"Another one! They go out all night, drink too much and then come to the beach and fall asleep on the sand. Cmon boys, let's wake him up before the tide comes in."
The tandem rotor helicopter has this unique phenomenon when entering ground effect in that a powerful vortex is generated at the rear strong enough to hold up a person. You can literally step out the rear exit, walk around a bit then come back inside.
The annual Marine Corps belly-flop contest was not getting off to a great start. Crew Chief's score for the tandem belly flop: 1.1 for execution, 5.8 for style.
The Marines have been trialling the techniques for recovery of parachutists. They fly rapidly rearwards with the "mouth" open, the rear rotor cuts the shrouds, and the parachutists are gobbled up by the rear cargo door.
On this occasion, with the copilot flying by leaning out the crew door, they left it a bit late and almost lost the parachutists into the water. The senior parachutist can be seen strangling the person who talked him into doing this.
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