Taxi into something in the broad daylight......it can be done with the Marshaler standing by the Light Pole.
The forward blades chopped the wooden pole off about six inches above his outstretched arm!
It happened at Tay Ninh Airfield in Vietnam.....the marshaler....Crew Chief of the Aircraft. involved was busy getting dirt out of his eyes.....and was momentarily distracted....and the Pilot did not realize it.
It makes for one hell of a story when we have unit reunions.
The Pilot is very short....and the Crew Chief is very tall.....hearing the yarn from the two perspectives is especially entertaining.
Fortunately no one was hurt....but the Crew Chief probably needed a change of underwear.