In the following video, an Egyptian Air Force WS-61 Sea King can be seen overflying a demonstrator who had climbed on top of a pole of the electric lines.
Ok, maybe it wasn’t a good idea to stay up there, but the chopper was flying a bit too low (and for sure, much close to those electric lines).
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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