You Don't want to Try This....
Joined: Aug 1999
Aviation Qualifications: ATP+Mil
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From: Gold Coast, Australia
The accident was basically as per the description, and the aircraft was Elcom's orange & white JetRanger, parked overnight in their depot at Orange, New South Wales. IIRC, the 206 didn't actually get airborne, but got dynamic rollover, unfortunately at the very moment that chummy decided to quit & exit stage left. The 206 was replaced by a blue Agusta A109, since two engines would obviously be twice as difficult to get started!
All happened about 12-15 years ago, about the same time as another sterling effort at stupidity occured in Adelaide. An enterprising owner of a H300, still learning to fly, decided to impress a lady friend one night with his new toy. One thing led to another, and he became more impressive when he started it. A little bell rang about engaging the rotors with the engine running, followed shortly by another lesson in dynamic rollover
Not confined to this side of the Tasman, a Kiwi had a yearning to emigrate to Oz, and what better way after a vist to the pub, than to borrow a H500. He (remarkably) got it started, but his acumen on the start sequence was not followed by any flying ability, and it all ended in tears.
As did the dashing yoof, again in UnZud, who left the Friday night session to take some friends for a fly in his H500, parked conveniently in the tennis court. He'd have managed a loop from lift off, if only the ground had been 150 feet lower
Ned can relate the deer hunting episodes of Darwinism ..........
All happened about 12-15 years ago, about the same time as another sterling effort at stupidity occured in Adelaide. An enterprising owner of a H300, still learning to fly, decided to impress a lady friend one night with his new toy. One thing led to another, and he became more impressive when he started it. A little bell rang about engaging the rotors with the engine running, followed shortly by another lesson in dynamic rollover
Not confined to this side of the Tasman, a Kiwi had a yearning to emigrate to Oz, and what better way after a vist to the pub, than to borrow a H500. He (remarkably) got it started, but his acumen on the start sequence was not followed by any flying ability, and it all ended in tears.
As did the dashing yoof, again in UnZud, who left the Friday night session to take some friends for a fly in his H500, parked conveniently in the tennis court. He'd have managed a loop from lift off, if only the ground had been 150 feet lower
Ned can relate the deer hunting episodes of Darwinism ..........
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 321
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From: UK
Wasn't there a scoat that broke in on his way back from the pub and manged to start and lift off in an R22 at sheffield last year, I cant believe these guys can actually start them but then they usually find that that is the easy bit versus when you nick a ford escort!
