Originally Posted by
Italuminium
That's some serious kit
. It must have been a fascinating to fly in such a type of heli with so much history behind it.
Not to hog bandwidth here. Funky machines. The "seat belt" was all of 3/4" with a pretty simple hook, and the seat was a canvas sling. Feet could be on the rail outside, or inside. When over the snow caps, that open door meant it was damn cold! Otherwise, hours were spent just above rooftop level where eye contact was real. Some of the tribal guys were more apt to shoot at us for looking at their women (this is real!) than because we were counting their acres of opium production.
Yup. That's a Leica M6ttl in my hands in the first photo.