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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: More Skippers
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 21:52:04 -0400
Not completerly true. :-)  Helicopters can do slightly better than rocks 
with a skillful pilot and autorotation.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorotation_%28helicopter%29>

Chuck Norcutt


On 6/24/2012 12:55 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> My father was a flight instructor and he always said a helicopter has the
> glide path of a rock.  He refused to fly in one.
>
> Tina
>
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Mo dibley, Bob.  Helos are just strange.  I have had, for the last 6
>> months, a fellow instructor whose first tour was on Pumas.  We have
>> discussed various parts of helo flight frequently, on down days (the
>> weather has been pretty miserable this year), and it has reminded me what a
>> strange contraption it is.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 24 Jun 2012, at 16:53, Chris Trask wrote:
>>
>>>      Almost any aircraft is easier to get along with.  Except helicopters.
>>
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