TIL India had a tradition in the 1970s of making military helicopters look like animals
TIL India had a tradition in the 1970s of making military helicopters look like animals
www.peepultree.world Is It a Bird, Is It a Plane? It’s a ‘Flying Elephant’!
Here’s something we bet you didn’t think was possible – an elephant that could fly and dance in the sky. In the 1970s, the Indian Air Force discovered a creative way to showcase its Chetak helicopter. See for yourself.
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Fuck aerodynamics that is why
It's a helicopter, it's not like it glides nicely through the air anyways; it beats the air into submission
Helicopters are famously safe to fly and operate with random non functional bits attached.
A reasonable concern, but consider the upside: we can call them Elecopters.
fair enough
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