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crispy69
13th Jun 2006, 20:39
Last night we had the amazing race on T.V. The leg was in Sau Polo in Brazil (or how ever you spell it ) as part of the race the contestants had to ride in a R44. The surprising part was when they landed on top of high rise buildings.

I could be wrong but in New Zealand I am pretty sure you have to have Cat A performance to land on top of a high rise.

Is this the same for the rest of the world or is it usual to use single engine in this role?

Looked like a nightmare for the poor pilots all those Yanks running around the machines making lots of noise.

Crispy

McGowan
13th Jun 2006, 23:09
Didn't see the show, never could understand the point of it.
In Aussie, as far as I know, there are no restrictions on landing on "elevated pads" other than what might be in a particular flight manual. I think as long as you meet or exceed the requirements of the CAAP covering landing sites you only need a minimum of one engine...........
It is a shame that the city of Sydney is so backward in this area, there is no where to land near the city other than Mascot airport.