Well Said

[Wildrose]

The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's 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, 1971.

[Over-Talk]

"immediately and disastrously.......no such thing as a gliding helicopter."

 

This is why helicopter pilots also have an inherent mistrust of journalists that like to over-dramatize things.

 

They know if something bad has happened, a journalist will come sniffing around.

 

-- Over-Talk, 2011.

[SuddenStop]

sounds like Harry needs some edumacation.

 

Humorous to read, bullsh*t in general, and unfortutely the general public believes it all.

 

The vast majority of the comments can be debated.

 

My opinion, airplanes are simple in design, made for simple people who can understand them.