Helicopter crashes into Hudson.
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Helicopter crashes into Hudson.
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Nice EOL
Sat in a field, waiting to rev up and start the Siverstone run I could do with them yellow floats for the bottom of the 109, that should repell borders in the hold today!
Looks like a text book EOL, floats worked, no one went to Hospital, blimey don't let the UK CAA see this.
Although, on looking at the photo...
flying that EC130 with only two blades might be the real cause according to the Daily Mail here in England.
Looks like a text book EOL, floats worked, no one went to Hospital, blimey don't let the UK CAA see this.
Although, on looking at the photo...
flying that EC130 with only two blades might be the real cause according to the Daily Mail here in England.
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Any landing you can swim away from, or even better step up onto the rescue boat, must be good one.
I remember many years ago being told by our boss what the required course standard was for a successful engine off "by first solo the wreckage should resemble an aircraft, by basic handling check the wreckage should resemble a helicopter, and by final handling test the wreckage should resemble a Gazelle"
I think that whoever was driving deserves a pat on the back and a stiff drink for getting it down in a lot better than condition 3 above, lets face it you don´t get to practice that often.
I remember many years ago being told by our boss what the required course standard was for a successful engine off "by first solo the wreckage should resemble an aircraft, by basic handling check the wreckage should resemble a helicopter, and by final handling test the wreckage should resemble a Gazelle"
I think that whoever was driving deserves a pat on the back and a stiff drink for getting it down in a lot better than condition 3 above, lets face it you don´t get to practice that often.
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No, they have no damage on the others, so no rotaional imapoct damage, but the missing one has hit the bom, quite common when they runout of syaem and conditions are choppy.
Please don't expand this into anything other than a good engine off. My blade comments were what we call humour!
Please don't expand this into anything other than a good engine off. My blade comments were what we call humour!
For those who can't see liveleak videos there is also this http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk...?videokey=1629
Its virtually the same as the one posted earlier, so don't bother if you've already seen that one.
Congrats on a succesful ditching whoever you are, well done.
V.
Its virtually the same as the one posted earlier, so don't bother if you've already seen that one.
Congrats on a succesful ditching whoever you are, well done.
V.
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Brother, if you've got floats, the water's a great place to go. Especially in a major urban area, like NYC. I suspect ditching's a usefull even without floats in some situations.
P.S. I wouldn't call this a crash. Water landings are good survival options, but the aircraft often is the worse for it, as in this case. As long as occupants aren't hurt...
P.S. I wouldn't call this a crash. Water landings are good survival options, but the aircraft often is the worse for it, as in this case. As long as occupants aren't hurt...
Judging from the photo above, it is an EC-130.
The double-spar at the front is the giveaway:
From an operational/cost point of view, would it be feasible to use a 135 for scenic tours?
It's probably just a question of numbers. With that many helis flying over the same stretch of water, some of them are bound to go swimming once in a while.
The double-spar at the front is the giveaway:
From an operational/cost point of view, would it be feasible to use a 135 for scenic tours?
It's probably just a question of numbers. With that many helis flying over the same stretch of water, some of them are bound to go swimming once in a while.
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Another dead give away that it is a EC130 is the MR Blade and Head. The EC135's head is immediately recognisable by the fat root ends. The spacing of the blades in the photo makes it difficult to believe there was a third one there, but the Squirrel head is clearly visible.
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Definitely an EC130 Shawn. You can see by looking at the blades that the rotor is turning the "right way" (clockwise), the 135 is counter clockwise. (another hint).
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Well done to the aviatrix, whom one saw on the news. She was quite cute.
As far as which company is recommended in NYC, Liberty is the only shop in town. Unless one would like to charter an S76.
EDIT: To say that one just cycled past ZIP heli tours in NYC. I've never seen a heli with their scheme on it, it seems they may be moonlighting their charter AS-350s. One of them damn near blew me into oncoming traffic when it took off!
She was quite cute.As far as which company is recommended in NYC, Liberty is the only shop in town. Unless one would like to charter an S76.
EDIT: To say that one just cycled past ZIP heli tours in NYC. I've never seen a heli with their scheme on it, it seems they may be moonlighting their charter AS-350s. One of them damn near blew me into oncoming traffic when it took off!
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