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Old 9th January 2002 | 06:42
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helmet fire
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Arm OTW,
dont know the list - but would love to see it!

An NZ mate told me a great Huey story: he took a SkyHawk (when they had them!) pilot for a ride. Each time he would hando over the controls by gesturing with his left hand over the center console, he would flick off the HYD switch, then when fighter jock would strugle and sweat he would take over and flick HYD on again to demonstrate how he could fly the aircraft with just his fingers!

The fighter jock still believes all Huey pilots are incredible!!

Mind you, a good Instructor could hover a well tensioned (and light) aircraft with two fingers on the cyclic with HYD off.

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