Well,I haven't caught up with this thread recently but reading recent comments reminds me....I did my ppl on an Enstrom at Booker with one Tony Clarke who demonstrated an auto over a corn field,except the engine actually stopped before he could initiate a recovery. I swear he put it down in the corn so perfectly thst the wheat ears stuck up through the cowling grills undamsged ans unaffected...I also witnessed Rainer Falke flying the Bo105 in the 1976 World freestyle event and can vouch thst it was a standard a/c. Even more recently,in fact two weeks ago I flew with RedBull Blacky Swartz in their Bo105 doing loops,barrel rolls and split S turns ...now I can die happy!