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>> he actually wasnt even hurt that bad. a few cuts on the face and couple of teeth knocked out, i understand. >> the chopper has not fared as well. >> the helicopter was totaled, completely totaled. unusable. >> within an hour, a rueful dennis is not just walking and talking, hes giving the news conference he had always hoped to avoid. dennis, the safety evaluator, has to assess his own performance and realizes where hed gone wrong. hed forgotten one adjustment to his program and had fallen vic...

Called high density altitude, which actually means hotter, thinner air, giving the pilot less lift and less power. >> i had to take certain steps, make certain changes to my routine. >> dennis calculates the changes hell make and at first, everything goes smoothly. >> the standard display routine commences with a pirouette on the left front skids, rotating the helicopter. >> i got my camera out to take footage of his performance. i was excited about capturing it on camera. >> i turned to 300 fee...

>> he actually wasnt even hurt that bad. a few cuts on the face and couple of teeth knocked out, i understand. >> the chopper has not fared as well. >> the helicopter was totaled, completely totaled. unusable. >> within an hour, a rueful dennis is not just walking and talking, hes giving the news conference he had always hoped to avoid. dennis, the safety evaluator, has to assess his own performance and realizes where hed gone wrong. hed forgotten one adjustment to his program and had fallen vic...

>> this creates a condition called high density altitude, which actually means hotter, thinner air, giving the pilot less lift and less power. >> i had to take certain steps, make certain changes to my routine. >> dennis calculates the changes hell make and at first, everything goes smoothly. >> the standard display routine commences with a pirouette on the left front skids, rotating the helicopter. >> i got my camera out to take footage of his performance. i was excited about capturing it on ca...

Day that day. >> this creates a condition called high density altitude, which actually means hotter, thinner air, giving the pilot less lift and less power. >> i had to take certain steps, make certain changes to my routine. >> dennis calculates the changes hell make and at first, everything goes smoothly. >> the standard routine commences with pirouette, rotating the helicopter. >> i got the camera out to take footage of his performance. i was excited about capturing it on camera. >> i turned t...

That bad. a few cuts on the face and couple of teeth knocked out, i understand. >> the chopper has not fared as well. >> the helicopter was totaled, completely totaled. unusable. >> within an hour, a rueful dennis is not just walking and talking, hes giving the news conference he had always hoped to avoid. dennis, the safety evaluator, has to assess his own performance and realizes where he had gone wrong. he had forgotten one adjustment to his program and had fallen victim to the high density a...

Feet elevation and it was a warm day that day. >> this creates a condition called high density altitude, which actually means hotter, thinner air, giving the pilot less lift and less power. >> i had to take certain steps, make certain changes to my routine. >> dennis calculates the changes hell make and at first, everything goes smoothly. >> the standard routine commences with pirouette, rotating the helicopter. >> i got the camera out to take footage of his performance. i was excited about capt...

Called high density altitude, which actually means hotter, thinner air, giving the pilot less lift and less power. >> i had to take certain steps, make certain changes to my routine. >> dennis calculates the changes hell make and at first, everything goes smoothly. >> the standard routine commences with pirouette, rotating the helicopter. >> i got the camera out to take footage of his performance. i was excited about capturing it on camera. >> i turned to 300 feet, then back flip away from the c...

Only slightly hurt. >> he actually wasnt even hurt that bad. a few cuts on the face and couple of teeth knocked out, i understand. >> the chopper has not fared as well. >> the helicopter was totaled, completely totaled. unusable. >> within an hour, a rueful dennis is not just walking and talking, hes giving the news conference he had always hoped to avoid. dennis, the safety evaluator, has to assess his own performance and realizes where he had gone wrong. he had forgotten one adjustment to his ...

Day that day. >> this creates a condition called high density altitude, which actually means hotter, thinner air, giving the pilot less lift and less power. >> i had to take certain steps, make certain changes to my routine. >> dennis calculates the changes hell make and at first, everything goes smoothly. >> the standard routine commences with pirouette, rotating the helicopter. >> i got the camera out to take footage of his performance. i was excited about capturing it on camera. >> i turned t...