Know this guy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNjLA...rch=helicopter

Anyone know the name of this idiot? What happened to him? Is he still
flying on the taxpayer's dime?

Enquiring mines want to know.

Gee, we train military helicopter pilots to fly low to avoid radar,
etc. The fact that one out of a thousand did a less than perfect job
amazes you.

-Robert

So, what about it?

Concur . . . it all goes back to train like you fight . . . fight like
you train. The results of emphasizing safety to point of diluting the
quality of training bit us hard in the butt in Vietnam when it came
time to tangle air to air with the other guys.

I am in the process of reading "Palace Cobra" by Ed Rasimus (dog
gone job keeps getting in the way of my reading). He makes that point
very clearly in the book as others have before him.

While the helo was training in nap of the earth flying rather than air
to air, the lesson is the same. Fly low now and take a lot less losses
when the balloon goes up. I help pay for the helo (and the training)
too and I hope that after the review board and some more, non punitive,
instruction, they get him back up in the saddle. Unless this guy has
demonstrated a trait of sloppy airmanship, we have already invested too
much in this aviator to just dump him.

Blue skies to all

John

"Flyingmonk" wrote in message
oups.com...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNjLA...rch=helicopter

Anyone know the name of this idiot? What happened to him? Is he still
flying on the taxpayer's dime?

Enquiring mines want to know.

Okay, but I hope you won't mine if I add a question?

You realize you are entering a mind field, don't you?

The "idiot" may have an agenda different from yours and mind.

Well, I guess it's just a question of mine over matter.

Cheers.

"Flyingmonk" wrote in news:1144851427.144754.256060
@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNjLA...rch=helicopter

Anyone know the name of this idiot? What happened to him? Is he still
flying on the taxpayer's dime?

Enquiring mines want to know.

Yeah...so we can give him an "atta boy" for svaing the taxpayers
millions of dollars by saving the aircraft in a controlled landing.

This reminds me, ISTR reading a book many many years ago, I don't
remember the title, but it was about some guys experiences in 'Nam
who flew Hueys. He said sometimes they'd get to an LZ that was smaller
than expected and they'd use the massive blades to just chop their
way in, taking out 4 inch branches along the way.

Brian
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Skywise wrote:
"Flyingmonk" wrote in news:1144851427.144754.256060
@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNjLA...rch=helicopter

Anyone know the name of this idiot? What happened to him? Is he still
flying on the taxpayer's dime?

Enquiring mines want to know.

Yeah...so we can give him an "atta boy" for svaing the taxpayers
millions of dollars by saving the aircraft in a controlled landing.

This reminds me, ISTR reading a book many many years ago, I don't
remember the title, but it was about some guys experiences in 'Nam
who flew Hueys. He said sometimes they'd get to an LZ that was smaller
than expected and they'd use the massive blades to just chop their
way in, taking out 4 inch branches along the way.

Brian

And then remaining on the ground permanently.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

"Skywise" wrote in message
...
"Flyingmonk" wrote in news:1144851427.144754.256060
@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNjLA...rch=helicopter

Anyone know the name of this idiot? What happened to him? Is he still
flying on the taxpayer's dime?

Enquiring mines want to know.

Yeah...so we can give him an "atta boy" for svaing the taxpayers
millions of dollars by saving the aircraft in a controlled landing.

This reminds me, ISTR reading a book many many years ago, I don't
remember the title, but it was about some guys experiences in 'Nam
who flew Hueys. He said sometimes they'd get to an LZ that was smaller
than expected and they'd use the massive blades to just chop their
way in, taking out 4 inch branches along the way.

Brian
--

You're probably thinking about the book "Chicken Hawk" by Robert Mason. A
good read about flying Huey slicks and gunship in Vietnam.

KB

Anyone know the name of this idiot? What happened to him? Is he still
flying on the taxpayer's dime?

Enquiring mines want to know.

How does a mine is enquire? :-)

If you want to see more helicopter incidents, you may wish to peruse
our helicopter videos he

http://alexisparkinn.com/aviation_vi...tm#HELICOPTERS

They don't call helicopters "20,000 parts flying in close formation"
for nothing...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in news:I6adnQdki5c6JqDZRVn-
:

Snipola
You're probably thinking about the book "Chicken Hawk" by Robert Mason. A
good read about flying Huey slicks and gunship in Vietnam.

KB

Could be. It's been at elast 20 years. But that part and the
part where he describes his first experience with at an
autorotation in training really stuck in my mind.

Brian
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