Ah, gets the old juices going.....
Now then- a 350b without a tail, new rotor head and blades, new undercarriage, etc etc. How's about
: £500,000 ($700,000). All because of a hi sided governor failure (runaway up for us brits).
If that had been a twin - resetting the governor would be around an hours labour: maybe $150. Mmm?
And just to rub it in a little more - if he didn't happen to have an airfield the size of australia under him at the time - and had to force land into the high street - maybe $20,000,000+ law suit (if he survived the landing of course).
Now how many hours could I fly in my twin, before that bill was notched up?
Compare the fuss he made of it in his "presentation" and the momentary distraction I had when one of my compressor blades decided to go walk about over a city a few years ago - mashing the engine. Switch it off, loiter to tell ATC whats happening and go land over there a mile or so away on someone's private airstrip to take a look what all the fuss was about.
You yanks honestly...watch out for the book, film, T shirt next
