Attention Veterans!

[CSM]

United States Army
July 73- Dec 77

1/17th (Air) Cav. 82nd Airborne Div.

CW-2

UH-1H Helicopter Pilot, and other duties.

82d means ya caint be ALLL bad!

[Mr. P]

82d means ya caint be ALLL bad!

Just ALLL American.

[trobinett]

Posted by Mr. P:

[qutoe]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." [/quote]

My father was a bomber pilot, and later, after the second world war, a "test pilot".

He held chopper pilots in the highest regard.

I don't know how you guys did what you did, but you'll have my ever lasting respect.

[Gaffer]

In the eyes of us grunts, chopper pilots rated just under the medics when it came to respect.

[Gunny]

In the eyes of us grunts, chopper pilots rated just under the medics when it came to respect.

Can't help but respect balls. I just wonder who it is that teaches them there is NO place they can't at least get a skid on ....

[Mr. P]

Thanks guys,I appreciate the nice comments. I am nothing special really. I flew mostly airplanes as a civilian, but for one year I did use that military training to fly an EMS helicopter (Life Flight type stuff. Or as us military folks know it, MedEvac) it was the best thing I ever did in aviation.

EDIT: Gunny, I got a pic to show you. I'll have to dig er out and scan it.

[Gunny]

Thanks guys,I appreciate the nice comments. I am nothing special really. I flew mostly airplanes as a civilian, but for one year I did use that military training to fly an EMS helicopter (Life Flight type stuff. Or as us military folks know it, MedEvac) it was the best thing I ever did in aviation.

EDIT: Gunny, I got a pic to show you. I'll have to dig er out and scan it.

Do I need my seatbelt?

[Gaffer]

Thanks guys,I appreciate the nice comments. I am nothing special really. I flew mostly airplanes as a civilian, but for one year I did use that military training to fly an EMS helicopter (Life Flight type stuff. Or as us military folks know it, MedEvac) it was the best thing I ever did in aviation.

EDIT: Gunny, I got a pic to show you. I'll have to dig er out and scan it.

My last chopper flight was on a medevac. So you rate even higher. Those medevac pilots were the best. Made no difference what the LZ was like, they were in there.