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To: wrench

Difference is that a plane can at least make something of a controlled crash without an engine.

A helicopter is SOL when those blades stop.


32 posted on 09/29/2017 5:50:37 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: VanDeKoik

Auto-rotation. All helo pilots have to demonstrate competence, else all they fly is a desk.

Planes can’t fly without power unless airspeed is maintained over the wings, same idea as auto-rotation.


33 posted on 09/29/2017 5:56:03 AM PDT by wrench
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