A monument to single point modes of mechanical failureNooooooo!!!
Helicopters are unnatural acts. They beat the air into submission until mother nature gives up and demands they get away from earth.
Nothing but a loose collection of parts all vibrating in unison.
I’ve watched these guys do their autorotation drills when over a large flat area. But to do it where your choice is an ocean, a mountain side, or a sliver of beach…the fact no one died, amazing.
Flying into Sky King a couple of years ago in the L3.
Just a little fly-inNice greaser, sir. Pancake breakfast?