Playmate of the Month - A JetRanger?

[SayItIsntSo]

Some kind Chief Pilot at another company has sent me an Internet link to the complete collection of Playmate Centerfolds (1954-2006).

I am carrying out ‘due diligence’ on this collection and I have managed to get as far as July 1986 where I see the centerfold is a rather nice Bell 206B3 JetRanger, which could be registered N2282T, standing next to a blonde Ms. Lynn Austin who was wearing non-standard personal protection equipment.

There must be a story to tell there; after all it was only just over 20 years ago…anyone know what the story is?

[rotorspin]

NTSB Identification: LAX91FA098A.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 44123.
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Wednesday, February 13, 1991 in SANTA PAULA, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 10/26/1992
Aircraft: BELL 206B, registration: N2282T
Injuries: 2 Fatal, 2 Serious, 1 Minor.

A HELICOPTER (BELL 206B, N2282T) & AN AIRPLANE (PITTS S-2A, N31512) COLLIDED IN MID-AIR DURING THEIR INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB FROM AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT. THE COLLISION OCCURRED AS THE AIRPLANE WAS TAKING OFF FROM RUNWAY 22 & THE HELICOPTER WAS DEPARTING FROM AN ADJACENT HELIPAD NEAR THE MIDPOINT OF THE 2650' RUNWAY. THE HELICOPTER PILOT SAID THAT AFTER LIFT-OFF FROM THE HELIPAD, HE BROUGHT THE HELICOPTER TO A HOVER & HOVER TAXIED IT TO THE RUNWAY. HE SAID HE VISUALLY CLEARED THE RUNWAY, & AFTER ABOUT 10 SEC, HE BEGAN HIS DEPARTURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE HELICOPTER'S FLIGHT PATH MERGED WITH THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE AIRPLANE OVER THE RUNWAY. FORWARD VISIBILITY FROM THE TAILWHEEL EQUIPPED AIRPLANE WOULD HAVE BEEN RESTRICTED WHILE ITS TAILWHEEL WAS ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. AIRCRAFT TIEDOWNS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 22 & THE HELIPAD; AIRCRAFT PARKED IN THIS TIE-DOWN AREA WOULD HAVE RESTRICTED THE VIEW BETWEEN THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY & THE HELIPAD.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:

INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT BY THE BELL 206B PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN HIS FAILURE TO SEE-AND-AVOID THE PITTS S-2A. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE S-2A PILOT'S RESTRICTED VISIBILITY RROM THE TAILWHEEL EQUIPPED AIRPLANE, ONCE IT WAS IN POSITION ON THE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF.

[Air-Five-oh]

Do you still ave web link?

[rotorspin]

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001212X16458&key=1

wouldn't mind a weblink to the centrefold in return!!! :hmm:

[noblades]

I may be wrong but I think this was the accident that Kirk Douglas was nearly killed in??? I have recollection of getting unofficial details the 1st time I flew into santa paula.

[Bronx]

If I concentrate on the picture a 206 comes into focus after a few minutes but darned if I can see the registration.
http://galeon.hispavista.com/playmatesplayboy/img/LynneAustin01
Where d'ya see N2282T?? :confused:

[rotorspin]

me neither.....been staring at the pic for hours!! :}

[Spunk]

That's got to be a helicopter flown by a "bush"-pilot... :}

[sprocket]

Shortly after that pic was taken, there was a SB issued for crosstube cracks. Now I know what to look for.

[HillerBee]

Reg is by here left knee. You only can't see the N.

[rotorspin]

hmmm...ok hillerbee....let me have another look.......

nope.........can't see anything....not even a helicopter.....think I'm going blind!;)

[Heli-Ice]

This must be one of them picture riddles... what do you have then?

Bushflying! :E

Rotorspin

If you are going blind over this picture we sure know what you are doing!

[540DEGREE TorqueTurn]

a poor girl , who needs a little trim around the sides a bit of the top and a number 1 all over .... got too love and hate the 80's girl
just to second spunks professional opinion:eek:

[HillerBee]

Try this : http://galeon.hispavista.com/playmatesplayboy/familia296802.html

[ShyTorque]

Jetranger? :confused: I can only see a Beaver.

