Originally Posted by
The Sultan
History repeating itself? From Wiki:
Note: S-69 was first of the Sik coaxials.
Could not tell from photo on landing gear position. Looks like it was up. Question: Who hovers over a runway with the gear up?
My guess is the "landing" was hard enough to result in maximum landing gear stroking as the first step in reducing the initial sink rate to one that the crew could tolerate without injury.