Favorite Vietnam era helicopter story...favorite Army story for that matter...Well, no one makes it out of this world alive, except for those in the rapture. Glenn was always good to me. His uncle Willard Pryor actually raised Glenn. I believe Glenn flew helicopters in the army. Sad to hear about his passing. Anyway, thank you for the info. God Bless you and be safe out there.
My aviation instructor, same as something like 95% of the folk who went to initial helicopter flight training in Texas, washed out and ended up a crew chief. They were flying the old Hughes piston-powered ones as seen in MASH and Whirlybirds. At that time, they still used an ignition key. Also, at that time, whether fixed or rotary wing, flight instruction included turning off the ignition to simulate such an emergency as well as practicing restart procedures, where today, only throttle gets chopped since there were too many crashes otherwise. One of my instructor's classmates was tired of being whacked over the head with maps during flight training and cursed by the Instructor Pilot, and apparently also tired of the Army in general...so, when the IP reached over and turned off the ignition and said, "NOW, what are you going to do?!", the student reached down and ripped out the key and pitched it out the door, and said, "Now, what are YOU going to do!?"....they pancaked into a lake, and if that student is still alive, I imagine he is still paying for that helicopter.