S092 Autorotation Video
Thanks for the comment, Lutefisk.
You know the FAA required that we perform a power off landing as part of the S-76A cold weather certification. So we were flying at the Inuvik, NWT aorport and I was lucky to be flying with Jim Kay, who did the S-64 development and flew with Frank Tefft doing the CH-53E development. The FAA pilot could have insisted on doing this one, but chose to let us do it.
Anyway, these things are one-time events, and past success doesn't count.
So we came around the pattern, put the gear down and proceeded to do a "shoddy" power-off landing. I thought it was OK as we rolled forward, and then looked over at jim Kay who was laughing. "Come on Jim, it wasn't that bad" is what I recall saying. " No, John, it was fine, but I didn't turn the on-board instrumentation on, so you'll have to do another one" was his response!
Last edited by JohnDixson; 23rd Aug 2007 at 15:59.
Reason: Add S-76A wording