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.
That's how "my helicopter" came down, number 3 of 7 blades and no damn ejection seat was gonna save the aircrew from blades 4-5-6-7-1-2...a sikorski design btw
On a dollar ride for cadets at graduation day a concerned mother asked " Aren't you giving them parachutes?" The crew chief replied " No mam. If something goes wrong we ride it down to the flaming crater." Got to love military humor.
I'd hate to be anywhere nearby when those blades came slicing down.
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late 60's early 70's ejection seat for helicopters, from Sikorsky S-61 experiential trial.
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That's how "my helicopter" came down, number 3 of 7 blades and no damn ejection seat was gonna save the aircrew from blades 4-5-6-7-1-2...a sikorski design btw
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ReplyDeleteOn a dollar ride for cadets at graduation day a concerned mother asked " Aren't you giving them parachutes?" The crew chief replied " No mam. If something goes wrong we ride it down to the flaming crater."
ReplyDeleteGot to love military humor.