B2N2 - amusing that you as a non-helicopter pilot can accurately assess the safety of that flight when a number of us that do fly helicopters for a living (the clue is in the name of the forum, Rotorheads) say it is inherently unsafe.
He is only in a position to make a safe engine off landing without hazard to others for about 5% of that flight - the rest of the time he and the kid in the front would be in a pretty horrific accident if the engine stopped/drivebelt failed etc.
I’ve never even set foot in a helo but it “looks” alright to me. Mostly because I don’t know what a helo is capable of at these altitudes. To me it appears he carries sufficient extra speed to give him some more energy to work with.
It appears to be inherently no more dangerous then flying a fixed wing single engine over a congested area.
Or a twin
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