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Interesting story of the two Aérospatiale Lama world records: "On 21 June 1972 a Lama with a single pilot (Jean Boulet) aboard established a helicopter absolut
by lloeki 16y ago
Interesting story of the two Aérospatiale Lama world records:
"On 21 June 1972 a Lama with a single pilot (Jean Boulet) aboard established a helicopter absolute altitude record of 12,442 m (40,814 ft), immediately followed by an inadvertent record for the longest ever autorotation when the engine flamed out at the peak altitude of the flight."
(from wikipedia)
Always reminds me of the saying: "there are no good helicopter pilots, there are only old helicopter pilots".
- jmaygarden 16y agoI've heard it is easier to auto-rotate from a high altitude than an extremely low one.