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Given the level of skill, training and experience a pilot would need to be allowed to fly that thing, and after rehearsing the raid in a life size replica of th
by ra 15y ago
Given the level of skill, training and experience a pilot would need to be allowed to fly that thing, and after rehearsing the raid in a life size replica of the compound - I think it's unlikely.
Even doing a PPL you learn about the effects of vortexes, wind shear, turbine wash etc. And these guys have many, many, many orders of magnitude more training than that.
More likely some combination of weight, altitude, excess speed... but I guess we'll never know.
- astrodust 15y agoApart from the obvious, such as landing under fire, dealing with the effects of the other helicopter in a confined area, or simply pilot fatigue after the fast, low flight to get to the compound, it could be some freak effect like that. Flying deep into Pakistan undetected and landing in Bin Ladin's backyard is a hell of a trick, no ordinary pilot could do that.