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To: Red Badger

I have never ridden on a helicopter. The main thing that scares me about them is that if they develop some sort of engine problem they cannot glide to a landing but drop like a rock.


9 posted on 02/23/2022 6:17:00 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: Sans-Culotte

I rode in Choppers in the Marines.
That is always in the back of your mind.
They need airbags.................


10 posted on 02/23/2022 6:20:59 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Sans-Culotte
they cannot glide to a landing but drop like a rock.

Not true, auto rotation.

11 posted on 02/23/2022 6:24:14 AM PST by New Perspective (#NotMyPresident -Proud father of a son with DS & fighting to keep him off biden's death panels.)
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To: Sans-Culotte
The main thing that scares me about them is that if they develop some sort of engine problem they cannot glide to a landing but drop like a rock.

Well, it is a good thing that the thing that scares you most is fiction. Airplanes glide to a crash.

27 posted on 02/23/2022 11:42:25 AM PST by xone ( )
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