Been awhile but my experiences in poor visibility / no visible horizon flying at very low forward airspeeds approaching a hover were challenging at best to scary at worst. Vertigo, somatogravic & somatogyral illusions, etc. As a point of reference I flew the AH-1 and have logged plenty of low "I Follow Roads" time as well as plenty of tactical low vis low and slow flying. Still alive, somewhat due to my flying a multi pilot aircraft in those conditions :-O

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.

Single pilot helo IMC sounds challenging to me.

ok I gotta ask...what is that?

MH-6

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ittle_Bird.jpg

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nice, that looks like fun. although by you calling it a death egg, I’m guessing it has a reputation

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/15/96769...iation-crashes

No mention of the price but it would be a great tool for flight schools.

It's a reference to the payload, not the aircraft. The aircraft is fine.

The payload is special operators, often of the top-tier variety, conducting direct-action ops.

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.