nightbat wrote

G=EMC^2 Glazier wrote:

Hi nightbat Read helicopters need lot more maintenance than planes. In
all these rescues they are pushed to their limit and used to lift heavy
loads must take a lot out of the pivot point of the rotor(strain) Bert

nightbat

Ha, ha, ha, while at the front fearless ground combat Marine
serving 24/7 in Vietnam, helicopters were pushed to there service limits
bullet holes and all. My greatest concern was being fully combat uniform
and ammunition team loaded and the chopper going down before we ever
reached the coast in the night China sea, lots of them did. This purely
New Orleans rescue mission seems no different, for they are taking shots
and being over worked to try and save as many as they can. Oh the
humanity, thankfully this last one that went down the two flight crew
members made it. I can't wait to hopefully get hold of a Darla Starship
and riding off into the starlit night with my beautiful lovely Sil.

carry on,
the nightbat