If this does not impress you ... nothing ever will.

[wall04]

If you don't think our military pilots earn their pay ... you need to take a look at this picture ... and then look again and realize what you're seeing ...

http://home.comcast.net/~scw99/Chopper.jpg

This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission. The pilot is a PA Guard guy who flies EMS choppers in civilian life. Now how many people on the planet you reckon could set the ass end of a chopper down on the roof top of a shack on a steep mountain cliff and hold it there while soldiers load wounded men in the rear??? Gives me the chills and a serious case of the vertigo ... I can't even imagine having the nerve ... much less the talent and ability ...

[Glenn B]

The picture was taken during Operation Mountain Resolve in 2003 in Afghanistan. They were loading Afghans taken by the Army's 10th Mountain Division.

[hadfield4wd]

Wow, now that's impressive.

[IcedXJ]

If you don't think our military pilots earn their pay ... you need to take a look at this picture ... and then look again and realize what you're seeing ...

http://home.comcast.net/~scw99/Chopper.jpg

This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission. The pilot is a PA Guard guy who flies EMS choppers in civilian life. Now how many people on the planet you reckon could set the ass end of a chopper down on the roof top of a shack on a steep mountain cliff and hold it there while soldiers load wounded men in the rear??? Gives me the chills and a serious case of the vertigo ... I can't even imagine having the nerve ... much less the talent and ability ...
Give that man a beer.
:cheers:

[muduck18]

Respect!

[the1jzahn]

Wowwy wow wow, talk about skill... and balls.

[RichP]

Be interesting to have been a fly on the wall of the debriefing for sure. Be a toss up over a butt reaming or an attaboy...probably an attaboy cause it worked.

[OT]

Now how many people on the planet you reckon could set the ass end of a chopper down on the roof top of a shack on a steep mountain cliff and hold it there while soldiers load wounded men in the rear???
Approximately 3172.

[Beej]

Yeah? Well I'm 35, weigh 240lbs and can still kickflip to 5-0 a 25 foot roundbar at speed...

[jeepinandy]

Yeah? Well I'm 35, weigh 240lbs and can still kickflip to 5-0 a 25 foot roundbar at speed...


I'd like to see a pic of that...
If it is true you need to be on X-games... LOL

[djblade311]

nice shot

[johnlv6]

Meh...i can do that on BF2 with my eyes close :D.

[dyna]

Sad thing is stick that man in his uniform on the street in Seattle and he gets near beaten to death and called baby killer by some the states finest scum. The latest trend?
Xtremely F----D up.
I hope they get their due like a 2 year stint in Iraq via the draft if it ever happens again.

[muduck18]

Sad thing is stick that man in his uniform on the street in Seattle and he gets near beaten to death and called baby killer by some the states finest scum. The latest trend?
Xtremely F----D up.
I hope they get their due like a 2 year stint in Iraq via the draft if it ever happens again.

Um, do you have alink to a story on this Atrocity?
I just had a bad fight with an icemaker feed line and I need some fuel for this rage I am feelin...

[BOB]

We live in a wonderful country.
I am so proud of all the military.
brothers in arms.

...BOB

[lazarus]

wow, wow and ummm wow. very nice work. might be an intresting note , but they hold a competion or used to for helo pilots. every year an army guy takes it. I will have to dig to find out when , where it goes on and who puts it on. but was hearing about through guys that worked with my father.

[TRNDRVR]

Old picture! :speepin:

[Gil BullyKatz]

I dunno 'bout other pilots...

including the guys that my ass at Campbell and Benning on a regular basis...

but those SOB's in the 160th have given me the most memorable rides and pukings of a lifetime.

[luvdaxj]

Just got my private pilot license for rotocraft- helicopter about two weeks ago. I haven't had the chance to fly something that big but i hope too. Once i get my commercial license i'm hoping to step it up a lil.
I don't know about the dual rotors, but i do know it takes alot of skill and patience to keep a helicopter in a hover with just one skid on the ground.


The Fighter Pilots Prayer: May God grant me the eye of the eagle on his prey. The stealth of the tiger on the hunt, and the balls of a Marine Helicopter Pilot

[ren]

Well, the pilot might be doing a heck of a job holding position, but I can pretty much garuntee that he had a spotter help him set it down like that. Good or not, you can not see under/behind the bird from the hac2c seat. So, we need to say "atta-boy" to everyone involved, not just the pilot. Been there, spotted that.

[IcedXJ]

Well, the pilot might be doing a heck of a job holding position, but I can pretty much garuntee that he had a spotter help him set it down like that. Good or not, you can not see under/behind the bird from the hac2c seat. So, we need to say "atta-boy" to everyone involved, not just the pilot. Been there, spotted that.
Hmmm you know to be honest I never thought of that, completely slipped my mind about how he could ever see back there. Well :cheers: to all involved.

[Jeff in VA]

Hmmm you know to be honest I never thought of that, completely slipped my mind about how he could ever see back there. Well :cheers: to all involved.


See, OT was right......plexi the rear end and no problems :cheers:

[IcedXJ]

See, OT was right......plexi the rear end and no problems :cheers:

I guess so, damn OT, always one step ahead of humanity.