Belgian Army helicopter pilot falls out in flight.
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ShyTorque. How do I know? Been there, not done that. Have perhaps lacked the courage, but more importantly, have been able to think of people I loved and didn't want to let down. I would think there are very few people who can see another course of action would take the final one.
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Old Hamlet put in rather well:
... "Or that the Everlasting had not fixed. His canon 'gainst self-slaughter!" ... "the pangs of unrequited love"...
Who among us has not felt them - and can understand how they might drive others to End It All ?
Danny.
... "Or that the Everlasting had not fixed. His canon 'gainst self-slaughter!" ... "the pangs of unrequited love"...
Who among us has not felt them - and can understand how they might drive others to End It All ?
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My Father was dominated by my Mother, and became so depressed that he jumped off a building. I was 23 at the time, hated my Mother because of what happened, but felt sympathy for my Dad, in that if he felt that it was the only way out, despite medical help, then it was fine by me. Sad, but depression changes does change the way you live. Most important to me that he didn't involve anyone else, except for Emergency Services of course.
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But unforgivably cruel, selfish and dangerous to put his colleague in danger in that way.
Can't help but think such remarks are a bit unkind? Doesn't the 109 have some sort of stabilisation in the hover system? If it did then the pilot who jumped would surely know that his crew mate would quickly realise the situation and recover it, as he did. Even without a stabilisation system, without any significant control inputs, then the aircraft should not have got out of control in a matter of seconds, the time it took for the co-pilot to get into a flying position, left or right. 'Unforgivably cruel and selfish'? don't think so.
Parabellum.
The unforgivably cruel and selfish was a reference to the trauma that his colleague will go through in having to live with what happened for the rest of his life.
As for it being dangerous... If you don't think that opening the door in flight and throwing yourself out from behind a set of controls whilst you're supposed to be the handling pilot is dangerous then I imagine you've never flown a 109! If he'd got caught on the cyclic on the way out (It's a very tight cockpit to get out of rotors running in the best of circumstances) he'd have taken them both out.
I have sympathy for anyone who is so far down the tunnel that they can't see a way out but i entirely stand by my position that it was cruel, selfish and dangerous. In hindsight - I will drop the "unforgivable" since he was clearly not in a rational place.
The unforgivably cruel and selfish was a reference to the trauma that his colleague will go through in having to live with what happened for the rest of his life.
As for it being dangerous... If you don't think that opening the door in flight and throwing yourself out from behind a set of controls whilst you're supposed to be the handling pilot is dangerous then I imagine you've never flown a 109! If he'd got caught on the cyclic on the way out (It's a very tight cockpit to get out of rotors running in the best of circumstances) he'd have taken them both out.
I have sympathy for anyone who is so far down the tunnel that they can't see a way out but i entirely stand by my position that it was cruel, selfish and dangerous. In hindsight - I will drop the "unforgivable" since he was clearly not in a rational place.
