R-22 Rescues Model P-51 from Trees
Any AFIs/CFIs want to comment on whether they think this was just a bit of harmless fun, or should the instructor really have known better?
I am pretty sure that my CFI (ex Royal Navy) would *never* have done this, and that none of my AFIs would have thought it that cool, either.
I did have one AFI who smoked during my lessons, and the rumour was that he'd attached rockets (or the fireworks variety) to the skids of an R-22 on one occasion. But this? Hovering over trees. Sitting in the avoid curve? Too much for my delicate constitution.