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Seloco 8th Jun 2018 18:07
Osprey starts grass fire
 
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
Originally Posted by Dan Gerous (Post 10168473)
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
Originally Posted by MightyGem (Post 10170004)
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
Originally Posted by pr00ne (Post 10170103)
..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
Originally Posted by Lonewolf_50 (Post 10170100)
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!

abgd 11th Jun 2018 14:51
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
Originally Posted by OvertHawk (Post 10170538)
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.


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