HC,
Read the accident report and the incident report for the Lightning strike.
All the gearboxes, tail rotor blades, and several other components were scrapped.
Yet....they wanted to re-use this blade?
As I have said.....the "System" has some flaws in it.
Gasax,
We all have our favorite sweetheart don't we.....in helicopters mine is the Chinook and I am quite glad to admit it. She never let me down and always got me home even if she did give me some white hairs in the process....but then the majority of my time in them was in "A" Models....early "A" Models with all the teething problems that incurred....and in a place where the locals were very hostile NIMBY's.
Last edited by SASless; 27th Aug 2013 at 13:38.