Wow, is there anything you donīt know about???
Iīm impressed with some of the answers, I always thought that to be a chopper pilot someone needed to be out of his mind, and have no logical way of thinking at all!!
Itīs a relief that, besides that fabolous sense of humor, we still are mind users, which is what keep us airborne, isnīt it. I hope that auto pilots will never ever get in our thinking mode, like some plank jockeys....
Thanks to all!
P.S. It never crossed my mind to use cranes as the only means to asses wind, but at least they are not "alive" like horses or cows.... The bloody animals tend to run away when they hear a thup-thup, and I donīt think the care about the wind when they do