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.
Just from left field here ... o OOPS backwards is SPOO ... and helicopters spool up, but this one didn't finish spooling down. Did it correct it's spin ? Were all the people alright ? Tenter hooks here.
I have been an aviation geek for most of my life. I'm not a helo pilot (fixed-wing only) but have always been intrigued by them, and recently have been talking to an Army Vietnam helo pilot. Been reading a lot of Wikipedia stuff on helicopter flight. Take a look at the circulation patterns here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_ring.
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ReplyDeleteLooks to me like it was still under control but the pilot was going for a precautionary landing just as quick as he could.
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ReplyDeleteJust from left field here ... o
ReplyDeleteOOPS backwards is SPOO ... and helicopters spool up, but this one didn't finish spooling down.
Did it correct it's spin ?
Were all the people alright ?
Tenter hooks here.
Gotta wonder how a big tarp could be sucked up like that when the rotors were making so much downforce.
ReplyDeleteLook at the dust in the background. Downdrafts cause updrafts.
DeleteI have been an aviation geek for most of my life. I'm not a helo pilot (fixed-wing only) but have always been intrigued by them, and recently have been talking to an Army Vietnam helo pilot. Been reading a lot of Wikipedia stuff on helicopter flight. Take a look at the circulation patterns here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_ring.
DeleteSo that is what happens if those people approach their heads and necks to the blades.
ReplyDeleteRussians, they just don't give a shit about equipment.
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