Incredible footage of Ukrainian soldiers using a rifle to shoot Iranian Shahed 136 drones out the sky aboard a Soviet era Yak-52 training aircraft.
Insanity…
@Bert_Plumswang@SkippyBing@BeaverWestminst Wow, I think you might have found the one shit name not actually used by a British Aircraft manufacturer between start of WWI and end of WWII. 🤣
@clark_aviation The chock crews might be in place because they are either about to move the aircraft by hand or about to start it as there is someone on the port undercarriage leg looking like they might be getting ready to engage the inertia starting handle. Of course it could just be posed.
Flying low level parallel, close to the shoreline in an aircraft is never a good idea for the reason shown in this video. To avoid bird strikes it’s better to fly above 2000ft. Although it looks in this video the pilot has been forced down by low cloud. https://t.co/6Q8DQ40m4I
🚁 Flying a helicopter this low over the sea might look badass—but in reality, it’s a dumb way to operate in a high-threat maritime environment.
Here’s why it’s tactically unsound, operationally risky, and basically asking to be shot down: 🧵
No. The short sleeve shirt and tie put a man on the moon and is found in most every airliner cockpit.
America is an aerospace republic - and here we respect the short sleeve shirt and tie.
There’s no point doing the enemy’s job for them and scoring an own goal. 🥅🚁💥
Thankfully for us, this looks like a Russian helicopter—so keep up the good work! It’ll save Ukraine some munitions having to shoot you down. 🇷🇺🎯🇺🇦
And if it’s not in an operational theatre, then it’s just an unnecessary dumb risk to take with the aircraft and the lives of others onboard—there is no margin for error.