BBC reports helicopter crash in the Highlands
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As a low-hours pilot I twice "landed out" in fields when caught by weather.
I asked a 17,000-hour helicopter pilot who has worked everywhere from the North Sea to the Falklands how many times he had done the same, and he said "never."
He had always diverted to an alternate airfield.
With discipline like that you'll be fairly hard to kill, even in Scotland.
I asked a 17,000-hour helicopter pilot who has worked everywhere from the North Sea to the Falklands how many times he had done the same, and he said "never."
He had always diverted to an alternate airfield.
With discipline like that you'll be fairly hard to kill, even in Scotland.
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Very true Pat, but only if there is an IFR option and sufficient fuel reserve to reach a weather diversion. It wouldn't always be possible to operate helicopters under those circumstances.
