front about the rides. the $29 ride is 2 minutes and goes to boulder beach and back, the dam ride ($59) is 5 minutes and the 10 minute ride goes down the black canyon below the dam.

By: Saiyan

Saiyan — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:03:12 +0000

You mean Fail card

By: John

John — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:04:56 +0000

That’s a bargain.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:22:25 +0000

hahaha i lived near there, thats right outside Boulder City, NV right next to the Hacienda Hotel and Casino…too funny

By: Annonymus

Annonymus — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:55:15 +0000

I saw this place. It’s in Nevada and I rented canoes from a guy outside the casino.

By: roxman1

roxman1 — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:44:45 +0000

I agree.
I think this is near the Hoover Dam.
They broke their dam hellicopter!

By: Erick

Erick — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:33:00 +0000

I’VE SEEN THIS!!!
I actually saw this on the way to my Grandparents house.
There is a casino just to the right of this pic, and everytime we went by i would ask my parents for a ride… except for the time we saw this.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:16:53 +0000

For everything else, there’s MasterCard.

By: farrex

farrex — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:36:26 +0000

Its like the little kid saying: “when is it going to start flying??” manager:”we promised a ride but we never promised that it would be on the air, sucker”

By: Graham

Graham — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:02:04 +0000

I think that’s near Hoover Dam.

By: loon

loon — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:06:52 +0000

*simple acdc chords*
IM ON A HEEELIIII TO HELL
dunndunn
HEEEELIII TO HELL

By: Chasity

Chasity — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:54:42 +0000

I think your site is very good and complete, but the information you have here,

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:56:06 +0000

Helicopter- $5,000
Helicopter ride – $29
Helicopter fail? – PRICELESS

By: E.T.

E.T. — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:22:46 +0000

The helicopter rides are on the other side of the parking lot from where I work (Hacienda Hotel/Casino), just south of Boulder City, NV. I was in the kitchen at the restaurant when I heard about the crash. The dumbass pilot left the helicopter’s engine on while attending to something in the office briefly, and it just took off on it’s own.

By: Misty

Misty — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:22:14 +0000

That was funnier than the pic. idk why though, lol

By: 702

702 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:14:02 +0000

This is right outside of Las Vegas, near the El Dorado hotel on the way to the Hoover Dam.

By: james

james — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:04:12 +0000

Jesus!! me and my grandpa where gunna go for a ride at this same place!! its a tour of hoover dam in nevada

By: Jwong

Jwong — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:59:17 +0000

you’re right. it’s near hoover dam. i actually lol’d when i saw this in real life last week!

By: natrix

natrix — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:38:01 +0000

Yep, that’s right near the Hoover Dam.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36.010226,-114.781972&ie=UTF8&ll=36.010302,-114.781787&spn=0.001256,0.002768&t=h&z=19

By: Will

Will — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:19:05 +0000

My family and I went on that ride!

I blogged it with pictures from our trip,
http://brown-will.blogspot.com/2008/06/vegas-helicopter-ride-fail.html

By: Ahsan

Ahsan — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:10:46 +0000

I CANNOT BELIEVE I TOOK A RIDE in this same exact chopper 3 days ago!!! I PAID 29/person lol for 2 minz ride…the ride was awesome…but now I am in a complete state of SHOCK!!. lol…shud have seen that comin lol…

By: Danno

Danno — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:36:38 +0000

Me and a couple buddies were going to get a ride from these yahoos last summer, but they were closed… lucky us.

By: fineprint

fineprint — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:42:52 +0000

Actually, they’re sneaky. As mentioned above, this is at a hotel right next to Hoover Dam. They have a big “$29 Helicopter Rides” sign out front (larger and more prominent than the banner here)…but if you get around to the other side and look backwards (which is hard if you’re driving toward the dam vs. away), there’s a smaller sign that notes that the $29 rate is for a circle over Lake Mead, and that it’s $69 to fly to the dam.

Karma fail.

By: David

David — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:43:25 +0000

I was *just* there last weekend! I saw this pic before we left for Vegas and when I saw the helicopter on that mound of dirt I thought it looked familiar!

By: rock

rock — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:39:34 +0000

I was going to chime in- I’ve actually been in a chopper that took off and landed from tha spot- by Hoover Dam.

By: Fatman

Fatman — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:49:31 +0000

LOL man i went for a chopper ride for like 15 mins and it costed like 250 bucks for 3 ppl. Man thats so expensive… but u stay alive and thats whats good for ya lol… I’d rather pay 250 and be alive than 29 and be rolling down a hill LOL

By: Dark

Dark — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:31:07 +0000

Have you ever seen one of those signs where the price goes up?

By: Dark

Dark — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:29:45 +0000

Hehe, I know what you mean. Plus, I’ve seen that people seem to prefer “not second” to “first” on ICHC.

By: Dark

Dark — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:28:24 +0000

STFU.

By: Stuff White Parents Like

Stuff White Parents Like — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:39:54 +0000

I think the second 9 is hidden. $2.99 discount.

By: justam

justam — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:45:55 +0000

LOL it got BLOWN OFF! wow definitely gravity fail.

By: Homer

Homer — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:57:38 +0000

How about a WalMart “falling prices” sign?

By: Samwise

Samwise — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:01:47 +0000

For those who haven’t driven past there, here’s the location of this FAIL: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=36.010512,-114.782131&spn=0.001308,0.001829&t=h&z=19

Also, an additional angle: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Nov-12-Sun-2006/news/10782264.html

By: Kit

Kit — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:26:25 +0000

What they failed to specify was if it was a helicopter ride in the air… or a helicopter ride tumbling down a dirt hill.

By: teh_pwnage

teh_pwnage — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:38:36 +0000

maybe it is a deal with the devil?

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:57:00 +0000

I took this picture about 2-3 years ago on the way to Hoover Dam. Scarey if it is the same copter. The wind had blown it off the landing pad in the middle of the night.

By: Keelhaul

Keelhaul — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:29:33 +0000

Too late….
I think this is what happens when the hookers get kicked off the bunny ranch and have to find a job…..”Sure baby…I’ll train ya to fly a helicopter.”

By: Azz

Azz — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:14:30 +0000

I was driving past there last week, and dang if that doesn't look like the same helicopter that was on the pad then! Quickpost this image to Myspace, Digg, Facebook, and others!

By: nurploid

nurploid — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:08:23 +0000

It would have been a better fail if “$29″ were crossed out and replaced with “$9.95″.

By: e

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:52:55 +0000

“…Everyone on ICHC.”

Actually, not so much lately, though I admit I don’t read the comments too much because the LOLspeak gives me a headache in large doses. Now they seem to go to great lengths to avoid the f-word.

But anyway, teh_pwnage was stating that s/he was the first person in this thread to yell “first” – not asking the question “Who writes ‘first’?”

The other day I saw a comment appear in the top 3 – might have even been the first comment – after at least an hour. Must have been in holding somewhere waiting for approval. Got the “first! second! etc!” BS-waste-of-space comments all bent out of shape.

By: d-Shiznit

d-Shiznit — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:45:26 +0000

Aaah never forget your first flyin lesson

By: markmier

markmier — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:41:32 +0000

Me too! I remember it on the way to the Hoover Dam! And I, too, thought it would be a good deal, but didn’t stop.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:35:43 +0000

prickety prick

By: minishaw

minishaw — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:16:53 +0000

id say the crashing was the best part of the ride

By: Delphi

Delphi — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:49:54 +0000

Yeah! I recognized this spot, too! We drove by it a few months ago and thought, ‘What a great deal!’

…obviously, since I’m alive to write this, we didn’t take ‘the deal’.