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Seloco
8th Jun 2018, 18:07
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-44375517
Presumably an inevitability of having the engine efflux at the back of the rotating nacelles?
Rosevidney1
8th Jun 2018, 18:53
I was quite worried at first, thinking the worst had befallen Hawker's pre-war naval fighter!
Dan Gerous
8th Jun 2018, 19:43
Thankfully, the full range of military activity has never caused a fire, on this or any other range, in the past.:rolleyes:
Seloco
9th Jun 2018, 22:53
Thankfully, the full range of military activity has never caused a fire, on this or any other range, in the past.:rolleyes:
At least hopefully not while trying to insert Hereford's best discreetly after dark...
SASless
10th Jun 2018, 00:48
It makes for a dandy diversion....all the Oppos are busy putting out the fire whilst the Lads sneak off elsewhere.
Mogwi
10th Jun 2018, 07:36
One hell of a fire-fight!
MightyGem
10th Jun 2018, 21:01
The cause of the fire was attributed to a down draft from an American Osprey helicopter
Hmmm...I once used the downdraft of a Gazelle to put out a grass fire in Canada.
Lonewolf_50
11th Jun 2018, 00:24
Beyond the fact that an Osprey isn't a helicopter ... ;)
pr00ne
11th Jun 2018, 00:27
..and in no way is anything an Osprey does in anyway shape or form "discrete..."
OvertHawk
11th Jun 2018, 13:34
Hmmm...I once used the downdraft of a Gazelle to put out a grass fire in Canada.
I once watched someone try to do that with a Squirrel... He spent ten minutes making it much bigger then ran away.
Seloco
11th Jun 2018, 14:20
..and in no way is anything an Osprey does in anyway shape or form "discrete..."
Well, to be strictly accurate most of what an Osprey does is discrete, but perhaps not necessarily that discreet!
Sorry, coat time...
Seloco
11th Jun 2018, 14:22
Beyond the fact that an Osprey isn't a helicopter ... ;)
I guess it just sometimes thinks it is - which is perhaps what got it into trouble on this occasion!
It's quite a feat to start a grass fire in Wales.
MightyGem
11th Jun 2018, 21:00
I once watched someone try to do that with a Squirrel... He spent ten minutes making it much bigger then ran away.
To be fair, it probably depends on the height of the grass and severity of the fire. It worked ok for me.
TheWestCoast
11th Jun 2018, 21:40
I once watched someone try to do that with a Squirrel... He spent ten minutes making it much bigger then ran away.
Taken out of context this is an appalling thing to admit seeing.