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Is it ok to park on this rock, sir? Amazing picture of Afghanistan-bound helicopter pilot landing on an ice-covered … (Daily Mail)

With consummate skill, a Royal Navy pilot holds his 19-ton Sea King helicopter steady on one wheel, on an ice-covered rock, in the ultimate balancing act of man and machine. The so-called ‘pinnacle manoeuvre’ is on a precarious 4,000ft mountain ridge near Bardufoss in Norway during intensive training which enables pilots to land their aircraft as easily as most people park a family car

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