ROTORHEADS AROUND THE WORLD: Videos

[Aser]

Google translator:

Do SF-Host Reto Brennwald has for the program "Reporter" actually film the arrival of celebrities on the Italian resort island of Ischia. In this case it was a helicopter before the lens, acted like a wild horse that has become rodeo

A close call...

Durchgedrehter Helikopter - 10vor10 - Schweizer Fernsehen: SF Videoportal

[Thud_and_Blunder]

Fantastic video, Aser - looks like the demo Central Flying School used to give about the dangers of trying to operate a heli cross-controlled.

[apb]

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[Senior Pilot]

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[Senior Pilot]

A few more interesting videos

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[206Fan]

Haven't seen this one before!

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[GoodGrief]

There are too many crazy folks out there.
One has to be really careful with whom one flies these days.

Too much vodka???

[500 Fan]

That looks even scarier than our Brazilian friend's flight, but it's probably a hell of a lot safer. (OK, a little bit safer!)

500 Fan.

[B.U.D.G.I.E]

Is this not just a little bit silly.

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[Chopper Doc]

The camera might be deceptive but I don't think the blades were closer than 4ft to the deck. Perhaps this just a technique to get off the deck if you are near the weight limit. Hit a bump and you might be snookered though.

[osmosis]

This is more on the limit wouldn't you think...?

[206Fan]

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[TRC]

Is this not just a little bit silly.

Great, until the nose leg collapses.......

[Smokeyboy]

[Aser]

Nice video



Regards
Aser

[Savoia]

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Yes, well, until today I must confess to having largely precluded the Wessex/S58 from my list of suitably aerobatic helicopters but, with a little help from our friends in the Royal Thai Air Force, this impression has now been mildly modified.

What some chaps will do!

Sav

[Nigel Osborn]

It doesn't look too much like a Wessex! I'd hate to see the wrinkles on the skin!

[Capt Hollywood]

You've got to see this....

[Flyting]

Pretty damn good recruitment campaign.... and the flying for that matter. There was something similar to this posted on PPRUNE with a R44 at a rodeo...

[RVDT]

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You've got to see this....

Sydney Royal Easter Show 1990

I did! And I thought I could kind of fly a helicopter at the time having about 4000 hours in them. Pretty humbling.

I remember the tail rotor just touching the ground a couple of times and picking up dirt.

In about 1996 we used to drop skydivers in there from about 4K at night. One in an Elvis outfit, one guy with a dog and a large flag advertising dog food (PAL), and other outfits. Used to sit up at about 4K waiting for the off and as I was not privy to the radio comms for the timing which was critical you might be sitting there talking to the guys and then all of a sudden you were on your own! In those years there was a cable strung across the arena at about 100'. The guys under canopy would sometimes bug out if they couldn't get the right approach due to the wind and ended up in the car park or the suburbs rather than in the cable in front of a load of people. Large cojones or mad, it was difficult to tell. These guys also did a lot of illegal BASE jumping in the city but thats another story!