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Old 15th Jan 2014, 20:02
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Tandemrotor
 
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Shy.

Reminds me of an accident to a B206 G-WLLY.

Sid
No 135 pilot, or I'd hazard a guess any helicopter pilot with a tail rotor problem, would continue straight into any base, let alone one such as Glasgow.
I don't think I ever said that's what he was intending? I just said pretty much any form of continued flight offered a better chance of survival than autorotation into a city centre.

Tail rotor failure in OGI hover is the only regime I can imagine that would require such extreme action, (take a look at YouTube for some examples) and I haven't heard any witness statements say he was hovering?

That is all.

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