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Old 8th November 2003 | 22:22
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Hey Bronx......

If we use your standards....I am just one big screw-up!

I have parked helicopters all over this great land of ours....one can only push so hard to get through and then it gets to be time to park. I have been so lost that it took walking to the street corner to read the street names before I could find myself. The Pacific Northwest can be a bit challenging for the "Get after it" types.

Personally, I prefer Pub parking lots in the UK to Walmarts and Interstate medians....however when it gets foggy....and by foggy I mean when you cannot hover up the pole or tower and cross over to the other side to hover back down....well it just means it is time to park.

I would never accuse these guys of using poor judgement....the US Army littered Vietnam with Hueys due to accidents caused by flying in bad weather. Inexperienced crews and bad weather are a rather fatal combination I think.
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