gquaglia says:

Just bought it? Typical rich asshole, who has so much money to burn and thinks he can do anything. I guess he found out the hard way. Too bad he didn’t check out, would have been a great Darwin award.

Canadian says:

I have seen this video before, wasn’t he drunk when he did this?

OhForTheLoveOf says:

Yes… He is likely a rich jackass. Yes… If the commentary is right, he did something remarkably dumb. Yes… I like watching arrogant rich bastards endure a much deserved humiliation.

#1 – But to suggest how much better it would be had he been killed. You are what is wrong with our society.

TJGeezer says:

Heh – “Get away from that thing. Just get away from it!”

Looked like a drunken dragonfly when it first lifted. It also appeared that he was reading the manual in the first few frames. Nothin’ like book-learnin’ to give a feller false confidence.

Awake says:

Next trick… skydiving…
a) Buy a pack
b) Put the parachute in the pack according to instructions found in Wikipedia.
c) Fly up in Cessna
d) Jump out of Cessna

First ten seconds of freefall… realize that there was nobody else in the airplane… ooops… pull cord on chute… realize when nothing happens that he read instructions wrong and he strapped the chute with the opening side against his back…

Final act… land on remains of his crashed helicopter…

ZeOverMind says:

The 33 Greatest Lies in Aviation

1. I’m from the FAA and I’m here to help you.
2. Me? I’ve never busted minimums.
3. We will be on time, maybe even early.
4. Pardon me, ma’am, I seem to have lost my jet keys.
5. I have no interest in flying for the airlines.
6. I fixed it right the first time, it must have failed for other reasons.
7. All that turbulence spoiled my landing.
8. I’m a member of the mile high club.
9. I only need glasses for reading.
10. I broke out right at minimums.
11. The weather is gonna be alright; it’s clearing to VFR.
12. Don’t worry about the weight and balance — it’ll fly.
13. If we get a little lower I think we’ll see the lights.
14. I’m 22, got 6000 hours, a four year degree and 3000 hours in a Lear.
15. We shipped the part yesterday.
16. I’d love to have a woman co-pilot.
17. All you have to do is follow the book.
18. This plane outperforms the book by 20 percent.
19. We in aviation are overpaid, underworked and well respected.
20. Oh sure, no problem, I’ve got over 2000 hours in that aircraft.
21. I have 5000 hours total time, 3200 are actual instrument.
22. No need to look that up, I’ve got it all memorized.
23. Sure I can fly it — it has wings, doesn’t it?
24. We’ll be home by lunchtime.
25. Your plane will be ready by 2 o’clock.
26. I’m always glad to see the FAA.
27. We fly every day — we don’t need recurrent training.
28. It just came out of annual — how could anything be wrong?
29. I thought YOU took care of that.
30. I’ve got the field in sight.
31. I’ve got the traffic in sight.
32. Of course I know where we are.
33. I’m SURE the gear was down.

ZZ says:

I was once looking at some guy at Palo Alto airport on his first time at the stick on a similar helicopter. Kind of funny, he just went up to about 10ft several times and that was it. Flying an airplane is relatively easy, but if you think you can ride a unicycle or a stand-up jetski or do a ski jump on your first try that doesn’t mean you could fly a helicopter.

ro says:

Question: Doesn’t a helicopter need a rear rotor for stabilization unless it’s one with two counter rotating top rotors or uses thrusters? I didn’t see any rear rotor on that helicopter the guy was flying in the video.

BertDawg says:

Sooner or later, we ALL come face to face with incontrovertable evidence that we are not nearly as clever as we thought we were. The truly intelligent among us learn from the experience and reap a little humility from it. Those less blessed deny the implications and go on to entertain the rest of us, over and over.