A YouTube video (posted by Kenny Keller) showing a simulated engine failure and a straight-in autorotation performed by Helicopter Online Ground School member Terry Klunk just before his commercial pilot checkride. The flight is described as a smooth, well-executed straight-in autorotation; the post-flight debrief highlights setup and timing as keys to a successful autorotation. The video also announces nine new members added to the Hogs Wall of Fame (bringing the total to 285), provides a customer-service phone number (574-767-1797), and notes current training in the Robinson R44.
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Helicopter four four Papa Charlie is midfield downwind, Runway one three. And we'll be doing a simulated engine failure. Venice.
Venice Thunder Wings 436 is.
This is helicopter online ground school member Terry Klunk setting up for a straight in auto. This auto comes out really, really nice. And this is just before his commercial pilot checkride. And we're going to show you him going up on the wall with eight others here just at the end of the video. So check out this really nice, smooth, well executed. Straight in auto.
He is touching down. And we're clear. Right. Everything is in the green. We got no monsters and no cautions. Helicopter 144 Papa Charlie is turning right. Base, Runway 1 3. Simulated engine failure. Venice.
All right, gonna do straight in on this one.
436.
We'll give way to you guys. We're extending downwind for 1 3.
Thank you, sir. Nice headwind. Right in our face. Pretty much. And we are going to plan on 13 as our spot.
Venice thundering 436 turning right, base. Full stop one three Venice.
So I'm gonna enter 1, 23 down right aft. Sorry about that. Rolling throttles off. Air speed's coming good. This is going to be nice, man. You're going to like this little rotor. There we go. They're split 65 knots. Oh my God. I wish you could see this.
This is nice.
I am like glancing outside too.
There we go. Beautiful. There's a flare drawing the power. That would have perked. Dude, that was perfect.
Nice.
Come on.
And you're pretty dang close to your spot too.
Look at that.
Like almost 436. We're at 1000 final for 1 3.
Full stop. Helicopter 144 Papa Charlie is on the go. 13 right. Traffic.
So Terry just proved to you the key to a good auto? He took his time, he set it up nice, and the auto came out nice. That is how you do it. So over to the Hogs Wall of Fame, the nine new members that just went up on the Hogs Wall of Andre Palomino, commercial pilot Justin Harrell, private pilot. Jesse lynch, private pilot. Kyle Nace, commercial pilot. We just saw Kyle at Heli Expo and KY last summer for our final approach course. Hunter Gamble, private pilot. Jeremy Bird, private pilot. Kevin Kilomet, private pilot Terry Clunk. She put private pilot. We'll have to make Heather fix that one. He's now commercial pilot.
And Justin Frazier, private pilot.
That's now 285 people on the Hogs Wall of Fame. We can get you up there along with all these other success stories. They just keep coming. So you can go below to check out our helicopter online ground school memberships website link is down there and also our customer service number. You can text or call Heather, that number is below as well. 574-767-1797 Prepare for a bunch more awesome R44 content because we're currently current and teaching in the Robinson R44. Let's try to make you feel uncomfortable though. I always feel uncomfortable when you feel.
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