PUMA out of Gas?
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How do you refuel one helicopter from another?? Would it have been with 200L drums and hand pump?
One of them had stayed away from the services of those fine upstanding men of TSW a little too long and the other was the donor aircraft, which carried two of those, as mentioned, upstanding chaps, a Deutz 150gpm pump and two lengths of 2 1/2" SR hose with suitable couplings for the task in-hand.
Some rather embarrassed smurfs were back to the relative safety of the skies and then R850 after a surprisingly quick turn around.
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Heli refuelling question.
There is a picture in the latest issue of Airforces Monthly, of the Falklands SeaKing on a rescue mission, taking on fuel from a Navy ship while in flight. It is at the stern of the ship, but there appears to be a fairly big Heli deck on the ship and what appears to be 2 hangers on it as well. Why would they re-fuel in flight when there is a landing space?
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When it comes to poor weather, I'm sure we've all heard...
Slow down, go down, turn around and land on.
As for the Daily Propaganda...
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story!
Slow down, go down, turn around and land on.
As for the Daily Propaganda...
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story!