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Columbia Helicopters Vertol 107-II pulling a hover barge. No- it is not crashing- the 25 degree nose down attitude was needed to pull the weight.
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As in a "hover-craft" barge?
We - My Company has hired her for external picks. One bad *** Girl! Hope she is OK? A little spendy though!We could not work this morning due to lifting ops. I will post more pics. as I can, I was thinking of uses for duces as we left the site.
I understand the physics of it:Columbia Helicopters Vertol 107-II pulling a hover barge. No- it is not crashing- the 25 degree nose down attitude was needed to pull the weight.
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I used to fly with a senior pilot (on CH-53D's) who liked to do serious nose-down takeoffs when the helo was empty. I don't recall the pitch angle, I was usually sucked into my seat and hanging on, looking out through the overhead windows to see forward, or straight down at the ground. It was a blast, but still near scared the shadooky outta ya! I never had the hoohoos to try it myself.
He also like to do hammerheads into an LZ. He was an exciting guy to fly with! He was a lunatic, but I learned a lot from him. He and that big old -53 were as one. He knew exactly what it would do, and flew it like a Ferrari.
Cheers
Great story.I used to fly with a senior pilot (on CH-53D's) who liked to do serious nose-down takeoffs when the helo was empty. I don't recall the pitch angle, I was usually sucked into my seat and hanging on, looking out through the overhead windows to see forward, or straight down at the ground. It was a blast, but still near scared the shadooky outta ya! I never had the hoohoos to try it myself.
He also like to do hammerheads into an LZ. He was an exciting guy to fly with! He was a lunatic, but I learned a lot from him. He and that big old -53 were as one. He knew exactly what it would do, and flew it like a Ferrari.
Cheers
Yes, this pilot had honed his trade in Vietnam, where the flying was...different. Such behaviour was technically frowned upon by the Corps during my post-Vietnam time, but flying with flair was still unofficially encouraged. You could be a technically competent pilot, but if you flew like Mr Milktoast, you were going to get shuffled off somewhere.This type of take off is generally frowned upon by the newer, kinder, gentler Army...
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