This thread is doomed, doomed, I tell you.

[SASless]

Brings back fond memories of the Great Alaska Bush Company in Anchorage, Alaska!:E

http://www.akbushcompany.com/ladies.html

[Whirlygig]

Sassy dahling, I think there's a couple of lady-boys amongst those pics :E

Cheers

Whirls

[FH1100 Pilot]

Hillerbee, you're not very quick with the humor, are ye? Lord man, if there'd been a 12E...nevermind that, even if there'd been a mighty, shiny FH1100 behind her I would not have been able to see either of them!

How come you can?

Wait...I rather not know. (We Hiller and sort-of-a-Hiller pilots gots to stick together. Your secret is safe with me.)

[Bravo73]

Woah. Heliport is 'patrolling the corridors' at the moment. And yet this thread still lives on...

Crazy. :D

[ShyTorque]

I think he might feel obliged to use his baton any time at all....... :\

[SASless]

Whirls my Sweet,

When I was a "bush pilot" in Alaska....there was absolutely no doubt they were not "funny girls"....but then that was the Good Old Days I guess. Times do change I guess.

[Heliport]

With one very crude comment removed, I think we're just about the right side of the line at the moment - but only just.

Self-moderation is the best moderation - keep that in mind guys.


And please: No more links or you'll drop me in it.


H.

[22clipper]

Well I can't spot the chopper rego near either knee but one thing I'm sure of, there is at least one nice ride somehwere in that pic

[bluestack]

ha ha - don't think I've seen a thread build as quick as this one..

I'm guessing no-one mentioned the potential downwash in the pax brief - she's lucky to have kept hold of that hat...

[SASless]

And please: No more links or you'll drop me in it.


Wishful thinking I suppose?

Did not a famous Bard once write "Oh Death! Where is thy sting?";)

[22clipper]

Lynne Austin (born on April 15 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_15), 1961 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961) in Plant City, Florida (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_City%2C_Florida)) is an American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) model (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_%28person%29) and actress (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor). She was chosen as Playboy's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy) Playmate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playmate) of the Month in July, 1986 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986) and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Playboy_videos). She had come to the magazine's attention after featuring in an ad campaign for Hooters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooters) restaurant as one of the first “Hooters girls”. Ms. Austin continues to represent Hooters and eventually became a "Hooters Icon."[1] (http://www.andelman.com/ARTICLES/lynneaustin.html). She was married to Phillies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies) catcher Darren Daulton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Daulton) in the early 90s.
Following her Hooters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooters) and modeling career, Ms. Austin became a radio personality in the Tampa-St. Petersburg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa-St._Petersburg), Florida (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida) area, appearing daily on the Sportchix (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sportchix&action=edit) radio program.

[SayItIsntSo]

More info needed before I can turn over the page and get on with the rest of my life:

Where is Ms. Austin now? Did she never graduate to TV from radio? With those looks it would be a shame if not a crime.

Was the JetRanger repaired and is it back in service? Where is it now?

Who was the Aviation Manager / Pilot who arranged the ‘props’? Where is he now? Has he got any interesting anecdotes?

Was SASless ‘lurking’ in background during the shoot and subsequently ‘airbrushed’ out?

[MightyGem]

Try this : http://galeon.hispavista.com/playmat...lia296802.html (http://galeon.hispavista.com/playmatesplayboy/familia296802.html)

Classed as "Adult Content" by our web filter, here at work. :{ I wonder why. :E

[22clipper]

Now you've done it with that link Gemy, Heliport will adjust your privileges so that all your future posts appear in 3 point font.

Ms Austin will be 47 next April by my calcs SaySo, who knows how she is weathering the storm?

[What Limits]

She has weathered pretty well if you look at this link (http://www.1010sportsradio.com/pages/82798.php?contentType=4&contentId=205009) to her radio show.

Do we have a Rotorheads mascot?

[HillerBee]

I think she still looks very good for a 45 year old!!!