To: t'aint natural
Quote: “Then instead of wasting your time bellyaching about something you know nothing about, you'll have made a real contribution to the industry.
If you have time to waste, why not learn to fly? Or take some lessons in basic design? That'd help”.
Regarding the first sentence above about knowing what I am talking about I alluded to my past experience, which is:
Eighteen factory technical schools on helicopters to include the P&W Twinpack and the Allison 250.
Fourteen month training program at Sikorsky.
Two military schools on aircraft, helicopters and engines.
Worked as a design analyst specializing in Reliability, Maintainability and Systems Safety on the following:
Agusta 129
Agusta-Westland EH 101
AH-64 Apache
AH-56 Cheyenne
Bell-Boeing V-22
Supervised the maintenance engineering department for Bell Helicopter International on the following:
AB 206
AB 205
Bell 214
Bell AH1-J
Agusta-Boeing CH-47
Agusta-Sikorsky SH3-D
I believe this gives me sufficient standing to be critical about anything related to helicopters that effect reliability, maintenance or safety.
Regarding my learning to fly. I did a lot of that in the service as a flight engineer or helicopter maintenance mechanic. There is a strong possibility that I was doing this before you were born.
It seems that you were attacking me but failing to respond to what I mentioned in my post above.
