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Title: Amazing helo picture...
Post by: trigger2 on August 26, 2008, 03:58:39 PM
What a phenomenal picture!  When you look at the picture below you have to realize that there are probably winds coming from the valley below so the stabilization was tricky, but the hut the helo is sitting on is mud and small timbers!

If you don't think our military pilots earn their pay ... you need to take a look at this picture ... and then look again and realize what you're seeing.  :aok

(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m56/alecksismeboo/ATT1.jpg)

This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission. The pilot is a PA Guard guy who flies EMS choppers in civilian life. Now how many people on the planet you reckon could set the butt end of a chopper down on the roof top of a shack on a steep mountain cliff and hold it there while soldiers load wounded men in the rear?
Title: Re: Amazing helo picture...
Post by: Yenny on August 26, 2008, 04:00:34 PM
Hover, it's a beautiful ability  :aok
Title: Re: Amazing helo picture...
Post by: trigger2 on August 26, 2008, 04:03:38 PM
Hover, it's a beautiful ability  :aok

Yes, it is, but getting your throttle/RPM's just right in a helo to achieve "hover" point is an exceptionally hard task compared to how most people see it... and being able to keep the rear end down while taking on winds and keeping it stable enough to load the wounded in...  ;)
Title: Re: Amazing helo picture...
Post by: Slash27 on August 26, 2008, 05:33:18 PM
Thats just awsome.
Title: Re: Amazing helo picture...
Post by: crockett on August 26, 2008, 05:39:32 PM
That's a old picture, was from the first year of the war in Afghan I think, it's definly a cool picture though.
Title: Re: Amazing helo picture...
Post by: Baitman on August 26, 2008, 10:09:46 PM
Long lining under a helo with 40mph gusting winds in the mountains at 6,000' asl I have greatist admiration for the pilots. Getting us out of a drill site in the blowing snow and white out conditions before dark was another. :salute heli pilots
Title: Re: Amazing helo picture...
Post by: Sandman on August 27, 2008, 12:20:10 AM
More info here (http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/rooftop.asp).