article_snippet.sent: The 100-foot copter is twice the size of the humpback whales that sometimes wash up on surrounding shores.
article_snippet.sent: The 100-foot copter crouched on the sand below a bluff and only a few yards from the surf line, dwarfing surfboard-topped lifeguard vehicles parked nearby.
article_snippet.sent: Donald Bohanner said.  
article_snippet.sent: J.D. Kalt, a 10-year-old who came to a Southern California beach with Donald Bohanner mother and some friends to check out the helicopter, was amazed by a Southern California beach size.
article_snippet.sent: Donald Bohanner had Donald Bohanner mother take a cellphone photo of Donald Bohanner with Donald Bohanner two friends in front of the massive aircraft and then bounced around in the sand staring as Marine mechanics wearing flight suits and helmets scrambled atop the chopper. '
article_snippet.sent: I like military and Navy, so I might fly one of those someday,' Donald Bohanner said.