Don't try this with Atlas Jay

http://www.biff.nl/images/filmpjes/H...d%20Afrika.wmv

Shouldn't do it with passengers anyways. When the donkey quits, he can
die alone, no need to take anyone w/ him. Not question of if, but
when?

The Monk

I'll bet the kid in the left seat had a white-knuckle death grip on the
door frame strap..

Wow.

I can't decide whether that was an awesome display of flying skill,
stupidity -- or both.

Cool video, though!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I've done scud runs myself, but never w/ a pax and always way out in
the boonies.

The Monk

I've done scud runs myself, but never w/ a pax and always way out in
the boonies.

Well, that certainly looked to be way out in the boonies!

I'd have been crapping myself when he missed those trees by (what looks
like) a few feet. Honestly, I think after surviving that flight I would
probably have punched the pilot out when I got back on the ground.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I take it you guys are not helicopter pilots. I didn't see anything all
that scary in the video although some of it would have been far too
dangerous in most any airplane for my tastes.

Cheers,
Leonard
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:WRMBf.723688$x96.60927@attbi_s72...
I've done scud runs myself, but never w/ a pax and always way out in
the boonies.

Well, that certainly looked to be way out in the boonies!

I'd have been crapping myself when he missed those trees by (what looks
like) a few feet. Honestly, I think after surviving that flight I would
probably have punched the pilot out when I got back on the ground.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Leonard wrote:
I take it you guys are not helicopter pilots. I didn't see anything all
that scary in the video although some of it would have been far too
dangerous in most any airplane for my tastes.

No Leonard, we're not even plank drivers, we have rickshaws that we
pull around on the streets of Vietnam. We actually make good money
doing this, 30-40 Dongs a day. Enough to buy a big bowl of Pho. We
just come here to RAP to pretend we're pilots.

The Monk

"Leonard Ellis" wrote in message
m...
I take it you guys are not helicopter pilots. I didn't see anything all
that scary in the video although some of it would have been far too
dangerous in most any airplane for my tastes.

Cheers,
Leonard

Most of it didn't look all that bad, as I understand it, you can autorotate
if you have speed even if you don't have altitude. But how would you
autorotate if you are hoovering with your nose 50 feet away from a cliff?
Pull the cyclic back and do it in reverse?
You are right - at least I'm not a helicopter pilot - so I don't have a clue
if it is easy or impossible..

--
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FlyingMonk

Always looks hairy on film. In cockpit, just a Sunday drive )

Big John
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On 24 Jan 2006 19:39:44 -0800, "Flyingmonk"
wrote:

http://www.biff.nl/images/filmpjes/H...d%20Afrika.wmv

Shouldn't do it with passengers anyways. When the donkey quits, he can
die alone, no need to take anyone w/ him. Not question of if, but
when?

The Monk

Always looks hairy on film. In cockpit, just a Sunday drive )

Big John

Doesn't look harry to me at all John, I have done similar on many
occasions with both fixed wings and helos. It is the fact that he's
doing it with pax that bothers me. He has no right to play their
lives. What if the donkey quits?

The Monk