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| 7.62mm Crusader |
I believe for 2 night, I've been seeing a flight of these, 12 or so, come in to land and, this evening take off. Last evening, a couple almost seemed to be doing a low level search. Two would hover for a extended period, 5 to 10 minutes prior to traveling north and I believe land. I am viewing them from 2 to 3 miles estimate. In lifting off tonight, again, 2 will hover in place about 1,000 to 2,000 feet estimate, for 5 to 10 minutes prior to low level, slow speed flight. If I am viewing helos, what is the purpose of the extended period of hover ? | ||
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A Grateful American |
To learn how to hover for extended periods of time. In a hover you learn to override your "feelings and seat of the pants" tendencies and learn to relay and "trust" the instruments. There will be many times a rotor winged pilot will encounter poor visibility, unpredictable winds and such, and the inputs that he may induce that can lead to a very bad and rapidly deteriorating situation. Being able to quickly read, head and function in a totally instrument flight regime, may be the only thing from living or dying. It only takes a single misunderstanding of your brain "thinking" it knows, before you make the last mistake. Case in point. Once upon a time... -53 in hover to position and land next to an aircraft utilized for re-fuel source, prior to abort of a mission, and in a severe dusty environment where all visual reference was lost, except the ground member marshaling the -53 to a point where the refuel station was located(fuel bladder), and as the marshaller was moving backwards and away from the -53, the pilot of the -53 perceived that he was "moving rearward" and "corrected", resulting in his moving forward and impacting a fixed wing aircraft that was finishing refueling from the same station. 8 died. 4 injured. Lots of broken things. Worst day ever. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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"Member" |
Learning to use FLIR? _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
Helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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Not enough information has been provided about location, altitude, etc. A number of reasons could be for what's described. A group of 12 helicopters, however, is not "learning to hover." They're a little past that point. | |||
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| 7.62mm Crusader |
OK, I thought maybe it had something to do with engines, hydrolics or rotors. Thank you. | |||
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| 7.62mm Crusader |
Location not needed. And thank you. | |||
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Actually, it is relevant. As a pilot, there was a reason I mentioned it. Altitude and location are very important. | |||
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fugitive from reality |
That accident had previously been reported as a grond taxi collision.  _____________________________ 'I'm pretty fly for a white guy'. | |||
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Member |
Navarre crash This horrific crash was caused by just what sigmonkey was explaining. | |||
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| A Grateful American |
That was a joke. "...what is the purpose of the extended period of hover ?" "To learn how to hover for extended periods of time." Sometimes ya just gotta let up a little, with that death grip, on the yoke. You are pretty smart guy, and you have a wealth of knowledge and experience. I have worked with, served with and flown with good people like you. Unlax and have some fun.  "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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| Ammoholic |
Helicopters don’t fly, they are so ugly the earth repels them. | |||
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| 7.62mm Crusader |
Wish I had a pair of binocs as I dont know what kind of choppers they were. I have seen 5 Apaches just north of me last year and a few solo Apache. The ones hovering and 2 at a time low going north to land almost looked like they were scoping out the terraine. | |||
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when an aircraft went missing in Arizona , we watched an Apache hover for over 25 minutes , then we got bored and went on our way Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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