DO NOT! make me bust out "Blade Element Theory" on you plank drivers.
You won't do it. But make sure you talk about the normal one before you go into the one about autorotation, don't want to confuse anyone.
DO NOT! make me bust out "Blade Element Theory" on you plank drivers.
Thanks, will do. Where are you getting the statistic and why?
Part of the Navy's Helo Master Plan. There's lots of helos in the Navy and not as many "other." Plus, TacAir guys only need one pilot, helos need two. So for each crew (as defined by the bean counters, not actual crews on deployment) there needs to be twice as many pilots per airframe as TacAir.
Plus, TacAir guys only need one pilot....
This is still up for debate...
Helicopters fly by beating the air into submission.
It's true, i read it on the internet.
Says who? No more S-3
Russians fly their Su-27 two-seaters with two pilots though... wierd.
It's so one of them can be trashed.
Must be why they don't put a stick in the back of the Delta Hornets...so there isn't the temptation.
As for -18D's, who says the WSO can't drink?
TrunkMonkeys are considered crewmembers by 3710?
I thought they were the in-flight entertainment!