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South Vietnam Air Force pilot jumps from his Huey after dropping ... After dropping off evacuees on USS Midway, a south Vietnamese pilot bails out of his Huey and into the water, 1975 No space on the carrier deck for The chopper.   Impressed with how high he jumped.... Read story  That looks like 60’ or more Bailing out of a helicopter is probably the coolest feeling in the world. Destroying a million dollar machine likes tossing a bike when you arrive at your destination must be awesome. They were absolutely that expensive. There essentially has never been a turbine helicopter that cost less than a million dollars. Most cost more like 3-4mm new on the low end. That was one of the observations by Col Hackworth in his book About Face.    The South Vietnamese allowed equipment to fall into disrepair because the upper leadership was so rife with corruption and the general attitude was ‘the Yankees will just give us more helicopters.’ Progressive cuts to military ai...