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MD-11
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A whole different "plane"

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OK, it's not commercial but it also flies and perhaps there are also helicopter lovers on this site
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When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."
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MD-11 wrote:perhaps there are also helicopter lovers on this site
There are! I had my first helicopter flight on Sabena's Sikorsky S58 around 1962: very nice experience.

And later a flight as "co-pilot" of an Belgian Army Alouette II in France, with a pilot who thought he was playing for Francis Ford Coppola in Apocalypse Now: Wow! Great!

Nice painting of a Sea King, MD-11 !
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When I was on military duty in Germany, there was an helicopter base nearby. When I saw them doing a few stunts (such as nosedive), I was very impressed.
As Mr Sykorsky said : the helicopter is not a replacement of the a/c, just a machine to do the tasks an a/c cannot.
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Post by Glider »

Yes, I live them too, certainly our Sea King Mk.48's. I did fly with one of them (RS04) when I was with the Belgian Air Cadets. Those pilots are real cowboys, it was such a fantastic flight!!!

Nice drawing (as usual ;-))
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