Originally Posted by
Thud_and_Blunder
Wonderful vid - thanks for posting. The 215 seemed to fly quite well - any idea what sort of IAS she could manage as an underslung load? My crew and I were once tasked with taking a tip-struck SAR S61 from a bog N of Ullapool to Aberdeen once; anything above 20 kts and the 61 tried joining us in the cockpit. It took 4h 25m and 2 refuels - including a diversion to Lossie to check a transmission caution - before we made it to Dyce just before the Haar.
Interesting it was so uncooperative. I once, carelessly, left an S92 in a Malaysian jungle clearing. A very kind man came and brought it home with his Skycrane. I think it flew pretty well - can’t recall the speed but it was quite a short flight.
Sadly, the guy died a year later when his TR failed while logging.