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Originally Posted by Firebird2XC  I know you poke fun at yourself here- but I saw some real clowns climb into UH-60 cockpits before I got out.
One guy actually asked me "Hey there, Sarge.. what do you think I could be doing better? I'm a fixed wing CFI and all that stuff... I've got a few hundred hours as a pilot already. Why can't I hack it?"
We were doing closed pattern training and the IP simulated an engine failure. Mind you, we've got two damned engines. He asks the pilot I mentioned above for memory items. He starts sputtering nonsense that included things like "Jettison cockpit doors". I later told him if he actually HAD jettisoned my doors, I'd have told him to go after them. He also said something about landing off airport. That was REALLY funny, because we were IN THE DOWNWIND AT AN AIRPORT. One with a huge runway, too.
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Yup, I've seen some very "puzzling" Army helicopter pilots. You know - the SIC for Chalk 5 for life guys. They are in the minority, but sometimes you want to head down to Rucker and slap someone for the occasional yahoo who slips through the system.
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3) UH-60s rule. Chinooks drool!
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If we ever meet, Charlie, you
will pay for that.
The coolest thing I've seen is a flight of 47s fly by slingloading shotgun Humvees followed by a flight of 60s slinging (and I kid you not) single gators. How you guys can even look us in the eye is beyond me.