Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Not perhaps the best place to land


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  1. Any landing that you can walk away from is a good one.

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    1. If you can use the airplane again it's a great one!

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  2. I'd fer sure keep it light on the skids...

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  3. Here, hold my beer while I check my ground effect hovering.....

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  4. In that frame though, it appears to be the ONLY place to land. Not sure why the pilot would do it otherwise.

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  5. In that frame though, it appears to be the ONLY place to land. Not sure why the pilot would do it otherwise.

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  6. The blades are not drooping as I would expect if the engines were stopped - so I think he is probably under power in this picture, just touching the ice with the rotary wings appearing stationary from a fast shutter speed.

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    1. Yep, and it looks like the front gear aren't touching ground.

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  7. He has a PJ and litter on the hoist. High risk hover over a rescue.--Ray

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