When I was in the navy and part of the helideck team we had a Wasp helicopter just landed and didn't have time to get it cleared away when a US Chinook came in on its last dregs of fuel. The pilot landed the front wheels on the stbd side, just inside the handrails and hovered with the arse end in mid air going up and down with the motion in similar seas as the one we just saw in the clip while we refueled it. Talk about the pilot having balls of steel. Was bloody amazing.
How's the way the chopper sticks to the deck on landing. Like it was pulled in by magnet or something like that. I've watched it at least a dozen times and can't believe he wasn't waved off
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Yikes, that's nucking futs.
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Take a bow
that pilot is a lord
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Many years ago
When I was in the navy and part of the helideck team we had a Wasp helicopter just landed and didn't have time to get it cleared away when a US Chinook came in on its last dregs of fuel. The pilot landed the front wheels on the stbd side, just inside the handrails and hovered with the arse end in mid air going up and down with the motion in similar seas as the one we just saw in the clip while we refueled it. Talk about the pilot having balls of steel. Was bloody amazing.
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sheesh!!
That's hairy!!
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How's the way the chopper
How's the way the chopper sticks to the deck on landing. Like it was pulled in by magnet or something like that. I've watched it at least a dozen times and can't believe he wasn't waved off