View Full Version : Helicopter Incident at Cleveland Race (interesting pic)
albatross
26th Jun 2005, 14:55
CLEVELAND (AP) - A helicopter crashed on an airport runway only a few hundred yards from thousands of racing fans attending the Grand Prix of Cleveland on Saturday.
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0001/20050625/1411831429.htm&ewp=ewp_news_0605helicopter
Heliport
27th Jun 2005, 08:17
http://channels.netscape.com/fotosrch/3/20050625OHJY105.jpg
Taff Missed
27th Jun 2005, 11:36
Crash?! What crash? Stayed the right way up didn't it?
Some fine sensationalist reporting there....
Taff
...The helicopter's back rotator blade was broken off...
First time I've heard it called that.:8
sling
27th Jun 2005, 21:55
Was this a Heli Inc aircraft?
aeromys
27th Jun 2005, 22:27
As it's stayed upright, is it more likely to have been an autorotation?
I'm guessing that if it was powering in, and then snapped the tail off while flaring into the ground, then it would more likely have ended up on it's side.
Ian Corrigible
28th Jun 2005, 01:08
sling -
Yes, N1212N shows up as a '91 Heli-Inc 206B-III.
I/C
remote hook
28th Jun 2005, 01:12
Is that what Bell's calling a 206 1/2? Or 1/2 206...
RH
Grainger
28th Jun 2005, 05:49
B103 shortranger ;)