R44 down in Courchevel March 2008
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R44 down in Courchevel March 2008
A British registered R44 crashed on take-off at Courchevel on Saturday afternoon, according to the local rag. 4 British POB uninjured, except for one passenger taken to hospital for shock. The report says the helicopter caught on protection netting at the side of a ski piste close to the altiport. No skiers hurt. Photos show the blue and white machine, reg starting G-W... on its side and seriously bent.
There are 14 R44s with G-W*** registered on G-INFO:
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.asp...rcrafttype=r44
Of the 9 aircraft with photos attached, 3 have got blue and white paint schemes: G-WAFU, G-WEGO and G-WMWM. (Of the 5 aircraft without photos, only 1 is still flying: G-WALI.)
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http://www.ledauphine.com/file/ftp/u...0315214418.pdf
The best I can do is this link to the front page.
The best I can do is this link to the front page.
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No links to the main article without a subscription.
Apart from a slightly different photo, there's nothing substantive in the article that isn't summarised in the first post, except a note of the existence of a controversial project to build a four star hotel on the crash site, and speculation as to whether this will be reviewed as a result of the incident.
Come to think of it, that could be the most significant aspect of the whole event.
Apart from a slightly different photo, there's nothing substantive in the article that isn't summarised in the first post, except a note of the existence of a controversial project to build a four star hotel on the crash site, and speculation as to whether this will be reviewed as a result of the incident.
Come to think of it, that could be the most significant aspect of the whole event.
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One thinks this might have been from Aeromega, Cambridge, possibly with DB at the controls.
It's the wrong shade of blue for WMWM, well it looks like it anyway.
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I'm sure thet DB was planning a trip out to the alps in a R44 around then, school trip to learn about Mountain Flying. I wrote to him and he replied 27th March but did not mention anything.
