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Old 27th May 2008, 08:48
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Question Pranged EC130 in Phillipines

Anyone know the story behind this?

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Old 27th May 2008, 10:29
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it's obvious looking at the pic!! The pilot was trying to fly it into his beach-side hangar but was distracted by someone on the beach, (naked female perhaps?) and ended up 10' too far to the right. Blades contacted hangar wall.
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Simulating IMC by throwing a blanket over the plexiglass was always going to end in tears.....
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? Ok then, maybe it had just had maintenance in the same place as a couple of 109's and a rag had been left in/on the tail?? OUCH!


........Exits sharply stage left!!
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Simulating IMC by throwing a blanket over the plexiglass was always going to end in tears.....
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Is that not an EC120 ??

http://www.eurocopter.com/site/FO/sc...25&page_id=914
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Nope, EC 120 has a slightly angled exhaust port. The EC 130 has a straight exhaust port.
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No it is defininately a 130, the exhaust is wrong for a 120 .

And obviously the aircraft has arrived on the beach and been pulled to were it is now, to escape the water, as you can see from the lines in the sand and the water line on the beach
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Old 28th May 2008, 10:50
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Thanks - Used to be spot on with heli recognition but not really practiced it for 8 years as that was the last time i worked as an assistant in the VCR/Local/TWR so many new Helo's on the scene since then.
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Pay the street urchins enough loose change and they will always come back with a big enough fish.

complained once about a lobster that wasn't fresh enough, in indonesia,
kid came back with one with its claws waving,
had to pay that
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Old 29th May 2008, 09:03
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EC130B4 msn 3627.

Ditched 14 January 2007 during filming of a promotional tourist video. All four on board got out ok. Anyone know why it ditched?
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Old 29th May 2008, 19:21
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Can see that there are no doors on it.

Would have been a hell of a promo video for the tourist board
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