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Pilot unscathed after horrific smash
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| 23 Nov 2011
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Posted on 11/23/2011 8:55:53 AM PST by smokingfrog
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
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posted on
11/23/2011 9:33:51 AM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
To: TSgt
Haven’t you heard of Festivus with its feats of strength (and wrestling match) and the airing of grievances? Painful indeed!
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posted on
11/23/2011 9:35:55 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: smokingfrog
Years ago my friend(a newbie pilot)and I shared a shuttle bus with a group of American Airlines pilots. Striking up a conversation , the pilots exploded in laughter when I asked if any were also chopper pilots.
One replied with a smirk “ Gary Powers was shot down in a plane at 70,000 ft and walked away. He later died piloting a news helicopter. Son, planes can glide but choppers go down like a cow flop(paraphrasing).”
For 20 years that has kept me out of a helicopter and I am forever grateful. I was in Maui last month and my girlfriend begged me to go on a helicopter tour but I flatly refused. One week later that chopper went down killing all the tourists and pilot aboard.
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posted on
11/23/2011 9:50:04 AM PST
by
Cyman
To: Cyman
My Brother was an Aircraft Mechanic and Private Pilot.
He had the same viewpoint on Helicopters.
When I tried to get him to go on a Helicopter ride, he simply said, “No wings, no way”.
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posted on
11/23/2011 9:58:40 AM PST
by
Kickass Conservative
(Liberals, Useful Idiots Voting for Useless Idiots...)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
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posted on
11/23/2011 10:19:42 AM PST
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: Cowman
This is creepy. On Leverage last night (TNT), the assumed names two of them used were Peel and Steed. I was the only one in the room old enough to recognize it though.
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posted on
11/23/2011 10:25:25 AM PST
by
PLMerite
(Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
To: paul51
looks like his seat busted loose from the side loads......
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posted on
11/23/2011 11:26:49 AM PST
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: smokingfrog
I’d say the two guys next to him on the deck were darn lucky too.
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posted on
11/23/2011 11:39:22 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the former.)
To: smokingfrog
Kind of reinforces my belief that we all have an expiration date. If its not your time, you won’t be killed... Also explains why some people walk away from horrible accidents ( in planes) and someone dies at a relative small car accident..
To: TSgt
What is the “fistive” season?It's the beest time of the year!
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posted on
11/23/2011 11:53:25 AM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: Robe
guy’s lucky to survive that ride
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posted on
11/23/2011 11:58:26 AM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: RJS1950
Sky News with some sky news. For a few seconds, anyway.
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posted on
11/23/2011 12:01:22 PM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: RJS1950
So much for safety surveys....
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posted on
11/23/2011 12:03:00 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Lexicon Genetics- Rick Perry's Solyndra Moment)
To: cuban leaf
There was some
pretty dramatic video obtained of a Soviet helicopter crash at Chernobyl. Needless to say, the crew did not survive that one either.
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posted on
11/23/2011 12:08:06 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Cyman
Been in one helicopter...and that was enough.
I talked my pop into letting me take the L.A. Airways...Sikorsky S-61 from DisneyLand Hotel..to LAX. I remember having a bad headache after arriving at LAX. Must have been '66 or '67..I was just a young kid.
After two crashes in '68...they discontinued service.
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posted on
11/23/2011 12:34:28 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum)
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