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Curious thought while noodling early on a Sunday a.m. (0600). Anyone
else here ever been injured while flying a helicopter? Perhaps its splitting hairs but twice now I've broken a finger getting out of them. Landed my Hiller 12E crossways on irrigation rows to wait for my loading truck and was getting out to take a whizz. My foot slipped on the wet skid and I stepped down into the bottom of the row. When I did, my little fingertip jammed on the horizontal window frame as I did the sudden and unexpected drop another 12". Hurt like hell the rest of the day until I could get to a clinic and get it set. The second time was similar but was on a flat surface that was wet and again I slipped as my feet hit the oily slick ramp. Once again a finger jammed on a rivet row or something like it and broke the finger tip. Now after many years, both small fingertips have an odd shaped fingernail growing over the old break site. I am paying careful attention when I get in and out of both airplanes and helicopters to avoid any more simple stupid injuries. Ol S&B btw: I'd like to do injuries to all ten fingers of the clown who keeps posting the vitupourous venom vs Belfort. He/she is singlehandedly ruining my desire to spend any time on this NG. |
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