9 thoughts on “From Bear Claw from which he got from Outlaw Josey Wales’s Gab… These guys have balls of Tungsten/Titanium brass! BC sez, no DEI hires here.”
That is knowing the performance limits of the airframe and operating accordingly.
Snopes says that this is false, so it is probably true:
Fire Authorities in California found a corpse in a burnt out section of forest whilst assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased male was dressed in a full wetsuit, complete with a dive tank, flippers and face mask. A post mortem examination revealed that the person died not from burns but from massive internal injuries. Dental records provided a positive identification. Investigators then set about determining how a fully clad diver ended up in the middle of a forest fire. It was revealed that, on the day of the fire, the person went for a diving trip off the coast — some 20 kilometers away from the forest. The firefighters, seeking to control the fire as quickly as possible, called in a fleet of helicopters with very large buckets. The buckets were dropped into the ocean for rapid filling, then flown to the forest fire and emptied. You guessed it. One minute our diver was making like Flipper in the Pacific, the next he was doing a breaststroke in a fire bucket 300m in the air. Apparently, he extinguished exactly 1.78m (5’10”) of the fire.
yeah. got to see some damn good chopper jocks a long time ago with the 101st.
they knew just how far they could push their machine.
and back then, NVG turned everything into green and black. they flew at tree top
or nap of the earth at top speed ? that was one time everyone in the damn bird was praying like mad. but talk about a rush !
Me and my partner were being inserted into a small village up north a little from Sarajevo by chopper to investigate a SF death by one of the SF pipe cleaners and that crazy SOB of a pilot in a Huey was flying at tree top, at O dark 45 banking and nap of the earth shit that had me and my partner green and tossing our cookies and we had two JSOC security with us and they were laughing their damn fool heads with the crew chief at our extreme distress! After we landed and could get our bearings and not puke anymore we had got down to business and actually look forward to the exfil and the rush… we were expecting it this time.
I have a cousin that flew Blackhawks in the Army. He tried the bucket under the chopper and said it swung around too much. He switched over to being a corporate pilot.
That is knowing the performance limits of the airframe and operating accordingly.
Snopes says that this is false, so it is probably true:
Fire Authorities in California found a corpse in a burnt out section of forest whilst assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased male was dressed in a full wetsuit, complete with a dive tank, flippers and face mask. A post mortem examination revealed that the person died not from burns but from massive internal injuries. Dental records provided a positive identification. Investigators then set about determining how a fully clad diver ended up in the middle of a forest fire. It was revealed that, on the day of the fire, the person went for a diving trip off the coast — some 20 kilometers away from the forest. The firefighters, seeking to control the fire as quickly as possible, called in a fleet of helicopters with very large buckets. The buckets were dropped into the ocean for rapid filling, then flown to the forest fire and emptied. You guessed it. One minute our diver was making like Flipper in the Pacific, the next he was doing a breaststroke in a fire bucket 300m in the air. Apparently, he extinguished exactly 1.78m (5’10”) of the fire.
yeah. got to see some damn good chopper jocks a long time ago with the 101st.
they knew just how far they could push their machine.
and back then, NVG turned everything into green and black. they flew at tree top
or nap of the earth at top speed ? that was one time everyone in the damn bird was praying like mad. but talk about a rush !
Me and my partner were being inserted into a small village up north a little from Sarajevo by chopper to investigate a SF death by one of the SF pipe cleaners and that crazy SOB of a pilot in a Huey was flying at tree top, at O dark 45 banking and nap of the earth shit that had me and my partner green and tossing our cookies and we had two JSOC security with us and they were laughing their damn fool heads with the crew chief at our extreme distress! After we landed and could get our bearings and not puke anymore we had got down to business and actually look forward to the exfil and the rush… we were expecting it this time.
Humbly IMPRESSED. Love to watch this being done by people who know what to do and how to do it in style.
I have a cousin that flew Blackhawks in the Army. He tried the bucket under the chopper and said it swung around too much. He switched over to being a corporate pilot.
Nice to see there are real men left in this world displaying skills that make you go WOW!.
Those pilots clank when they walk. Balls of steel.
Once the fires are out, they need to use those to clean the streets of San Fran Sicko.