called high density altitude, which actually means hotter, thinner air, giving the pilot less lift and less power. i had to take certain steps, make certain changes to my routine. dennis calculates the changes he ll make and at first, everything goes smoothly. the standard display routine commences with a pirouette on the left front skids, rotating the helicopter. i got my camera out to take footage of his performance. i was excited about capturing it on camera. i turned to 300 feet, then a backflip away from the crowd to get distance from the crowd to commence the run-in for the opening maneuver which is a loop. so far, the impressive routine seems flawless. everything looked normal. it s very rare to see a helicopter pilot be able to do maneuvers like that. i never thought it was going wrong. but then, coming out of the loop, a shocking event. when he was doing his wing over and he was coming straight
but then, coming out of the loop, a shocking event. when he was doing his wing over and he was coming straight to the ground, i m thinking at that point, i hope he can pull out of this. i was already aligning the machine for the next maneuver. it just struck the ground. son of a [ bleep ]. call 911! i thought that was it. he was gone. but dennis is not dead. merely stunned. how did he get here? the aircraft broke up about me and the glass shattered and i was in the desert dust. everybody was in shock. i mean, it was a moment of total, oh, my god, what do we do? dennis is not out of danger. he struggles to get free of the wreckage before dripping fuel can ignite the helicopter. i m going to die if i don t get out of this quickly, if it catches on fire. he quickly shuts off the fuel lines, then amazingly, he crawls
which actually means hotter, thinner air, giving the pilot less lift and less power. i had to take certain steps, make certain changes to my routine. dennis calculates the changes he ll make and at first, everything goes smoothly. the standard display routine commences with a pirouette on the left front skids, rotating the helicopter. i got my camera out to take footage of his performance. i was excited about capturing it on camera. i turned to 300 feet, then a backflip away from the crowd to get distance from the crowd to commence the run-in for the opening maneuver which is a loop. so far, the impressive routine seems flawless. everything looked normal. it s very rare to see a helicopter pilot be able to do maneuvers like that. i never thought it was going wrong. but then, coming out of the loop, a shocking event.
this creates a condition called high density altitude, which actually means hotter, thinner air, giving the pilot less lift and less power. i had to take certain steps, make certain changes to my routine. dennis calculates the changes he ll make and at first, everything goes smoothly. the standard display routine commences with a pirouette on the left front skids, rotating the helicopter. i got my camera out to take footage of his performance. i was excited about capturing it on camera. i turned to 300 feet, then a backflip away from the crowd to get distance from the crowd to commence the run-in for the opening maneuver which is a loop. so far, the impressive routine seems flawless. everything looked normal. it s very rare to see a helicopter pilot be able to do maneuvers like that. i never thought it was going wrong. but then, coming out of the
called high density altitude, which actually means hotter, thinner air, giving the pilot less lift and less power. i had to take certain steps, make certain changes to my routine. dennis calculates the changes he ll make and at first, everything goes smoothly. the standard display routine commences with a pirouette on the left front skids, rotating the helicopter. i got my camera out to take footage of his performance. i was excited about capturing it on camera. i turned to 300 feet, then a backflip away from the crowd to get distance from the crowd to commence the run-in for the opening maneuver which is a loop. so far, the impressive routine seems flawless. everything looked normal. it s very rare to see a helicopter pilot be able to do maneuvers like that. i never thought it was going wrong. but then, coming out of the