Massad Ayoob Helicopter Crash

[ratski]

). , because you never know when your going down in a chopper......

Quote originally credited to Monica lewinski on Marine One

 

[bmwguy25]

Auto rotation altitude above 150 feet and forward momentum mean enough stored energy to execute a controlled crash landing. Most dangerousness thing for helo's is hovering or low altitude.

lol you can do them a lot lower than that. There's a certain airspeed/altitude combinations that make for "unfavorable" autorotative conditions.

 

[LightningCrash]

I worked in that county. Not my kind of place.

Glad they made it out okay.

 

[dennishoddy]

I worked in that county. Not my kind of place.

Glad they made it out okay.

Me too. What part were you in?

 

[Brandi]

I knew Massad Ayoob was a tough guy but now he's a REALLY tough guy. I bet he crashed on purpose so he could teach others to survive helicopter crashes, he's the man!

 

[AKguy1985]

Quote originally credited to Monica lewinski on Marine One

Ha!!!!

On another note i'm glad they are okay.

 

[gerhard1]

Ha!!!!

On another note i'm glad they are okay.

So am I. Being an LFI grad, I had the privilege of meeting him in 1985 when he taught a class at Long Beach, California. Mas is a very nice man, and an interesting character.

 

[Model 70]

Ten bucks says the wild hogs they were heli-hunting didn't fair as well.

Naw, they was looking for them 23 foot long American Crocodiles.

 

[LightningCrash]

Me too. What part were you in?

Mostly FtP and PSL. I worked the 2004 hurricanes there and I had claims from Vero to Jupiter.

The traffic sucked and there wasn't anything interesting to do. I did go to Okeechobee once, now that was a hoot. They had the southern twang and everything there. It felt like I was back in Oklahoma.

 

[Blitzfike]

I knew Massad Ayoob was a tough guy but now he's a REALLY tough guy. I bet he crashed on purpose so he could teach others to survive helicopter crashes, he's the man!

Move over Chuck Norris...