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Old 13th February 2005 | 21:20
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Chopper pilot....

High speed at too little height can also be a problem....back in another life...in a land far far away...when among God's Own Lunatics, we used to return with green streaks on the chin bubbles and rice straw hanging from the landing gear and cargo hook.....from flying at minimum height.....an engine failure could have put us onto the ground long before we could use a cyclic climb to both slow and ascend. I always thought I would yank the collective and follow with cyclic....hoping Nr droop could be reversed by a hard flare type deceleration....then proceed with a "normal" autorotation. That kind of flying was trading one set of perils for another....
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