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Old 31st Jul 2006, 20:40
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ShyTorque

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To quote the alternative viewpoint, an RAF squadron colleague of mine once landed a Puma in a farmer's field because that is where he was directed to land during a military exercise. Even before he had shut down his aircraft was attacked by the landowner who tried to drive the front blade of his large excavator into the turning rotor disc.

I once made a precautionary landing in a field in Wales because of dense smoke from a burning TRU coming from the aircraft electrics bay. We shut down in very short order only to be told a minute later by the landowner, in very terse terms, that we were very unwelcome to remain there.

Sorry to disappoint but not everyone shares our enthusiasm for helicopters.
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