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Old 22nd Sep 2017, 01:02
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megan
 
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Was extremely surprised at the training available from even highly respected organisations. In the sim, single pilot -76, drive failure in the hover, climb the rotating aircraft to 1,000 ft, nose over to gain airspeed, and fly to a suitable landing area. Assumed performance permitting. Having only ever seen one drive failure* in my life thought it suss teaching. Perhaps it is possible, I don't know.

* Huey stuck its tail into the ground in the flare at slow speed. That sucker whipped around so fast I found it unbelievable. Trouble was the tail took out permanently some of the troops waiting.
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