Chopper Pilot Fishes Kids R/C Plane Out Of The Treetops

[mekender]

http://www.flixxy.com/helicopter-pilot- ... Vz34lcXMpp

I wonder what the FAA will do to screw him over...

[tfbncc]

Outstanding job! +1000 karma points for that pilot.

[evan price]

Must be some dust specs in the room with me or something...had to wipe my eyes.

[Netpackrat]

That was taking one hell of a risk.

[PawPaw]

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.

[Highspeed]

"Outstanding, Red Team, outstanding! Get you a case of beer for that one"

[Netpackrat]

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.

[Termite]

I once had my crew chief grab a pine cone off a really tall pine tree........

[Denis]

Fantastic!

[308Mike]

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.