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Cyclic Hotline
16th Mar 2002, 00:44
Heard a murmur about a Head of State's aircraft suffering a hard landing recently?. .. .Hopefully nothing too bad?. . . . <small>[ 15 March 2002, 20:45: Message edited by: Cyclic Hotline ]</small>
OK Guys ; Fill us in . Which Head of State ?
CyclicRick
21st Mar 2002, 00:13
I just talked to a structural repair chappie who's been contracted to do the repairs on it!. .S-76 was nice but a bit bent now though.. .More later.
Draco
21st Mar 2002, 19:24
Purple??. .. .C'mon, enlighten the stupid people like me <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" /> .
Jed A1
21st Mar 2002, 21:21
Aunt Betty's
CyclicRick
23rd Mar 2002, 20:57
The word is they were on a training flight, had a hard landing and bent the tail boom quite badly. Apparently they went back and told the techs that they had "a bit of a bump" but it was ok.. .When the HUMS was checked, 'very large forces' were registered ( I don't know how they work but it was something like that), and when they looked at it, it was creased right through top to bottom.. .Very purple faces I would say!
Thomas coupling
24th Mar 2002, 06:34
Draco: in the UK when royal flights get airborne, they fly in relatively protected airspace called purple airspace/corridors, etc. Only when a member of the household is on board though...hence the purple bits.. . <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" />
PPRuNe Radar
24th Mar 2002, 20:02
No purple airspace granted for Royal Helos though.
Lu Zuckerman
26th Mar 2002, 19:11
On March 11, 2002, about 1830 local time, an S-76C+, operated by WCS/Royal Travel Office, G-XXEZ, sustained a hard landing at Blackbushe Airport (EGLK), United Kingdom. The tailboom was reported buckled as a result of the landing. The helicopter was being operated in rejected takeoff and other procedures training, in night visual meteorological conditions under the authority of the Civil Aviation Authority, United Kingdom. . .. .Sikorsky Aircraft sent a senior test pilot to assist the Investigator-in-Charge (IIC), Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB), UK.. .. .Perchance this explains Nicks' presense in the UK
Daifly
14th May 2002, 22:37
Don't shout at me if this has been asked before (and I'm not a spotter), anyone know the significance of G-XXEZ?
Twenties? That's about all I could make up...
ppheli
15th May 2002, 04:26
Nor me actually, but G-XXEA (just to correct you slightly) is the reverse of G-AEXX the Royal Flight's first ever aircraft, an Airspeed Envoy.