Lauren Sanchez shows how much vigilance it takes to fly a helicopter and supports Jeff Bezos
us.hola.comLauren Sanchez loves to fly. On Sunday, the Black Ops Aviation founder shared a photo from her helicopter training where she landed a different helicopter for the first time.
The pic was of her thumb with a circular imprint from the throttle. “First time landing in a different helicopter #training,” she wrote over the pic along with “IYKUK.”The imprint on Sanchez’s finger shows just how hard the pilot was holding onto the throttle to land the new helicopter.
According to Southern Utah University, helicopters are touchy and require pilots to be more hands-on over airplanes. If a plane is stable and there are no strong winds, then all a pilot has to do is make a few adjustments here and there and, a large airplane can basically fly itself.
Helicopters, on the other hand, require more vigilance. A helicopter pilot must almost constantly use both hands and feet to control the aircraft and the smallest movement of the controls has large repercussions so pilots are constantly making tiny adjustments.
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