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Forum: Rotorheads
1st Feb 2013, 08:46
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

SASless - when there is a hole in the right place...

SASless - when there is a hole in the right place it must be tempting to go through it and loiter below. Loiter on top, and there might not be another useable hole.


Speculation:
I am...
Forum: Rotorheads
31st Jan 2013, 15:29
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

SSS - what height was your top picture taken...

SSS - what height was your top picture taken from? I ask because it looks to me to be a little higher than the 800 - 1500ft range that PB might have been in.
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Jan 2013, 09:43
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

Very shortly after the crash (closest in time I...

Very shortly after the crash (closest in time I saw) the top of the tower was visible but not the very top of the remaining crane. Shortly after the crash, news reports on Sky and BBC showed the...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Jan 2013, 12:34
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

Before assuming that his hands / thumbs were...

Before assuming that his hands / thumbs were busy, also note that some phones can text for you based on speech alone (mine certainly can) so I can text here in the UK legally whilst driving a car....
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Jan 2013, 17:23
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

Deeper dog Helicopters are not like fixed...

Deeper dog

Helicopters are not like fixed wing in ice. Suppose you get just a little ice on rotors, the degradation to flight performance is more then for a fixed wing. Suppose the rotor sheds a...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jan 2013, 09:55
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

BOAC - there is a difference between being...

BOAC - there is a difference between being somewhere intentionally and being somewhere because the weather is deteriorating rapidly and you are trying to get out of it / down. It would help if it...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jan 2013, 08:35
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

:D:D:D:D:D:D For anyone with pilot...

:D:D:D:D:D:D

For anyone with pilot qualifications in their public profile, please read the material cited above (the ANO and Pooley's) before posting - otherwise you will look just as silly and...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jan 2013, 18:55
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

Hence my "how does that help" question. ...

Hence my "how does that help" question.

Then we can do away with all commercial Big Tin flights - after all, they do occasionally fall on people on the ground, and the convenience of someone...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jan 2013, 18:01
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

TRC - then I misread your post and you shoud...

TRC - then I misread your post and you shoud ignore my replies
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jan 2013, 17:58
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

How would that help?

How would that help?
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jan 2013, 17:54
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

TRC = define "almost". Helicopter hit the raised...

TRC = define "almost". Helicopter hit the raised gib of the crane, when the gib is lowered to working position it stands above the roof.

Afterthought - anyway, you asked for the distance between...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jan 2013, 17:51
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

If this is a competition, I have Comm 1, 2, 3 so...

If this is a competition, I have Comm 1, 2, 3 so easily can have 6 available instantly
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jan 2013, 17:48
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

Here we go.... BBC London News (BBC1 right...

Here we go....

BBC London News (BBC1 right now) reporting on the crash and linking it to "other" dangerous incidents over London.

1. Rising calls for review of number of helicopter flights...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jan 2013, 17:17
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

TRC Back on the R&N thread post 135# has a...

TRC

Back on the R&N thread post 135# has a photograph taken from very close to the point of impact looking up at the tower. Post 178# has a map annotated with tower and impact site.

Not a...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2013, 16:02
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

Lon More I believe that he said that he did...

Lon More

I believe that he said that he did not know. I agree. Hopefully an "expert" would know that they do not.

The machine was not using the helirouts. Hopefully an "expert" (as some...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2013, 13:28
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

Telegraph has named pilot Helicopter Crash:...

Telegraph has named pilot

Helicopter Crash: Pilot named as highly experienced aviator - Telegraph...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2013, 12:54
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

Twins are not restricted to heliroutes - singles...

Twins are not restricted to heliroutes - singles are.
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2013, 12:43
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

Chris Yates "expert", on BBC - 1 Good...

Chris Yates "expert", on BBC -

1 Good question whether helicopter should have been flying at all this morning. Pilot had asked to divert to Battersea - were all obstructions notified to him when...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2013, 10:22
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

London Ambulance confirm 1 POB - Pilot deceased....

London Ambulance confirm 1 POB - Pilot deceased. The other deceased was "in the vicinity of the aircraft".

Reported as a "Scheduled flight" from Redhill to Elstree, diverted. Reporters asked if...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2013, 09:43
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

And one MP has demanded a review of the number of...

And one MP has demanded a review of the number of helicopters flying over London. Inevitable knee-jerk reaction, I suppose.
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2013, 08:30
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

2 confirmed dead. 2 injured.

2 confirmed dead. 2 injured.
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2013, 08:27
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

H4 has 1500 ft restriction at that point and runs...

H4 has 1500 ft restriction at that point and runs through the river. Crane top 770ft AGL and just on the South river bank. As a twin not restricted to H4.

Mist may have been a factor in pushing...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2013, 08:08
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

Sean Maffit - aviation expert- being interviewed....

Sean Maffit - aviation expert- being interviewed. He mentioned that the crane was notamed last week. He talks about freezing fog and says we were lucky it was a turbine as petrol would have been...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2013, 07:48
Replies: 846
Views: 277,645
Posted By John R81

NBC news Crashed and burned after clipping a...

NBC news

Crashed and burned after clipping a construction crane on top of a 50 story building at Vauxhall. Augusta 109 came down just after 8 am. There are cars burning now, foam being used to put...
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