I know of a case in northern oz a few years ago, where a certain R22 took out a ground to air missile. didn't do a lot of good for the R22. After the encounter it was seen disappearing into the flora backwards at low altitude and very high speed.
Hero and pax got out OK. through the front door, without a scratch. IMHO that pax was the army colonel showing young hapless type where the ground troops were before a muster the next day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
quite embarrassing
Looks like we in oz don't hold the embargo on Darwinian activities though.
Although a recent story comes to mind.
Old mate, a mustering pilot - yes I know agaaaaain - and in the north of wetsern oz agaaaaain-- spots a barramundi in yon waterhole. As per usual old mate wants to catch yon fish for supper, brag, etc.
Well, as per usual old mate is carrying the old landing net, of the .357 or larger capacity. He decides to inflict serious harm on yon fish with yon landing net and then push the now stunned fish to shore with downwash from yon R22.
You can believe that if you like but that is the story that I heard.
The story is good so far, except that old mate overcorrects bit at some stage and the old mate T/R takes a serious dislike to the H2O. Yon R22 spins, bucks like a mad bronc and ends up in the water.
Told to me by a mate of mine who swears that he heard it first hand from "old mate". My mate reckons, "stupid ba*****d, doesn't he realise it coulda killed him."
The big downplay on all this is that we most likely will all be subsidising this clowns insurance payout. UGH
I haven't mentioned this one in the "how many" thread, but i have a distinct feeling that it is there in the latest crash comics' ATSB records for all to see, but without the embellished story.