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.
Fairly common in Vietnam in both this and Hueys.I had 3-1/2 years on Huey gunships as a door gunner and even us knuckleheads balanced on one skid to pick up someone. Always great times!
Agreed. Any decent Loach pilot back-in-the-day would look at the size of that opening and yawn. Any decent slick-ship pilot would too. All in a day's work.
First helo ride ever, doors off the Hughes 650 turbo next to the pilot, watching the attitude ball go all the way around, while doing a barrel roll into the Toulumne River canyon. Best carnival ride ever. I learned a lot about what helicopters could do that summer of '84.
In '97, I got my wife a 40th birthday flight in a Hughes 500, in East Co. San Diego. A perfect area for an entertaining thrill ride. The pilot's wife and I came along for the fun of it.
things like that are not so uncommon for aviators (generally guys with over 3000 hours). Too bad he didn't have the extended skids for rough terrain.
ReplyDeleteYou have to appreciate that bird in as much as a single man can replace the entire engine by himself in a 1 to 2 hours. Luv that bird
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Delete^ TC is shivering his black ass off wondering what the hell Magnum has gotten him into this time.
ReplyDeleteFairly common in Vietnam in both this and Hueys.I had 3-1/2 years on Huey gunships as a door gunner and even us knuckleheads balanced on one skid to pick up someone. Always great times!
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Any decent Loach pilot back-in-the-day would look at the size of that opening and yawn. Any decent slick-ship pilot would too. All in a day's work.
Delete"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe."
If his wife was standing behind him with hands on hips, a married man can change the engine in an hour and a half!
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ReplyDeleteWhen I die,,,,all these memories will be gone like tears in the rain.
From RVN .... You've never lived until you almost died.
First helo ride ever, doors off the Hughes 650 turbo next to the pilot, watching the attitude ball go all the way around, while doing a barrel roll into the Toulumne River canyon. Best carnival ride ever. I learned a lot about what helicopters could do that summer of '84.
DeleteIn '97, I got my wife a 40th birthday flight in a Hughes 500, in East Co. San Diego. A perfect area for an entertaining thrill ride. The pilot's wife and I came along for the fun of it.
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ReplyDeleteFlight medic..Dustoff all day long.."you never lived..."
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