Bart: I like it: ECD I hadn't heard that one before; I think that I will
use that in the magazine. Actually learning to fly the helicopter pretty
well contained my ego. BTW my friend recently put his ship down hard in
the desert and if he had been dressed as your picture shows, he would have
died of dehydration trying to walk the 6 miles thru the desert with the
cactus and puncture weeds. His ECD must have worked to his advantage, cause
talking to him the other day indicated that he still had an alive and well
ego. However, he didn't need to use the nomex suit as the helicopter was on
its side with the engine still running with the leaking gas missing the
engine completely.
If your attached picture shows your normal footwear, I would recommend a
lot of practice walking on carpet tacks. It could come in real handy.

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"B4RT" wrote in message
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"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote in message
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Weeelll as told to me by the chief instructor at the Test Pilot school
in
Mojave (helicopter pilot) He doesn't feel good as a passenger in a
helicopter where the pilot isn't wearing a helmet. He related some bird


Just so we get our nomenclature correct, its called an ECD not a helmet.
ECD is an acronym for Ego Containment Device. I think maybe we should all
fly with nomex suits, nomex gloves, steel toed jack boots, and an ECD.

Am I serious? See this pic: http://www.igor.com/pix/03-14-06_1634.jpg


Bart