Two resulting scenarios for me:
1 - What actually happened, all went well,toy airplane recovered, no one hurt and nothing damaged.
- Opinion is split as to whether he made good use of his (or someone elses)machine and showed initiative, whilst teaching his student a tangible use of a helicopter, or;
- Complete reckless fool who put lives and his machine in unecessary danger for a toy.
2 - He clips a tree or has an engine/mechanical failure resulting in 2 dead/badly injured and the R22 written off.
- Opinion is overwhemingly one sided - Complete reckless fool who put lives and his machine in unecessary danger for a toy.
He got away with it this time.