Man, I thought I was pissed when my son backed his truck into mine in the driveway last year. 3 grand not covered by insurance.
At least he didn’t kick us out of the fucking sky!
Wow. Didn’t a Russian airliner crash a few years ago because the pilot let one of his children in the cockpit?
Yes, two children, in fact. And it was one of the children that was the first to notice that the other had caused something to go wrong (which was quietly disengaging the autopilot) – too late, alas.
Aeroflot 593. The pilot not only let his children into the cockpit but let them sit in the seats by themselves and fiddle with the controls.
LOL When I was 3 days old, my Dad was bringing my Mom and I home from the hospital. She had just finished nursing me when he hit a patch of turbulence, and I sort of redecorated the interior of the cabin of the piper with vomit. Dad decided that he really needed to upsize the plane and traded the piper for a commanche.
Now that is a reason to not bring an infant or toddler onto an airplane and let them into the cockpit!
[first, last, and only time I have ever been anything close to motion sick … ]
Sweetie, don’t tinker with the Bell.
I’ve never flown a Eurocopter (only R22s and CB300s), but it sounds like the girl may have kicked the collective resulting in a negative-g condition. In a helicopter with a semi-rigid rotor system (which the Eurocopter isn’t), this is a somewhat common reason for a crash (especially amongst airplane pilots with little time in helicopters). Unloading the rotor disc is not something you want to do. If you do, pulling up quickly is the wrong move.
Fuel … check. Lights … check. Oil pressure … check. We’ve got clearance. OK, Jack-- let’s get this baby off the ground.
I thought the worst thing that could happen with children in the cockpit was some awkward questions about gladiator movies and Turkish prisons.
I keep reading this as crockpot, not cockpit. Slightly different.
Heh-heh. You said, “crockpot.”
Glad I’m not the only one who thought that.