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Huey » 06 Mar 2023, 1:03 pm » wrote: ↑

06 Mar 2023, 1:03 pm

I know I did.

ditto

Xavier_Onassis » 06 Mar 2023, 12:42 pm » wrote: ↑

06 Mar 2023, 12:42 pm

So if I say that buzzing cattle in a Piper J-3  with a friend decades ago was fun, idiots claim that this was wrong, but when you actually pay big bucks to buzz herds of sheep, that is highly recommended?
At most, it gives the herd a bit of extra exercise.

Luckily, there were no AR-15 equipped gun nuts from this forum present in Hawaii to shoot down your fun copter adventure.

I don't say it was wrong but nowadays the pilot would probably have to pay the farmer.

Now, if you want some fun, buzz a nudist colony.  

 

This was a crash about two weeks ago in Alabama:

https://youtu.be/IEgAi07fBys

https://apnews.com/article/politics-ala ... 435fd23248

Cannonpointer » 06 Mar 2023, 12:03 am » wrote: ↑

06 Mar 2023, 12:03 am

You're only telling half the story.

Those were not ordinary shovels. They were assault shovels. 

Paints a whole different picture when you add the context.

           These are very special multi-functional shovels indeed.... They can be used to bash the enemy -- and on other occasions to bury your comrades.. 

Huey » 06 Mar 2023, 2:11 pm » wrote: ↑

06 Mar 2023, 2:11 pm

I don't say it was wrong but nowadays the pilot would probably have to pay the farmer.

Now, if you want some fun, buzz a nudist colony.

There were no farmers or ranchers around. This was in open range country in southern NM.
I think buzzing a nudist colony would result in losing a pilot's license.

Xavier_Onassis » 06 Mar 2023, 2:51 pm » wrote: ↑

06 Mar 2023, 2:51 pm

There were no farmers or ranchers around. This was in open range country in southern NM.
I think buzzing a nudist colony would result in losing a pilot's license.

Nope.  Not if you stay just a little off shore.  

 

Huey » 06 Mar 2023, 3:09 pm » wrote: ↑

06 Mar 2023, 3:09 pm

Nope.  Not if you stay just a little off shore.

It would be very stupid to buzz a nudist colony. I would never try that.

Xavier_Onassis » 06 Mar 2023, 3:10 pm » wrote: ↑

06 Mar 2023, 3:10 pm

It would be very stupid to buzz a nudist colony. I would never try that.

It was the 80s.  They enjoyed it.  

Monderegal » 04 Mar 2023, 1:56 pm » wrote: ↑

04 Mar 2023, 1:56 pm

Much less fly one? I heard from a pilot my mom was dating when I was a kid that most pilots think they are death traps. I've heard even worse things about ospreys. Whoever did that contract work shouldn't be anywhere near another government contract.

  I've been in them.
Rode in one that trimmed trees along the powerlines even.
Love 'em!
 

Monderegal » 04 Mar 2023, 1:56 pm » wrote: ↑

04 Mar 2023, 1:56 pm

Much less fly one? I heard from a pilot my mom was dating when I was a kid that most pilots think they are death traps. I've heard even worse things about ospreys. Whoever did that contract work shouldn't be anywhere near another government contract.

This is from Harry Reasoner:

Harry Reasoner once wrote the following about helicopter pilots:

"The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by its nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by an incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces and controls working in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.
There is no such thing as a gliding helicopter.
This is why being a helicopter pilot is so different from being an airplane pilot, and why in generality, airplane pilots are open, clear-eyed, buoyant extroverts and helicopter pilots are brooding introspective anticipators of trouble. They know if something bad has not happened it is about to."

It is part of a larger article you might find interesting:

http://www.hmm-364.org/1977/helopilots. ... 20to%20fly.

Helicopter Pilots Are Different
 

Huey » 06 Mar 2023, 3:57 pm » wrote: ↑

06 Mar 2023, 3:57 pm

This is from Harry Reasoner:

Harry Reasoner once wrote the following about helicopter pilots:

"The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by its nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by an incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces and controls working in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously.
There is no such thing as a gliding helicopter.
This is why being a helicopter pilot is so different from being an airplane pilot, and why in generality, airplane pilots are open, clear-eyed, buoyant extroverts and helicopter pilots are brooding introspective anticipators of trouble. They know if something bad has not happened it is about to."

It is part of a larger article you might find interesting:

http://www.hmm-364.org/1977/helopilots. ... 20to%20fly.

Helicopter Pilots Are Different

I've heard a helicopter described as million assembled parts working against each other to try and stay in the air.

 
 

Huey » 06 Mar 2023, 3:11 pm » wrote: ↑

06 Mar 2023, 3:11 pm

It was the 80s.  They enjoyed it.

as did you, no doubt!    
 

I was attached to the Marine Air Group aid station for 2 years. Medical crew on the Huey, CH-46 and CH-53.
All men and women. Marines and Navy. No *** or alphabet people. Those weren't tolerated and either went man overboard or were discharged.
Disappearing ***...who cares?