Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/11/07/video-shows-daring-helicopter.html
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Wow! That’s some impressive flying.
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The online world (and my brain) needs more of this. Thank you!
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he has the right stuff.
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I am guessing the pilot might be ex-military. An EMS friend of mine knows one of the life flight pilots. He’s a former Apache pilot and evidently is quite masterful to watch in action and has landed in some tight spots.
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Considering how difficult it already is to fly a helicopter, that pilot has SKILLS. Also, is it me does that retaining wall look REALLY close to the rotors?
I passed out twice watching this.
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Coming home after a day of work like this, knowing you did your absolute best and it mattered.
That person.
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Iv’e seen them scooping from a pool in a creek - they don’t need much depth of water. They had a much longer rope, which seemed safer.
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Sure is! I wonder whether the helicopter handles differently because of the weight of the water. And of the pilot’s gigantic brass balls or ovaries, as the case may be.
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Air Assault pilots are absolutely incredible to watch in-action. I once hooked an Avenger to the belly of a Chinook manually in the Sonoran desert with lightning bolts dancing all around. The pilot didn’t flinch once.
Also: Wow, in looking for an image, this article came up describing my old unit doing the first sling load operation with an Avenger in over 10 years. Just a little over 10 years after I left. I wonder if I broke something…
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Huevos at least as big as the water bucket. Must be hard to walk.
Also, what a beautiful pool!
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He seems to be Portuguese, so what he may have are tomates not huevos.
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