I'd like to point out that in the Army, an 18 year old can become a helicopter pilot. They'll be flying with someone more experienced for a while, but eventually you could have a PIC and SIC who are both not old enough to drink yet flying combat missions together.
Shout out to @Tesla for making the unused sockets in my toolset feel useful. My 11, 13, 15 and 18 mm sockets and wrenches have never seen so much use before.
Every time I think about it, I wish I hadn't stopped at two as well.
Okayest Heli Pilot retweeted
Term limits for the US Congress is a long-needed reform that will dislodge the entrenched political class and restore true representative government.
Term limiting members of Congress enjoys massive public support across virtually every demographic — regardless of partisan affiliation, race, gender, or age, Americans want to see term limits.
States have the ability to propose — and ultimately enact — a constitutional amendment for term limits.
Florida has already certified it and so have about a dozen states. More are considering it and I anticipate the movement will continue to gain traction.
Term limits can happen. We just need states to step up and do the job the founders envisioned they would do.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Rep. David Trone have joined @USTermLimits' push to enact congressional term limits.
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This is a really confusing video, it doesn't look like there was an attempt to flare or slow the rate of descent, or there was just not enough energy left in the rotor system to have any effect at all. And the smoke shows the engine was still running...
Dash camera video shows the moment a REACH medical helicopter crashes on Highway 50 in Sacramento on Monday evening.
The latest details on the investigation: tinyurl.com/wzu9yr48
13/ An interesting thing about that specific hospital is the MRI interferes with the flight instruments, giving false magnetic headings until it can recalibrate itself after takeoff. This is a common at many hospitals and is unlikely to have caused or contributed to the accident.







