Originally Posted by
rickair7777
That's significant. The mil does a lot of that kind of flying and essentially all of it is with two crew. The only ops I can ever even recall being done single pilot is the death egg, in certain VMC situations.
Add National Training Center OH-58 flying to your list. I spent lots of time flying solo in that bird, often using NVG in red illum. Not an assignment I would have been comfortable with as a new aviator.
I’ll never forget the time I was flying alone 2000 feet up over Coyote Lake, looking out the open door at my skid, and something touched my arm. Just about jumped out of the bird! I looked over and the seat cushion next to me had come unbuttoned and was floating under the shoulder belts.
That was only a few years ago. Sadly they’re flying Lakotas these days.