Originally Posted by
John Eacott
I imagine it says what you posted in post #9?
If you're implying the photo of VH-BKK was me or my company with a 20-30' strop then you're sadly mistaken. I took that photo while flying in company; my ops we either had the Bambi on the hook or on a 100' kevlar line. My reference to 'we' was that in the 90's we were all on a learning curve and shared experiences, pilots do that. Or used to.
I'm not implying anything about you or your previous company.
It's just bad information suggesting that a Bambi flies fine on a short strop as indicated by your pics. Someone new to bucket ops will go and try it out because they read it here.
Sure it might fly just fine 99% of the time but sadly aircraft accidents have proven otherwise.