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Old 27th Jan 2022, 19:21
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JohnDixson
 
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One of our pilots joined with a flight test engineer to buy an S-52, refurbish it, get it painted as it was at first, a USMC machine flown in the Korean War. Before they flew it, he called Mr. Thompson asking for information as to what to watch out for. That led to asking about the famous roll. I don’t recall what he said about why he did it, but Thompson said that upon landing, someone came up to him and told him that Mr. Sikorsky wanted to see him-NOW. He told our pilot that he thought that Igor was about to fire him. Went on up to Igor’s office worried that he had blown it. Walked in to the office ready to say he was sorry, but Igor began the conversation, asking “ Are you the pilot who just looped the S-52 out there? “. Thompson said yes. Igor then said, “ Can you do it again-I want to get movies of it ?“.
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