----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Rupert" <drup...@sympatico.ca> To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 3:53 PM Subject: RE: KR> Friday Truisms..........just having a little Friday Fun
> Dana: Obviously you've never had to depend on a helicopter for your life. > I've come home in birds so shot full of holes that no fixed wing on the > planet could keep flying and walked away (well sort of) as well as everyone > on board except the one who was already dead when placed aboard. Largest > problems with helicopters are: > 1. 1 hour of flight equals 4 hours of maintenance. > 2. too damn many things that can go wrong. > 3. Army Aviators will drink anything containing alcohol from any > container clean or dirty, the alcohol disinfects it. > Doug Rupert > Simcoe Ontario And from an old Sikorsky Tech. Rep: As Igor said - It is impossible to design a foolproof helicopter, God created some very clever fools. - and most of them enlist in the USMC. Colonel Harry Flashman, aka Allen G. Wiesner 65 Franklin Street Ansonia, CT 06401 (203) 732-0508 flash...@usadatanet.net
