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Chopper Pilot Fishes Kids R/C Plane Out Of The Treetops
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:04 am
by mekender
Re: Chopper Pilot Fishes Kids R/C Plane Out Of The Treetops
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:53 am
by tfbncc
Outstanding job! +1000 karma points for that pilot.
Re: Chopper Pilot Fishes Kids R/C Plane Out Of The Treetops
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:03 am
by evan price
Must be some dust specs in the room with me or something...had to wipe my eyes.
Re: Chopper Pilot Fishes Kids R/C Plane Out Of The Treetops
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:34 am
by Netpackrat
That was taking one hell of a risk.
Re: Chopper Pilot Fishes Kids R/C Plane Out Of The Treetops
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:32 am
by PawPaw
Netpackrat wrote:That was taking one hell of a risk.
True, but that's what life is about, taking risks. They knew what they were doing, they took a calculated risk, and they got away with it. Very cool.
In my younger days, there was this one military (UH-1) pilot, we called him Rocky (the flying squirrel) who had a disturbing propensity for bending helicopters, but you could always count on Rocky to be there where you needed him.
Re: Chopper Pilot Fishes Kids R/C Plane Out Of The Treetops
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:32 pm
by Highspeed
"Outstanding, Red Team, outstanding! Get you a case of beer for that one"
Re: Chopper Pilot Fishes Kids R/C Plane Out Of The Treetops
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:11 pm
by Netpackrat
PawPaw wrote:True, but that's what life is about, taking risks. They knew what they were doing, they took a calculated risk, and they got away with it. Very cool.
Their lives and their helicopter to risk. It's just a whole lot of risk operating down IN the trees (note how the instructor kept having his student check that the tail rotor was still clear), in order to retrieve a model airplane. I think it was a superlative feat of airmanship; I just question the judgement involved in deciding the risk was worthwhile.
Re: Chopper Pilot Fishes Kids R/C Plane Out Of The Treetops
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 5:34 pm
by Termite
I once had my crew chief grab a pine cone off a really tall pine tree........
Re: Chopper Pilot Fishes Kids R/C Plane Out Of The Treetops
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:55 pm
by Denis
Fantastic!
Re: Chopper Pilot Fishes Kids R/C Plane Out Of The Treetops
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:39 pm
by 308Mike
Netpackrat wrote:PawPaw wrote:True, but that's what life is about, taking risks. They knew what they were doing, they took a calculated risk, and they got away with it. Very cool.
Their lives and their helicopter to risk. It's just a whole lot of risk operating down IN the trees (note how the instructor kept having his student check that the tail rotor was still clear), in order to retrieve a model airplane. I think it was a superlative feat of airmanship; I just question the judgement involved in deciding the risk was worthwhile.
In a situation like that, you don't have much to work with if something goes wrong.