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de Lackner HZ-1 personal helicopter - photo and video
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"Honey, I'm going on a trip, pack my REALLY sticky shoes".
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I guess they weren't worried about snipers while waiting for rotors to spin down. Or...perhaps they were supposed to be disguised as vertical shafts!
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Doesn't seem like that would be too practical for front line combat operations but it might be useful in the mess hall as a big ass egg beater:rimshot:
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Not enough money in the world......
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I want one....oh wait, it is called a personal drone now days.
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er I wonder if they drew Straws or played heads or tails? FFS!
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NOPE! Private Jones, Front and center!
counter-rotating blades, and no way out but down. Bet they all got repurposed as paper shredders later on. ;)
Bill, who got used as Airman Jones on a couple of small details a decade or two later.
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"Hey guys, what will you give me to put dish soap on the Captain's personal helo's platform?!!" "I got to my destination in record time but I was 5 minutes late waiting for the rotors to stop already!"
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I suppose falling off this could simply ruin your day.
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Right. You fly into battle, land, and stand there exposed in the open while you wait for the whirring blades of death to stop so you can get to cover.
I don't see the problem.
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Or you land on a field full of people...
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Originally Posted by
TheElderBrother
Right. You fly into battle, land, and stand there exposed in the open while you wait for the whirring blades of death to stop so you can get to cover.
I don't see the problem.
They can shoot bullets between airplane propeller blades so...just dance?
