tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post111748726720869220..comments2024-03-22T07:12:47.560-07:00Comments on Pitchpull: Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst!Greybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-1117811402809754832005-06-03T08:10:00.000-07:002005-06-03T08:10:00.000-07:00The Huey to me seems like an amazing, revolutionar...The Huey to me seems like an amazing, revolutionary platform.<BR/><BR/>It is amazing to think about that airframe and its capabilities. 205 firefighting birds, 412 executive and medevac, Whiskey Cobra... amazing indeed!<BR/><BR/>More amazing, in my opinion, were the Huey pilots. In every documentary film I have seen, the pilots were calm, professional and ruthlessly efficient in their abilities.<BR/><BR/>Dustoffs, Slicks, Gunships....<BR/><BR/>Coming into a hot LZ with .30 caliber size holes coming through the aluminum... the pilots scanning the LZ, unbothered by the 7.62 slugs zipping past.<BR/><BR/>There is something about a two-blade ride. I have never had the fortune to be in a huey in flight, but I have heard the 'thap thap thap' many times.<BR/><BR/>An old Guard cobra landed at Spirit one time and we walked over to look. The blade seemed like it was six feet wide!<BR/><BR/>When the pilot took of and hovered over us the RPMs looked so slow that it seemed physically impossible the machine could fly.<BR/><BR/>I have had the fortune of riding in a 206, Bell 47 and an R-22. There is something comforting about the gentle oscillations of the single rotor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com