Buck, Almost by definition, Helicopters are not perfectly good aircraft. There's only one time seeing a helicopter above you is a good thing, when your pink butt is being rescued. All other times is bad news.
The most dangerous time I EVER spent airborne was NOT during any cmbt msn, but the time I hitched a ride back from Hue to DaNang on a Korean-era VNAF H-34. "You did WHATTTTT!!!!!????" the guys said when I told them how I came back early from a sight-seeing trip after Tet. LOL!
Buck,
ReplyDeleteAlmost by definition, Helicopters are not perfectly good aircraft. There's only one time seeing a helicopter above you is a good thing, when your pink butt is being rescued. All other times is bad news.
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DeleteThe most dangerous time I EVER spent airborne was NOT during any cmbt msn, but the time I hitched a ride back from Hue to DaNang on a Korean-era VNAF H-34. "You did WHATTTTT!!!!!????" the guys said when I told them how I came back early from a sight-seeing trip after Tet. LOL!
@ juvat: Agreed. I've only had one helicopter ride in my life and it was "interesting."
Delete@ Virgil: LOL!
Great honor for the one chosen to do the jump with him, but what pressure!
ReplyDeleteGood point, Jim.
DeleteOutstanding... STILL leading by example...
ReplyDeleteI do admire the man. A lot.
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