Reminds me. How is Gerry Younger?

[Colonel]

[Nark]

For those that have never flown a chopper, especially with a trim system, it’s very useful.

What the guy is doing is dumb, not because he’s clicking it once, but you “click it” (a button on the cyclic) HOLD IT DOWN, find where you want to put the cyclic and let it go.

Simple terms: the trim button de-energizes a magnet at the base of the cyclic. The cyclic base “floats” in a circle base that is like polarized. (9th grade science: like polarized magnets oppose each other)

All the opposing forces equalize and create a stiffend stick (giggity).

New guys over control (hey, we all did a one time) which is why you hear so many damn clicks.

This is all coming from a guy who has never flown a Russian bird, but has seen them almost crash a few times.

[Slick Goodlin]

I’d be surprised if Gerry was still with us. He was really out of sorts after his wife passed a couple years ago and I haven’t seen him or been able to reach him since.

You never know though, he didn’t seem to have a problem leaving parts of his life behind and never looking back. Maybe I was one.

[Colonel]

If Gerry is still with us, he must be really getting up there in years. I think he's around the same age as my father, whom is 93 now - remember Jim Pfaff at Transport said Dad’s death was imminent decades ago. Oops.