Its pilot episode was OK.

"I bet it sounds like a chainsaw"

The literature says it is "all-electric". The pilots are not wearing heavy duty ear protection in the video. I submit that It probably sounds more like a large flock of hummingbirds.

Looks like the plane will last forever. That old technology is better than the new stuff in many ways. The controls are all hard-wired with mechanical linkages. The magneto means the engine keeps running even if the the alternator or battery fails.

Even with no electric power, a pilot can keep flying.

Lucky them pilots wore not russian.

That's the pilot trying to keep their colon's clenched as they fire. The shaking is so massive sometimes they squeeze out some fear farts. =)

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that kind of work amazes me. I'm sure they need to fly in perfect weather but the pilot needs to keep it steady and even lowers himself closer to the wire when he needs to get to the far underside clamp. And I am sure it is second nature by now but if you mess up on the needle and clamp then its either you or the helicopter who gets the zap and neither one will work right after.

*promote *length=2:19 of awe inspiring beauteous wrath starring Mother Nature and the cameo of the dashboard Hula Girl figurine [that choppa pilot ain't nothing to sneeze at also! ... hubba hubba]

Actually, Henson probably would have LOVED it. His whole thing was to get puppets into places that they hadn't been before.

In fact, a pilot of The Muppet Show was originally called "The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppet_Show:_Sex_and_Violence

(the sex and violence name was there specifically to indicate that the show was NOT for kids)

They should partner with Cora and forget drivers/pilots

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Piloted by captain Sum Ting Wong and co-pilot We Tu Lo.

The complete NTSB accident report can be found at http://tiny.cc/helichop

They didn't place all of the blame on the landing pilot, a significant contributing factor was the second helicopter being out of position. That might not have mattered on another day but the landing pilot didn't have good visibility.

Could see that was going to happen right from the start. I'd say that pilot is out of a job.