Why Oprah is a phony.

[Lady's Human]

A helicopter is 50,000 parts all moving the wrong way in close formation.

It's the crew chief's job to keep the formation as tight as possible.

I have NO further interest in flying in an eggbeater.

Dumb PFC sitting in the back of a chinook talking to the crew chief:

"Sarge, why is that barrel of hydraulic fluid sitting back there with the hand pump in it?"

"Look up, Pvt. See that gearbox?"

"yep"

"See how it's leaking?"

" Yep"

" The hand pump is to keep it full. If it stops leaking, we stop flying"

And that was the last time that Pvt. flew on a heliochopter

[Karen]

We have ridden in helicopters, both times in tourist situations (Florida and Hawai'i) and it was really cool! Despite knowing how my brother feels about them.

[wombat2u2004]

A helicopter is 50,000 parts all moving the wrong way in close formation.

It's the crew chief's job to keep the formation as tight as possible.

I have NO further interest in flying in an eggbeater.

Dumb PFC sitting in the back of a chinook talking to the crew chief:

"Sarge, why is that barrel of hydraulic fluid sitting back there with the hand pump in it?"

"Look up, Pvt. See that gearbox?"

"yep"

"See how it's leaking?"

" Yep"

" The hand pump is to keep it full. If it stops leaking, we stop flying"

And that was the last time that Pvt. flew on a heliochopter

Oh my goodness....yes.
Those things are 20,000 rattling rivets flying in formation, and every one making a different sound.
Wombat