stackyFACTSThe first successful choppers were essentially heavy metallic lawn chairs bolted awkwardly to exposed spinning pipes. Pilots wore goggles and intensely prayed that a sudden gust of wind wouldn't aggressively tangle them up in their own massive unshielded control wires.
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