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Started by davidsinn, January 28, 2012, 02:18:33 AM

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davidsinn

January 28, 2012, 02:18:33 AM
I've seen low, and I've heard of LOW but this takes the cake.
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David Sinn

rustyjeeper

#1
January 28, 2012, 02:20:43 AM
there is nothing visible!

davidsinn

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January 28, 2012, 02:23:10 AM
Quote from: rustyjeeper on January 28, 2012, 02:20:43 AM
there is nothing visible!

Did you click the link?
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David Sinn

PHall

#3
January 28, 2012, 02:40:54 AM
But it's not too low. Too low is when there are pieces of folage stuck to the leading edge of the wing! 8)

davidsinn

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January 28, 2012, 02:43:31 AM
Quote from: PHall on January 28, 2012, 02:40:54 AM
But it's not too low. Too low is when there are pieces of folage stuck to the leading edge of the wing! 8)

Some of those aircraft did have grass stains...
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NCRblues

#5
January 28, 2012, 02:44:34 AM
That was amazing...

and the "pucker" factor on some of those had to be.....wow...
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davidsinn

#6
January 28, 2012, 02:53:59 AM
Quote from: NCRblues on January 28, 2012, 02:44:34 AM
That was amazing...

and the "pucker" factor on some of those had to be.....wow...

12.2 on a 10.0 scale...
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David Sinn

titanII

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January 29, 2012, 12:29:12 AM
Quote from: JK657 on January 28, 2012, 05:45:10 PM
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NIN

#9
January 29, 2012, 04:51:54 AM
While it doesn't precisely qualify as a "low pass," it was supremely scary the first time I had a Chinook hover over the CONNEX I was crouched on top of for a hook up.. 20,000+ lbs of aluminum and noise will make you question your decisionmaking abilities for a few seconds.

Of course, the kind and gentle soul of PFC Sal Savia, our mentor in this endeavor, didn't help: "You [redacted] wanna learn how to hook slingloads? You must be about [redacted] crazy... "

I got pretty good at it for a while... until my buddy almost got crushed one night cuz the company FEI let a guy who wasn't even checked off for day slingloads call an NVG load without supervision. That sorta put me off to letting a helicopter hover over my head like that.
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Huey Driver

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January 31, 2012, 05:45:52 AM
Idiot...

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SarDragon

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January 31, 2012, 05:54:18 AM
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davidsinn

#12
January 31, 2012, 05:55:58 AM
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Huey Driver

#13
February 01, 2012, 12:30:34 AM
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right...

davidsinn

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February 01, 2012, 12:40:20 AM
Quote from: JerseyCadet on February 01, 2012, 12:30:34 AM
Quote from: SarDragon on January 31, 2012, 05:54:18 AM
Quote from: JerseyCadet on January 31, 2012, 05:45:52 AM
Idiot...

Cockpit

Ground

Skilled.

Very skilled indeed, still not safe.

The cadet is wise.

It's one thing to do something stupid with a multimillion dollar jet when you're the only one that can die if you screw the pooch, but this moron would have taken a dozen other people with him if he tapped the ground.
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commando1

#15
February 01, 2012, 06:27:48 PM
Quote from: JerseyCadet on February 01, 2012, 12:30:34 AM
Very skilled indeed, still not safe.
Well maybe they had a really intense safety briefing beforehand about possible hazards...  >:D
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