Air police, the fenestron is 10 feet off the deck.
And the normal hover height for the aircraft is??????? Oh that will be 6 feet. So the fenestron is further away from obstacles than if he was hovering in a confined area or a barracks. Oh, and it's a Fenestron not an exposed TR so what exactly is your point?
I mentioned the terrain earlier - if you have flown there you will know that finding a suitable area to put down is tricky, especially in an aircraft that is limited to firm surfaces - it doesn't like boggy, rocky ground as there is little clearance underneath it.
It’s aviation insanity
that really is straight from the Daily Mail........you are so over-egging the pudding it's turning into a souffle.
Shy - DBs mention of JSP318 shows how out of touch he is with military flying.
DB, if your only memories of mil flying are with the AAC in the 80s then you might be surprised to know that things have moved on quite significantly since then.