Neal, unfortunately you are right. The pilot was Charly Zimmermann, German champion in this field. And sadly, as far as I know, he actually already got killed during a stunt flight that put too much stress on the blades and led them to braking or separating from the main rotor shaft. I repeatedly red comments of flyers saying that ironically he was killed by a trick he tried to fly that he warned his students of to try themselves (he was flight-trainer for the Bo-105 and also worked for TV film makers.)
The BO-105 is said to be a very agile and reliable, but difficult-to-fly helicopter with a very hyper-sensitive collective (the one thing I hated so much about the EECH game...). It's main role is in the medical rescue (civilian agencies) and communication, recce and anti-tank-role (BW). It's not as heavily armed as an Apache (6x HOT-missiles only) and has far lesser armour and dedicated avionics and targeting sensors, but as the video shows, in capable hands it is a highly agile vehicle. Being constructed in the very early 60s and not fulfilling moden standards anymore, it is now phased out in favour of the civilian Eurocopter and the military Tiger.
Thanks to the guy at simHQ who first linked this video. I did know Zimmermann, but not this video.
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