Seems this area hasn't been touched in awhile and the group is getting
stale. Well, let me stir the pot and see who is still aboard.
My very first feeling of emergency I think, occured when my instructor
said, "YOU HAVE IT", but he was also quick to relieve me of the
anxiety and settled the helicopter back into a rock steady hover (or
so it seemed to me).
Since then, in the late 60's, I've experienced engine failures, tail
rotor failures, engine basket failures, LTE, compensation weight
failures (Hiller), fuel system failures, wire strikes, spatial
disorientation, fuel exhaustion, and miscellaneous dumb ****.
I am putting myself out there as a target for the "pilots" who want to
take a shot at me and tell me how stupid I am or what they would have
done without ever being there to experience it. I am also posting for
pilots to admit their own errors so the rest of us can learn from it.
One of the things that still puzzles me is why I have been able to do
the things I have without being in more accidents or without injury
while others have wrecked numerous aircraft with or without death or
injury. There has to be a reason. Anyone have a clue?
Ol Shy & Bashful