Originally Posted by
roundwego
Ouch !!. It seems strange that, having shut down, if the pilots considered it necessary to tie the airframe down due to strong winds, they didn't tie the blades down.
Not really. I once had a shutdown on he Beryl "A" when a ferocious wind blew up. I crawled around the deck lashing the S61N aircraft down but there was no way I could have tied the blades down.
Last edited by 76fan; 3rd March 2023 at 18:28.
Reason: Added aircraft type