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Old 20th Mar 2012, 19:49
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Amos Keeto
 
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The US Army Square Dance team had Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaws which were quite heavy with non-rigid rotors, so no way could they carry out the agile aerobatics that today's Lynx helicopters can. They even collided one with disasterous results - it's all in the book "Dancing Rotors"by Harry E.(Ned) Gilliand Jr. (look on Amazon)
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