You know, you can get a base model AW609 for a mere $25 million! And yes…the day will come when these (or something like them) are used as training aircraft by the armed services.
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GroundPounder
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I'm reminded of an old Steve Martin,
I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater, an AW609. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too.” ~ Steve Martin
All I need is this chair, and this paddleball game, and the ability to do full touchdown autorotations...
I never said Civilians don't have mishaps. I'm just saying there's a lot to be said for these guys being able to learn how to fly helos without all of the other collaterals that go along with being at the training command. They'll still get the full HT experience for everything else.
Those collaterals were/are part of the military life experience.
If we truly think these collaterals get in the way of effective learning and knowledge transfer we should also eliminate military jump training, weapons training, and all of our leadership and other schools for their civilian equivalent.
Wouldn't want collaterals of a military command getting in the way.
I sure didn't become a military officer and aviator for all those distracting collaterals.
Those collaterals are part of what made me the Officer and aviator that I became.
"The more one sweats in peace, the less one's bleed in war."
The collaterals of military life are part of that sweat.
And of course the gif I posted was in jest.
I hope we never lose sight of the value of humor.
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