Blake Hall
Was this Russian helicopter pilot taking a page out of your favorite Russian sailor’s book? Or is the Mi-8 itself — a relic of the Soviet Union originally designed by Mikhail Mil, the grandson of a cantonist and a combat-tested Red Army soldier himself (in 1971, his other creation the Mi-12 won an award for being the most powerful helicopter in the world).
In any event, one thing’s for certain: this is not how you properly taxi a chopper.
Those poor, poor rotors.