The grass always seems greener on the other side of the fence. Helo drivers in the military were always seen as being the bottom rung of aviation, was the destiny of those at the bottom of the wings course, and many drivers were looking to get into the fixed wing side of the business. One Army Sioux driver went for a ride in a F-100 dropping bombs on bad guys, he then took the guy for a low level flight in his Sioux and he thought the experience out of the world and cool, helo driver thought the opposite, flying the jet was cool.
One lad went to recruiting wanting to join the Army as a helo guy, having passed all the tests they offered him the Air Force, which he declined, asked why he replied "you may send me to fixed wing, I want to fly helos". The answer they gave was "if you join the Air Force we guarantee you'll fly helos", but it wasn't to last, did a combat tour on helos, came back to the real world and converted to fighters.
How did the pilots here feel about the maneuver the first time?
Learnt in the very forgiving Bell 47, so no big deal, the Scout on the other hand..............