French military jets cut off village's power supply by flying low
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French military jets cut off village's power supply by flying low
From: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56113518
Or should this be in the 'low flying' thread....
Or should this be in the 'low flying' thread....
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I know someone who did this in Norway...with a helicopter...while chasing a dog down a street...he's still known as Sparky. The ex-RN pilot that is, not the dog
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When I turned up to my Italian exchange tour, I was told that a few months earlier one of the crews had been flying on a standard LL route along one of the northern valleys in Sicily. Due to the strong winds that was causing very rough turbulence they decided to climb out of low level. As they climbed though 700ft AGL the fin took out a cable that the electricity company had strung across the valley without telling anybody.......
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Originally Posted by Mogwi
I see that the aircraft landed at Orange. Must have needed some juice. Perhaps he should have kept his eyes peeled 🙂
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I find it rather remarkable that these incidents (wasn’t the first time, and thankfully it wasn’t a cable car this time) are mostly survivable by the aircraft.
Aftermath
But the most remarkable IMHO is that the reportedly managed to fix the cable within 3 hours !
Aftermath
But the most remarkable IMHO is that the reportedly managed to fix the cable within 3 hours !
