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Old 21st Nov 2014, 03:34
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SuperF
 
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privat pilot, why don't you go out to that place in the middle of a foggy windy night, turn off your car lights, turn the flash off on your camera, then take some photos and see how good they turn out. that is pretty much what you can see out of a helicopter at night.

better still, once you are there, keep your lights off, turn your GPS on, windows up, get someone in the car to point a torch at your eyes flick it on and off occasionally, and squirt the windscreen washer occasionally. now while all that is happening, slowly cruise around that area at a slow helicopter speed of about 40-60 kts. thats about 45-70 miles an hour, after you have done that, come back on here and tell us all how easy it was and that those useless pilots should have killed themselves trying to move a helicopter that HAD ALREADY LANDED SAFELY!!!
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