Here’s real talent, real heroism.
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Errr I could, it used to be my job.
thank u for your service
No problem, you're welcome. As an FYI I'm not in your country where you care for your vets, over here that saying "Thank you for your service" is rarely said. I've had it said to me twice, both by nurses. So I greatly appreciate it.
I'll say it to you. Thank you for your service. o7.
Thank you, very kind.
I'd like to add a big thank you for your service as well!
Thank you.
American military sometimes say it to each other, tongue-in-cheek
It's very rarely said where I am, we are too busy drinking tea ;)
Oh wow. That's sad how underappreciated real heros & go getters are. Well no prob and you deserve it.
Thank you.
To all who serve or did serve, thank you and my utmost respect! You are my hero's, not some athlete, actor, or singer! They're entertaining, but not worthy of hero status! Thank you for fighting for good in the world. You made/make a difference.
Kind words, thank you appreciate it.
The "Dust off" pilots were and are some of the most heroic people on the planet from the Vietnam war, they have my utmost respect.
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Serious Up KEK!
Me also.
I actually did something similar back in my UH-1N flying days picking up a Seal team from the edge of a plateau. They had hiked about 100' down a razorback ridge to remain concealed and were waiting just below the ridge (tough to pick out as we flew over on our ToT). There was a small area where the ridge leveled out for a bit - but no way to land. Wound up having to sit one skid on the ridge with the other hanging out in the air while they loaded. Had to get them on quickly due to fuel. My newbie 2Lt copilot was kind of freaking out - but on the way back we talked about it. Essentially I told him that 'sometimes you have to do what you have to do', and I did want him to know what the helo was capable of.
Ahhh, good times!
I love these types of stories. I remember on reddit a guy opened up about the times he was fired at while he was on patrol and how he managed to maneuver through that situation.
Good times indeed! We picked up an injured guy high up on a mountain side, way above our ceiling, very limited power. Still you don't know until you try, and this guy wouldn't have made it unless we did.
write a book! or have someone ghostwrite it for you
I have often thought about that, and it's only a fraction of my story. I ended up flying in Africa, where an accident occurred and left me paralysed from the waist down for about 1 year, before regaining a lot of function back, although the metalwork in my spine (lost the L2 vertebrae on impact 23G) is trying to kill me, and had sepsis recently. And lots lots more!
do it - not to be morbid but if you peg it, your stories and all those unique experiences die with you!!
A friends father who is an author and has helped with the history aspects on some of the Discovery channel military shows offered to ghost write it for me a few years ago. But my friend, his son Olly, was killed in another helo crash, wires across a valley in CZ and I lost contact with the father.
I wouldn't know where or how to get a ghost writer, hadn't really thought about it that much.
Perhaps I should, thanks. Don't worry about the morbid side of life, the military thrive on dark humour!
My grandad's in the same boat. He's 89 and has always been superfit, but he's starting to deteriorate now and thinking about his mortality. He's always talking about his war stories, and wants a ghostwriter before he croaks lol.
There's always websites for this kind of thing. Just do a good of it and see what options there are. Nothing to lose right?
o7 ?
Yuge hat tip to you Patriot! We salute you and Bless you for your service! ? 07
Very kind of you, thank you.
The best of us (humans) are those that serve when service is unappreciated and often openly disrespected.
All good things to you and all your kith and kin.
Semper Fidelis.
Thank you fren. We spent some time with HMLA 269 "The Gunrunners" which was good fun.
Heard it’s really hard to get a helicopter to hover in place. Is this true?
The limiting factors are space for the main rotors (and tail rotor if you have one) limited engine power especially at height where the air is less dense. Wind speed and direction plays a big role also.
Physically it can be difficult during training dependant on type and if it has any stabilisation on it. One small aircraft I flew was particularly difficult as you tended to over control, but in essence it's just time and getting used to each airframe.
Chinooks were after my time, they have autohover I belive.
Hi, they have a "Stabilisation augmentation system" on board, but I've not heard of a hover button per se as you see in the movies! Would be nice tho.
How about when they drop the ass end into the water for seal deployment an recovery. Thats incredible shit too!
https://youtu.be/Uz24kWbFxRY
Holy crap I wasn’t expecting that boat to come flying in like that
Pretty awesome!
Talk about balls of steel! Should have posted this yesterday, perfect for Independence Day.
I know that one, it was an RAF Chinook retrieving some SBS troopers
Little Oh Seven!! o7.
Balls of steel and nerves of carbon nanotubes
I would guess that EMS chopper pilots would be best at this skill, given that people don't always get injured near a nice heliport.
Probably gets more flight time than active duty.
baller!!
Not sure who this is, but the pilots of the 160th SOAR are all badasses.
Very impressive whoever it is though.
Our pilots really are the best.
they are all bad ass motherfkers, sadly they fight for globalist bankers and their minions.
Damn Right Skippy.... Damn Impressive!!!!!!
Impressive to all the young Jedi!
True Heroes!!!
This copter is equipped with special pilot-assist stabilizing avionics to do this. Not that it's still not a major piloting achievement, mind you. Same thing happened with the Chinook pilot that did this. He got invited to meet The Queen, too.