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Originally Posted by Seahawk View Post
As a former helicopter pilot, ground operations while spinning, ship or land, always had me hyper aware, especially at night.

There was no threat of getting sucked into my intakes, but the two Cuisinart blades spinning above me and behind me are the real deal.

The flight deck environment where SkyT worked for a bit scared the f out of me: I never landed on an aircraft carrier at night, thank god...daytime was Jurassic Park.
How high is the risk of being struck by a spinning rotor blade?
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