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Old 28th Jan 2023, 17:06
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Art E. Fischler-Reisen
 
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The obvious additional level of excitement with helicopters is that the lifting surfaces are not only revolving at dizzying speeds, but are attached by hinges, dampers, bearing, nuts, bolts, locking wire and large dollops of engineering expertise.
It gets really exciting when they're NOT..
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