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A Review of the S&W Model 681
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<blockquote data-quote="mtngunr" data-source="post: 4329578" data-attributes="member: 46104"><p>Favorite Vietnam era helicopter story...favorite Army story for that matter...</p><p>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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mtngunr, post: 4329578, member: 46104"] Favorite Vietnam era helicopter story...favorite Army story for that matter... 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. [/QUOTE]
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