Choppers & Wires Don't Mix

A short story about close calls. I was in the left seat of an H-21 flying out of Vincent AFB at Yuma one day. We were flying down a canyon at pretty low altitude. As we went around a bend, there in front of us was a high tension line stretching across the canyon. The pilot yanked back on the cyclic and we just cleared the lines. Scared the dog crap out of us both. (Bob Runninger)