Bell ditching off Newcastle
Teetering rotor heads can be bad news when faced with turbulence, if it were extremely rough as posited by currawong a mast strike has to be well in the frame. Time will tell. Have landed and idled before to let a front blow through when flying a light weight Huey. Graeme Strachan of Skyhooks fame was undone by flying a teetering head in turbulence. RIP
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https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications...aair200104092/
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Sure some of the rotary types will be able to shed more light.
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Sure some of the rotary types will be able to shed more light.
Update on the story here.
In short, pilot not qualified and aircraft not certified for night VFR. Was given prompt clearance to transit Willy airspace via coastal route, so not holding at Anna Bay. Was pressing on to Bankstown despite conditions.
In short, pilot not qualified and aircraft not certified for night VFR. Was given prompt clearance to transit Willy airspace via coastal route, so not holding at Anna Bay. Was pressing on to Bankstown despite conditions.
This thread is surprisingly quiet after that reply.
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Oh Hang on......we are talking about ATSB now, aren't we?
Has there been a release of all communications from the transit down the coast including what led up to the clearance through Willy?
No. And, as with the ‘investigation’ into the ditching of NGA, it is unlikely the recordings will be made publicly available. There may be a selective (and probably error-ridden) transcript of comms, but I wouldn’t expect more.
National security is at stake in this case. Imagine if all the Willy Tower and Willy Approach comms on a late Friday afternoon were revealed: All the comms from those F35s and FA18/A/F/Gs and Wedgetails and the dozens of other ADF assets exercising in the active Romeos would reveal important tactical information to the bad guys. And on top of that there’d be all the civvy traffic comms. Too confusing for laypeople to understand.
National security is at stake in this case. Imagine if all the Willy Tower and Willy Approach comms on a late Friday afternoon were revealed: All the comms from those F35s and FA18/A/F/Gs and Wedgetails and the dozens of other ADF assets exercising in the active Romeos would reveal important tactical information to the bad guys. And on top of that there’d be all the civvy traffic comms. Too confusing for laypeople to understand.