View Full Version : R44 ditches safely on floats all OK in QLD
Hayman Island helicopter emergency landing: four unhurt (http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/hayman-island-helicopter-crash-rescue-operation-under-way/news-story/452b67455704b9f9ca0a403c637e1f4f)
Twist & Shout
8th Nov 2017, 08:49
Good result.
On the news the footage appears to show the tail rotor rotating freely, with the MR stationary (floating benignly). If they were disconnected before “landing” it would seem an exceptional job by the pilot!
blakmax
8th Nov 2017, 09:07
"http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/qld/2017/11/08/fears-of-four-dead-in-qld-helicopter-crash.html"
Trust Sky News to jump the gun. The article has been taken down, but why assume the worst without justification (OK headlines sell!)
Blakmax
Good to see that those floats actually keep the Robbie floating. :ok:
gulliBell
8th Nov 2017, 09:37
Good to see that those floats actually keep the Robbie floating. :ok:
Last person out is supposed to accidently deflate the floats :ugh:
mickjoebill
9th Nov 2017, 07:52
Last person out is supposed to accidently deflate the floats :ugh:
Female pilots wearing stilettos?
Mjb
gulliBell
9th Nov 2017, 12:06
Female pilots wearing stilettos?
Or male pilots, whoever, by whatever explainable accidental means available. Send that R-whatever-it-is to the watery depths where they all belong.
Send that R-whatever-it-is to the watery depths where they all belong.
Here we go again... 😴😴😴
Thomas coupling
10th Nov 2017, 12:22
Excellent news
Octane
10th Nov 2017, 22:30
Was the machine recovered?
heli kiwi
11th Nov 2017, 05:18
I guess it's what we call "a floater"
Rotor Kop
14th Nov 2017, 05:48
Or male pilots, whoever, by whatever explainable accidental means available. Send that R-whatever-it-is to the watery depths where they all belong.
Why are you even on this thread if you have no contribution to make other than your hogwash opinion??
Frying Pan
14th Nov 2017, 07:23
Rotor Kop, this is an Internet forum...we all have cover names, mostly.
GulliBell may have written something you disagree with but that's why we're here, to banter, tease, argue and counter argue etc.
The often quoted 'I do not like what you say but I will defend your right to say it' is how it kind of works here...
Don't make it personal, play the topic not the man, and rise above it. Not everyone loves Robinson, Bell, Sikorsky, Hughes, etc..etc....etc.....ad nauseum quite frankly.
Cheers, FP...
Bell_ringer
14th Nov 2017, 09:05
Sinking a few Robo's as an artificial reef could be great for the sea creatures and may even save a few land-lubbers also.
Chances are, though, it would rust away before it hit the bottom :}
gulliBell
14th Nov 2017, 11:48
Why are you even on this thread if you have no contribution to make other than your hogwash opinion??
To celebrate the demise of another R-whatever-it-is, particularly thankful that no humans met their own demise on said occasion (which isn't usually the case).
The Goldfish Club
28th Nov 2017, 21:15
I'm extending an invitation to the pilot of this R44, to join one of the more exclusive clubs in the world ... The Goldfish Club.
If you are the pilot, or know who they are, please direct them to the membership form on our website for more information details.
Safe flying to all,
The Goldfish Club
...to keep alive the spirit of comradeship arising from the mutual experience of members surviving, "coming down in the drink".