Max the Mad Russian
Hands off Ukraine! Feet too
Gents,
Reading ADM William MacRaven's Sea Stories book I was amazed by the description of the final test of the SEALs class just before graduation with drop of trainees from CH-46's ramp and then lift them from the water by rope ladder up. In that case, 1978, collected all people back, the helo had suddenly lost power of No 1 engine and "had settled into the bay and was going down fast". After already wet trainees somehow got out, the pilots somehow got the empty aircraft "with a fully flooded fuselage to the beach a hour later". Is that exaggeration for whole hour, or Phrog actually could be taken under control while sinking with just one engine and stabilize in that state for an hour? If so, is that a reason for DFC?
Reading ADM William MacRaven's Sea Stories book I was amazed by the description of the final test of the SEALs class just before graduation with drop of trainees from CH-46's ramp and then lift them from the water by rope ladder up. In that case, 1978, collected all people back, the helo had suddenly lost power of No 1 engine and "had settled into the bay and was going down fast". After already wet trainees somehow got out, the pilots somehow got the empty aircraft "with a fully flooded fuselage to the beach a hour later". Is that exaggeration for whole hour, or Phrog actually could be taken under control while sinking with just one engine and stabilize in that state for an hour? If so, is that a reason for DFC?