Helicopter flying

Well, now I know that there is indeed a realm of impossibility: Getting a show like that approved, much less insured, in today's tort-obsessed society would be impossible.

(According to the narrator, the show in the video took place in 1990, for those watching at work with the audio muted.)

-Rich
 
Yeah that guy has skills but like the video says you're not going to see that stuff today. He's way too close to spectators. No insurance company today will approave that. Good entertainment though.
 
Velocity173 said:
Yeah that guy has skills but like the video says you're not going to see that stuff today. He's way too close to spectators. No insurance company(IN THE USA) today will approave that. Good entertainment though.
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FIFY

That pilot wasn't doing anything that anyone else with inhuman skills and thousands of hours of practice couldn't replicate. Unless you have flown helicopters, or know quite a bit about how they are flown, you have no idea how difficult what he was doing is.
 
Threefingeredjack said:
FIFY

That pilot wasn't doing anything that anyone else with inhuman skills and thousands of hours of practice couldn't replicate. Unless you have flown helicopters, or know quite a bit about how they are flown, you have no idea how difficult what he was doing is.
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:lol: Yeah I agree. I've got 4,000 hrs in them and I'm pretty sure I would have impaled that guy with my skid or flipped the aircraft over. Takes a long time to get that good.
 
Velocity173 said:
:lol: Yeah I agree. I've got 4,000 hrs in them and I'm pretty sure I would have impaled that guy with my skid or flipped the aircraft over. Takes a long time to get that good.
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I have a few myself, and was watching how when he changed direction, pitch attitude, or anything for a matter of fact, his altitude didn't change. MAD skills.
 
"Otto the Helicopter" is probably the closest you can get to that kinda show now
 
denverpilot said:
You can see how good the instructor was by watching the minute yaw changes during the student's takeoff and departure. The instructor held the yaw solid when he had the controls. Much greater fine motor skill on his feet versus his student.
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What video were you watching?
 
Impressive? bah. That looks pretty much like the first time I......tried to hold a steady hover.:D

That's someone who is one with his machine.
 
Threefingeredjack said:
FIFY

Unless you have flown helicopters, or know quite a bit about how they are flown, you have no idea how difficult what he was doing is.
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I've never even been in a helicopter, but I can appreciate the skill level of the pilot.

I can also appreciate the level of trust the guy on the ground has in the pilot's ability.
 
I think that he learned most of those moves while doing two things at the same time:

1) Shooting at others
2) Avoiding being shot by others
 
Cool video but I have to admit I'm not sure I would be comfortable taking my wife and kids to that show. Too much could go wrong.
 
Swampfox201 said:
Cool video but I have to admit I'm not sure I would be comfortable taking my wife and kids to that show. Too much could go wrong.
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Broken risk analysis.

Think about all the other things in the world that can harm your family, all run by "professionals", all completely legal... who can literally change the rules of their games at will... versus sitting there and watching this helicopter pilot.

This show is WAY down the list of things you should be worried about for your kids. Way below even the halfway mark.
 
denverpilot said:
Broken risk analysis.

Think about all the other things in the world that can harm your family, all run by "professionals", all completely legal... who can literally change the rules of their games at will... versus sitting there and watching this helicopter pilot.

This show is WAY down the list of things you should be worried about for your kids. Way below even the halfway mark.
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Examples please?
 
I was at a tractor pull in the first row once and a guy lost control. By the time he got it shut down he was about 5ft from taking us out.

My comment about not taking family to the helicopter show was more to do with not wanting my kids to see some guy get cut in half than our own personal safety.
 
That is a good video and great flying. He is right, to bad you cant do those things anymore.
 
Swampfox201 said:
I was at a tractor pull in the first row once and a guy lost control. By the time he got it shut down he was about 5ft from taking us out.
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Stay home where it's safe..until you fall in the tub and break your neck then drown.

That guy is less likely to get cut in half than your family is to die on the road. Head to head closure rates up to 160+mph with vehicles operated by incompetent self centered maniacs with zero driving training...and that doesn't include the routine redlight/stop sign runners. And the helicopter show flown by an extremely competent pilot is dangerous?????

When I was a kid, we went to a blue angles airshow in the 1970's when they were flying F-4's. Everyone was parked in the parking area in the grass next to the runway. They did the 4 plane cross and one of them came from behind directly over us at no more than 30 feet above the vehicles and really fast. There were a few unattended lawn chairs on top of vans and campers that ended up on the ground because of it. It got your attention unlike the stuff nowadays where you have to have a telescope to see the planes doing all their stuff in the next county over. You haven't been to a jet airshow until you feel the downwash and heat from the engines. IMNSHO, if you don't want to see an airplane go right over you like that, stay at home and don't go to an airshow.

Fun is no longer allowed anymore. The whiney crybabies have won...
 
FTFY. -Skip

fgcason said:
Stay home where it's safe..until you fall in the tub and break your neck then drown.

That guy is less likely to get cut in half than your family is to die on the road. Head to head closure rates up to 160+mph with vehicles operated by incompetent self centered drunk maniacs with zero driving training...and that doesn't include the routine redlight/stop sign runners. And the helicopter show flown by an extremely competent pilot is dangerous?????

When I was a kid, we went to a blue angles airshow in the 1970's when they were flying F-4's. Everyone was parked in the parking area in the grass next to the runway. They did the 4 plane cross and one of them came from behind directly over us at no more than 30 feet above the vehicles and really fast. There were a few unattended lawn chairs on top of vans and campers that ended up on the ground because of it. It got your attention unlike the stuff nowadays where you have to have a telescope to see the planes doing all their stuff in the next county over. You haven't been to a jet airshow until you feel the downwash and heat from the engines. IMNSHO, if you don't want to see an airplane go right over you like that, stay at home and don't go to an airshow.

Fun is no longer allowed anymore. The whiney crybabies have won...
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When I was a kid (1960's), I remember going to an open house at Griffiss AFB. In addition to the airplane flying show, they had 4 Bell helicopters doing a square dance. The PA had a caller and the cockpit bubbles were painted as two guys and two girls. It was awesome! IIRC it was an Army team.
 
I don't know about the rest of you guy/gals.. but I am IMPRESSED.:yes::thumbsup:
 
Skip Miller said:
FTFY. -Skip
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What's wrong with drunk drivers on the road? At least they're predictable. It's everyone else that scares me..cellphones, me-firsters, and the list goes on and on with drunks near the bottom of the risk category...
 
upstateny said:
When I was a kid (1960's), I remember going to an open house at Griffiss AFB. In addition to the airplane flying show, they had 4 Bell helicopters doing a square dance. The PA had a caller and the cockpit bubbles were painted as two guys and two girls. It was awesome! IIRC it was an Army team.
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Heh... cool. How many people would even recognize a square dance today? :)
 
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