"The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by its very nature wants to fly and, if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces and controls working in opposition to each other and, if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance, the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. There is no such thing as a gliding helicopter."
"This is why being a helicopter pilot is so different from being an airplane pilot, and why in generality, airplane pilots are open, clear-eyed, buoyant extroverts, and helicopter pilots are brooding introspective anticipators of trouble. They know if something bad has not happened it is about to."
Harry Reasoner
February 16, 1971
Who is the USMC pilot in squatting next to the H&MS-36 Fuji Det plaque?
ReplyDeleteJ.R. Pruden USMC (Ret)
Jim, it is Me.. Hale Irwin. Got there at Atsugi shortly before you left Remember your bluish green ball cap. Send me your email. I
ReplyDeleteMay have some more photos. Hale.irwin@comcast.net. S/F