(Mark James Boyd) wrote in message ...
but anything that looks like
a flying Cuisanart gets a wide berth from me.

Same thing almost happened to me, on a long final into Palo
Alto,(Class D towered) The helo ahead of me slowed & held altitude. As
I decended on short final, my path lead directly under him. Couldn't
tell tower, they were talking. Knowing there were aircraft behind me,
I did a quick look over my shoulder, and cranked out a 360. On short
final. The helicopter did an autorotation to a hover, to the numbers,
through my old flight path. Tower just said, "go around & we'll get
you in soon as we clear the runway, thank you". Ok, so they have to
practice crashing, but do they have to do it at a busy airfield?
The military tower in Yuma crossed two sea stallions in front of me on
short final, and when I pointed it out to them, they directed us to
"do a 360".
At 300 feet. In a Citation, with gear & landing flaps. Ok, sure. We
did it, full power 360 over residential Yuma at 300 feet. On taxi-in,
we asked tower for their phone number. Chewed on their leg for a
change.
I like helicopters, but I don't like being underneath em. Usually
means you're on the way to the trauma center.
Dan