Here’s real talent, real heroism.
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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!!