OT Talk about some badass flying!

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

That is cool as shit...bet the pilot thought nothing of it. Bad mf'ers.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

That is cool as shit...bet the pilot thought nothing of it. Bad mf'ers.

I bet he was pretty fucking nervous. Calm, but I bet the pulse was racing.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I bet he was pretty fucking nervous. Calm, but I bet the pulse was racing.

I wouldn't put big money on it but I wouldn't be surprised if I won.

 

[riverman]

Amazing.....friend of mine is a Bush Pilot in Canada...those guys are fuckin' brave....they fly in shit nobody would dare fly in......had to get a fly in shit bit in there

 

[riverman]

I frickin' love this tune...Stills is a master...some cool live versions of this on youtube

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I wouldn't put big money on it but I wouldn't be surprised if I won.

In reading different accounts this was crazy high on the danger scale, thin air, 20mph gusts, very warm temperatures so large ice chunks up there was breaking up and rolling down, because of the angle the copter was the rear blades were at chest height for the rescuers entering the back of the copter. So much could have gone wrong that was out of the pilots control.

And don't forget the rescue helicopter that crashed on Mt Hood years ago.

 

[riverman]

personal favorite take

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

personal favorite take

Thanks. Will listen tonight. Love love love his voice.

 

[BrianFromWA]

I wouldn't put big money on it but I wouldn't be surprised if I won.

One of my classmates has a similar shot picking up a team in AFG. He said he was basically chill the whole time until he started flying back with everyone on board. Then he almost lost it with the shakes.

 

[riverman]

One of my classmates has a similar shot picking up a team in AFG. He said he was basically chill the whole time until he started flying back with everyone on board. Then he almost lost it with the shakes.

I experienced that first hand delivering mail bags to soldiers in Danang on Huey's....calm through the action....get the shakes back on the boat after the fact..think a lot of soldiers go through that

 

[e_blazer]

That’s pretty amazing all right. The image kind of looks like someone who sat in the hidden superglue on the toilet seat.

 

[Lanny]

God Bless people like that.

 

[BlazerWookee]

I was in a Chinook unit in Germany and Saudi Arabia. I've seen those things do a lot of amazing things, but this ranks right up at the top...

 

[Lanny]

I experienced that first hand delivering mail bags to soldiers in Danang on Huey's....calm through the action....get the shakes back on the boat after the fact..think a lot of soldiers go through that

I kept hearing these noises as I shuttled around the country in C130s. For years and years I thought it was the engines backfiring but then,years later, someone told me it was the sound of flak. Good thing I didn't know it at the time or I would have shit my pants.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

https://www.oregonlive.com/clackama...ount_hood_rescue_pilot_says_s.html#incart_std

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

https://www.oregonlive.com/clackama...ount_hood_rescue_pilot_says_s.html#incart_std

Told ya. Balls of Kryptonite.

Now...you can buy backup cameras for a car on Amazon for 30 bucks.

Story said there are no rearview mirrors...I get that. They can't rig up a camera or two?

 

[dviss1]

In reading different accounts this was crazy high on the danger scale, thin air, 20mph gusts, very warm temperatures so large ice chunks up there was breaking up and rolling down, because of the angle the copter was the rear blades were at chest height for the rescuers entering the back of the copter. So much could have gone wrong that was out of the pilots control.

And don't forget the rescue helicopter that crashed on Mt Hood years ago.

I wanted to climb that mountain until I saw this.

 

[Lanny]

I wanted to climb that mountain until I saw this.

I tried to climb it once, 'cause I figure you're not a true Oregonian until you climb Mount Hood, but I could only get half way up because of my asthma.