***Blackhawks and Chinooks kick up a lot more downdraft than other birds.
one would think the pilot should have known that.
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Prolly figured it out during the hover - you could just see the “ohcrap what do I do now?” light go off when he pulled into a hover and started seeing stuff getting blown away. It looks like he paused, tried to figure it out, pulled pitch and lifted off, then circled at altitude while seeing his career dissipation alarm light going off...then left.
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