Chinook Pilot takes a headshot, then flies the thing home

sun ^ | 10/15/10 | sun

[Flavius]

link

This guy is the definition of a Hero. The Chinook took multiple hits severing a hydraulic line and raking the fuselage and windscreens with rounds. The Sun reporter does well to keep his composure during the report, faced with the very real possibility of a crash and death.

[bitterohiogunclinger]

Refreshing to see real reporting instead of the fake “whorealdo” dodging imagined sniper rounds. Prayers for the men and women of the armed services.

[beebuster2000]

wow, just wow. words fail.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Hillary Clinton had a similar experience....NOT!

[Semper911]

Thanks for posting the link, mate. That was really worth clicking through.

[Flavius]

for sure

[ExTexasRedhead]

PING

[Reb Raider]

Thanks for the link. The pilot was awesome as well as the crew and reporter. I would have needed a heavy duty depends as soon as I knew the pilot was hit.

[Flavius]

sure thing

[Jabba the Nutt]

This is not the first British reporter coveraging Afghanistan from the front. We’ve seen Australian reports. No American Reports!!!!

[barb-tex]

There are still some Brits that have the stuff that empire was made of.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

"I've got a bit of a crack and a bleed there."

What a MAN that pilot is!

[A.A. Cunningham]

Chinook pilot shot between eyes flies on.

[ASOC]

Thanks for the link

Full of WIN!

As far as the shithook leaking oil - when have they not leaked oil? The only reason the leak stop is when the res is empty....

[dljordan]

I saw that this morning. The reporter had a breathless moment there after he looked at the damage to the Chinook. The pilot is a stud.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” Hillary Clinton had a similar experience....NOT!”

Hillary once slipped and fell in her bathtub, and broke her big toe. She called AAA for a toe truck....