21jan2015 video:...and BANG goes the main rotor of this Alouette 3...
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21jan2015 video:...and BANG goes the main rotor of this Alouette 3...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H54G12oq1Dk
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ASN Aircraft incident 21-JAN-2015 Sud Aviation/Aérospatiale SA-316B Alouette III
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ASN Aircraft incident 21-JAN-2015 Sud Aviation/Aérospatiale SA-316B Alouette III
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Looks like the blades flexed during low G.
He was too aggressive with the nose up/down attitude.
Don't think the pilot will do that again in a hurry!
Recovery was rather stable as he managed to keep the airframe level
He was too aggressive with the nose up/down attitude.
Don't think the pilot will do that again in a hurry!
Recovery was rather stable as he managed to keep the airframe level
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lol oh those third world opperators!
Glad there were only "minor" injuries.... and also the helicopter only sustained."minor damage".
Yikes. Hate to see what majordamage would be!
Yikes. Hate to see what majordamage would be!
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I don't think the Pilot could have been more aggressive if he was fighting of a Polar Bear. what a tit head.., looks like God was working well for the crowd that day..!
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If you fly as if you're in a rigid rotor when you're not..... Hopefully no one got hurt!
Looks like the blades flexed during low G.
Probably comes under the "Streaker's defence" - it seemed like a good idea at the time.
AC,
To keep the aviation content maybe Gareth Evans' defence when he was Attorney-General and sent the F-111 to photograph the Gordon/Franklin debacle, 'it seemed like a good idea at the time'
Good old Biggles
To keep the aviation content maybe Gareth Evans' defence when he was Attorney-General and sent the F-111 to photograph the Gordon/Franklin debacle, 'it seemed like a good idea at the time'
Good old Biggles
Rule nr 1
I am not completly up to speed with Angolan army justice but
if this pilot is send to jail for this, he now already knows prison rule nr 1:
Watch your back when you bow down.
Cheers SLB
if this pilot is send to jail for this, he now already knows prison rule nr 1:
Watch your back when you bow down.
Cheers SLB
