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Pobeka

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18. I once was in a helicopter that flew threw and incised canyon just for fun.

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Original post)

Sat Jul 10, 2021, 11:16 PM

Jul 2021

The canyon was maybe 3 or 4 rotor widths wide.

Pilot was ex viet-nam pilot.

One of the passengers asks "Isn't that hard to do?".

Pilot answers -- "No, it's hard to do that when people are shooting at you too!".

True story.
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Helicopters -- the magic carpet ride

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Some of these helicopter pilots are really precise! [View all] StrictlyRockers Jul 2021 OP

WOW! burrowowl Jul 2021 #1

Hey man nice shot. ret5hd Jul 2021 #2

WOW!!!! Thank you StrictlyRockers!!! Devil Child Jul 2021 #3

Thank you for posting canetoad Jul 2021 #4

I worked at a tea house in the mountains. There was a bridge over the top applegrove Jul 2021 #5

Reminds me of the film "The Dam Busters" nuxvomica Jul 2021 #6

The helicopter & the Air Tractor pilots amaze me NullTuples Jul 2021 #7

Yes. When my brother was helping to build a high speed chair lift in Lake Louise they applegrove Jul 2021 #9

Helo in Afghanistan keithbvadu2 Jul 2021 #8

Nerves//// Historic NY Jul 2021 #10

WOW! elleng Jul 2021 #11

Erickson Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane .. yes, awesome pilots Bo Zarts Jul 2021 #12

You are the first person I thought of for "precision flying." Kid Berwyn Jul 2021 #13

That's an Erickson pilot and they are Bad Ass! MerryBlooms Jul 2021 #14

Amazing. I wish I were as precise aiming for the toilet. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2021 #15

The Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane has been inservice since the early 1960s. Stinky The Clown Jul 2021 #16

The ability to hover, even for a few seconds, is invaluable TexasBushwhacker Jul 2021 #17

I once was in a helicopter that flew threw and incised canyon just for fun. Pobeka Jul 2021 #18