Would CASA approve such a helipad?
Not CASA’s business, responsibility rests solely with the operator and PIC. Personally based on my experience I can’t see any problem with the helipad, very little obstacles to deal with.
Agree, I wouldn’t be shutting the machine down.
Agree, I wouldn’t be shutting the machine down.
Maybe there are literally no alternatives, this is actually the best available location?
Pridrangaviti Lighthouse Iceland
https://icelandmag.is/article/watch-...-south-iceland
Pridrangaviti Lighthouse Iceland
https://icelandmag.is/article/watch-...-south-iceland
A guy I knew/met used to fly big bell heli's in Afghanistan winters - fly up to the mountain tops well over 10 thou feet with, ahem................ "humanitarian aid" (and the ammo), and leave it running because he didn't want it to not start up again in the cold. Also I suppose for a quick getaway if the bad guys were too close. You'd probably do the same with a frisky lighthouse keeper who hadn't seen man nor beast for months.
So, the interesting thing, given the precipitous nature of the island, is how they got the materials up there to build the light house in 1939.
I can see a derrick arrangement but, even then, how was that gotten to the top to begin lifting?
I can see a derrick arrangement but, even then, how was that gotten to the top to begin lifting?
is how they got the materials up there to build the light house in 1939.
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no OHS back in those days, just common sense.
men would have been men back then, not whiny little bitches.
When I actually hear of supposedly 'masculine' Men say that they 'need counselling' purely because they have witnessed a road crash (where no-one was actually seriously injured) I really wonder!
For the record; I have on one occasion assisted in scraping off the ground what was left of someone who went in vertically in a Glider at well over VNE. Had a double Scotch at the Bar that evening and shrugged my shoulders.
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