"I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes"
September 19, 2020, 10:54 PM
spunk639
Hoo Yah. Navy!!!
September 20, 2020, 03:59 AM
SigM4
I keep wondering why they didn’t build a platform to support the front end of the helo while they repaired it. I’ve seen it done a few times when the landing gear gets stuck. Maybe they didn’t have the luxury of time or materials to do so. Regardless that pilot was able to hold an impressive hover long enough for them to get the job done.
Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.
Complacency sucks…
September 20, 2020, 06:01 AM
SPWAMike0317
Teamwork and trust.
plus massive courage.
Let me help you out. Which way did you come in?
September 20, 2020, 06:11 AM
Micropterus
That happened in Norfolk, Va. The big blue crane in the background is one of the heavy cranes at Newport News Shipbuilding across the harbor.
_____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau
September 20, 2020, 06:29 AM
Patriot
My brother was a line captain and he said this occurred a lot. They trained for this often.
_____________________________ Pledge allegiance or pack your bag! The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher Spread my work ethic, not my wealth
September 20, 2020, 06:55 AM
r0gue
quote:
Originally posted by SPWAMike0317: Teamwork and trust.
plus massive courage.
I would have said plus youthful foolishness, but I do like that yours denotes more respect, as I do not wish to disrespect them in any way.
If I were in charge at that site, I'd have had them set it down on the nose and we'll fix it later. The way fed dollars are wasted, I'd rather a few hundred $k spent on sheet metal than on survivor benefits for a young American or three lost needlessly.
September 20, 2020, 07:32 AM
Sig209
quote:
Originally posted by r0gue:
If I were in charge at that site, I'd have had them set it down on the nose and we'll fix it later. The way fed dollars are wasted, I'd rather a few hundred $k spent on sheet metal than on survivor benefits for a young American or three lost needlessly.
agree
lives lost in training environment would be a sad waste
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Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
September 20, 2020, 09:21 AM
wxdave
Outstanding work! The rotor blast from a 53 is no joke. They are beasts of a machine.
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