I was still in Saudi, waiting to come home. We heard about it over there.
Not a fan of helicopters: April 4, 1991 – United States Senator H. John Heinz III and six others are killed when his Piper Aerostar and a Bell 412 helicopter collide over Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, and crash.
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The difference between an airplane and a helicopter is that an airplane *wants* to fly.
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I am also deeply suspicious of any aircraft where the wings move faster than the fuselage.pic.twitter.com/0BmBhxkDxO
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My Pops always said that they have the glide angle of a pipe wrench. Also, they don't really fly - they just beat the air into submission.
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Fixed wing operators usually explain helicopters in flight by saying they’re so ugly the earth repels them.
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Weren't you in a helicopter crash? Going from memory from the autobiography, but I read it in the 90s, so my memory may be inaccurate.
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Yes, he was a passenger. Two people survived. He swam out from under it in a lake. 118 stitches or so
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My father flew Hueys for the Army when I was a boy & have flown (one my life’s greatest thrills) in a few, but get you not being a fan. Feel the same way about motorcycles losing my best Army buddy in a crash. Got the fateful call while on CQ Duty. The worst.
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