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| Pilots Dip $33M Helicopters In Lake Tahoe |
| 2010-09-25 |
| Two Navy helicopter pilots from North Island Naval Air Station have been grounded over a YouTube video that allegedly shows them dipping the $33 million aircrafts into Lake Tahoe. In the video taken Sept. 14, both helicopters hit the water and one seems to spin out of control and crash into the water before its pilot apparently pulls the craft back into the air. A Navy spokesman confirmed that the video was genuine footage of two MH-60 Romeo helicopters from North Island's Helicopter Maritime Strike 41 squadron, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #6 # 3 I agree. The pilots story has yet to be told. One comment from a helicopter pilot said the one lost some control before the dip. That being closer to the water would offer more resistance for lift. Highly skilled to fly these and a technique used in their skill set. A hefty set of cohoneys required. I'm not ready to trash them. |
| Posted by: Dale 2010-09-25 21:06 |
| #5 Hopehe has a good story to go with it. they were coming from Sacramento area to SD. Last time I checked, Tahoe was an hour-half east by car, but nowhere near a flight pattern described. Asses will be scorched |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-09-25 19:52 |
| #4 Slow uncontrolled turn with an uncontrollable decent. Settling with power anyone? He's not good, he's lucky. Probably not used to the altitudes he was working at. Hope he has a good story to go with it. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-09-25 19:01 |
| #3 That pilot is very, very good. |
| Posted by: Zebulon Unaish5931 2010-09-25 17:41 |
| #2 -- Thanks for the link to Grandpa Pettibone, I enjoyed reading about him. Some lines of work are best learned by studying the stupid mistakes of others. Aviation is one of those lines, obstetrics is another. John Figgis Jewett, M.D. (no kidding on the name, sounds like he could be a cousin of Grandpa Pettibone) used to have a regular column on obstetric mishaps in the New England Journal of Medicine. His columns proved far more useful to me than the usual OB literature. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-09-25 17:05 |
| #1 Grandpa Pettibone says Jumpin Jehosaphat |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-09-25 15:41 |