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Old 16th June 2004 | 22:01
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verticalflight
 
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That video saved my life!

I watched the video in 1996, shortly before going on my first tuna spotting trip. It certainly caught my attention.

A couple of months later, and with only 100 hrs on the R22 I had a real engine failure at 800 ft. Guess if I was quick enough to lower the collective...

A few seconds later we were in the water, floating, in one piece, waiting for the boat to pick us up It took her an hour to get to the place. Helo, observer and pilot were OK, trousers were brown!

Whilst waiting during that hour I thought several times about the video, its effect on me, and how it had sped up the way I had reacted to the engine failure. Consciously or unconsciously, the desired effect had taken place.
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