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[Xander D Harkness]

Tethys wrote:

>>>'Stand on top of hill in a thunderstorm, dressed in copper armour and
>>>yelling "All gods are bastards?"' perhaps?
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Ooooh much more exciting - my first helicopter flying lesson this 
>>evening. :-))))))
>>    
>>
>
>Obviously time to add a sobering thought to the conversation... unlike
>a plane, a helicopter has no aerodynamic properties whatsoever unless
>the rotors are moving. So if your engine seizes in a plane, you have
>a hope of gliding to the ground in relative safety. If it seizes in a
>helicopter[1], you're going to start plummeting.
>  
>
I shall make sure I have my camera - not any people have photographs of 
such an event. :-)

>[1] To be pedantic, if it seizes *and* you can't disengage the rotors.
>Rare, I admit, but nonetheless... Enjoy your lesson :-)
>
>Tet
>
>  
>
Funny that the aeroplane pilots are colloquially referred to as plank 
drivers ;-)



Cheers
Xander



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