A little helicopter humor from a thread on Vertical Reference:
While practicing autorotations during a military night training exercise a Huey screwed-up the landing and landed on the tail rotor. The landing was so hard that it broke off the tail-boom. However, the a/c fortunately remained upright on its skids, sliding down he runway doing 360's.
As the Huey slid past the tower, trailing a brilliant shower of sparks, this was the radio exchange that took place.
Tower: "Sir, do you need any assistance?"
Huey: "I don't know Tower.....we ain't done crashin' yet."
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Q: Why do airports have runways?
A: So the handicapped can fly.
(Sorry, fixed wingers, couldn't resist posting that one
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While practicing autorotations during a military night training exercise a Huey screwed-up the landing and landed on the tail rotor. The landing was so hard that it broke off the tail-boom. However, the a/c fortunately remained upright on its skids, sliding down he runway doing 360's.
As the Huey slid past the tower, trailing a brilliant shower of sparks, this was the radio exchange that took place.
Tower: "Sir, do you need any assistance?"
Huey: "I don't know Tower.....we ain't done crashin' yet."
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Q: Why do airports have runways?
A: So the handicapped can fly.
(Sorry, fixed wingers, couldn't resist posting that one
)