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.
Not a very big apron, and not helped by the helicopter in the foreground not being on its allotted position by the looks of things. Poor pilot awareness nonetheless.
On his last day at work I would assume. I did watch a Huey smoke ship heading back to the base come in losing transmission oil shear the mask off. The blades and rotor head kept turning and climbing is a slow arc causing ust to brake hard to our right. Slow spiraling arc that missed us and wiped out a L shaped sandbag parking revetment. Cut that thing down like a chainsaw. Aircraft spiraled opposite way and spread the skids, Also jammed the cargo doors but we forced them open. Would have loved to had a movie of that. Great days for sure!
It's like when you just pulled into a parking place taking off your seatbelt and a woman still doing 40 mph rolls into the next spot and takes the side of your car off.
Read about this incident a few years ago. She landed in the correct space except that the copter already there was several feet away from its correct parking spot.
I didn't know the US Secret Service had helicopters - emphasis on "had" - and it is another example of the kind of stupid you'd expect to see in the Third World that has befallen the United States.
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I'm guessing a $2M-$3M at-fault accident where you dissasemble two complete JetRangers in 5 seconds isn't just a last day on the job, it's a last day in that occupational field.
Not a very big apron, and not helped by the helicopter in the foreground not being on its allotted position by the looks of things. Poor pilot awareness nonetheless.
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On his last day at work I would assume. I did watch a Huey smoke ship heading back to the base come in losing transmission oil shear the mask off. The blades and rotor head kept turning and climbing is a slow arc causing ust to brake hard to our right. Slow spiraling arc that missed us and wiped out a L shaped sandbag parking revetment. Cut that thing down like a chainsaw. Aircraft spiraled opposite way and spread the skids, Also jammed the cargo doors but we forced them open. Would have loved to had a movie of that. Great days for sure!
ReplyDeleteDude standing on the skid needs to go buy a lottery ticket.
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It's like when you just pulled into a parking place taking off your seatbelt and a woman still doing 40 mph rolls into the next spot and takes the side of your car off.
ReplyDeleteRead about this incident a few years ago. She landed in the correct space except that the copter already there was several feet away from its correct parking spot.
ReplyDeleteDid you say she? Where was this and is there a link?
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ReplyDeleteI didn't know the US Secret Service had helicopters - emphasis on "had" - and it is another example of the kind of stupid you'd expect to see in the Third World that has befallen the United States.
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ReplyDeleteI'm guessing a $2M-$3M at-fault accident where you dissasemble two complete JetRangers in 5 seconds isn't just a last day on the job, it's a last day in that occupational field.