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2010-09-25 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Pilots Dip $33M Helicopters In Lake Tahoe

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2010-09-25 15:23|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Grandpa Pettibone says Jumpin Jehosaphat

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2010-09-25 15:41|| 2010-09-25 15:41|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-09-25 17:05|| Front Page Top

#3 That pilot is very, very good.

Posted by Zebulon Unaish5931 2010-09-25 17:41|| 2010-09-25 17:41|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-09-25 19:01|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-09-25 19:52|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-09-25 21:06|| Front Page Top

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