And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
There are quite a few Army pilots that have that high degree of expertise. I boarded a Chinook in Turkey in '94 that had dropped the tailgate while it was hovering over an 800' cliff.
High degree of expertise as LL states, but a set of brass balls that would cause envy at a rodeo... I flew one time on a Chinook and the pilot landed in an LZ that we grunt MP's thought a B210 Datsun couldn't fit into.
I've read some expertise displayers did this with UH1s back in the day in the Vietnam mountains for emergency extractions. One skid on the precipice one in the air. Blades on the mountain side of the Huey scraping debris. Pucker factor off the chart.
A recent extraction... Last Friday, the Oregon Office of Emergency Management requested Air Force Rescue Coordination Center assistance to rescue a stranded climber in need of medical attention during a summit climb on Mount Hood, OR. The AFRCC coordinated with the 304th Rescue Squadron out of Portland, OR, which launched a CH-47 helo to support with 5 pararescuemen. The crew rescued the climber & transported him to an awaiting ambulance.
That takes a very high degree of expertise.
ReplyDeleteThere are quite a few Army pilots that have that high degree of expertise. I boarded a Chinook in Turkey in '94 that had dropped the tailgate while it was hovering over an 800' cliff.
ReplyDeleteHigh degree of expertise as LL states, but a set of brass balls that would cause envy at a rodeo... I flew one time on a Chinook and the pilot landed in an LZ that we grunt MP's thought a B210 Datsun couldn't fit into.
ReplyDeleteI've read some expertise displayers did this with UH1s back in the day in the Vietnam mountains for emergency extractions. One skid on the precipice one in the air. Blades on the mountain side of the Huey scraping debris. Pucker factor off the chart.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Pilatus Porters (fixed wing), landing on the sides of mountains in Laos.
DeletePucker Factor: HIGH.
ReplyDeleteThat right there is the epitome of "You had one job" and he nailed it.
ReplyDeleteA recent extraction... Last Friday, the Oregon Office of Emergency Management requested Air Force Rescue Coordination Center assistance to rescue a stranded climber in need of medical attention during a summit climb on Mount Hood, OR. The AFRCC coordinated with the 304th Rescue Squadron out of Portland, OR, which launched a CH-47 helo to support with 5 pararescuemen. The crew rescued the climber & transported him to an awaiting ambulance.
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