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Old 25th Nov 2017, 11:48
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gulliBell
 
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Originally Posted by FNTC
"The helicopter flipped over while the engine and rotor were running, and it was performing what we call ground driving. The rotor blades have touched the ground during the incident, says Stordal"
My hunch is "ground driving" = ground taxiing, they were light on fuel, whipped it around the corner a bit too fast and she rolled over...hard to believe it would roll over on a stationary ground run.
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