taildraggers with heavy duty shocks?

Heck, I had two great big old unforgiving leaf springs on each side.
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At least you had wheels, some of us had to learn to hover first.

I could never understand the leading and lagging blade concept and how all those pieces stayed together in-flight with all that stuff flaying around. One thing you always made sure of was that the "Jesus Nut" was secured before flight.
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....Airplanes actually fly, helicopters merely beat the air into submission. Of course, some of us were more proficient than others in bouncing the darn things from time to time.

After I got out of tech school and worked on a couple of Bell 47s I learned one thing; for helio birds it's all about "smoke" and "mirrors" plus a little something about the stars being aligned in a certain position. Only then will one actually fly.
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