Fastest crash
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Fastest crash
Just wondering...... (it's a Friday thing).......
Which make / model heli holds the record for shortest time between release to service and a write-off crash?
Inspired by recent pictures from Germany
Which make / model heli holds the record for shortest time between release to service and a write-off crash?
Inspired by recent pictures from Germany
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From: Land of the Krauts
He is talking about the Cabri crash in Germany:
Post #191
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/296...bri-g2-10.html
Post #191
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/296...bri-g2-10.html
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From: Wiltshire, UK
1970's. Crop spraying in full swing in the UK.
Bell 47G-5A, 'AP' known lovingly to us as 'crappy pappy'.
Her first 600hr inspection then to be 'promoted' from a trainer to sprayer.
Full monty 600hr - top-end on the engine, clutch re-furb, the whole lot.
Brand new toe-mounted Simplex kit. She looked gorgeous.
Excluding the ferry to the spray site, she survived one hour before the steely-eyed, lantern-jawed driver caught the crop and rolled her into a ball.
He got out unscathed through the big hole where the bubble used to be.
We were not impressed.
Bell 47G-5A, 'AP' known lovingly to us as 'crappy pappy'.
Her first 600hr inspection then to be 'promoted' from a trainer to sprayer.
Full monty 600hr - top-end on the engine, clutch re-furb, the whole lot.
Brand new toe-mounted Simplex kit. She looked gorgeous.
Excluding the ferry to the spray site, she survived one hour before the steely-eyed, lantern-jawed driver caught the crop and rolled her into a ball.
He got out unscathed through the big hole where the bubble used to be.
We were not impressed.
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From: Australia
One I know off;
A Bell47 3B1 has just had many new bits put on it, is test flown and signed off.
A pilot takes it out on a job, and somewhere between 25 and 30 minutes later he lands at a neighbouring property into a tight hole, ends up going down much faster than is acceptable, clips a pole with a M/R and we send the truck out next day.
The pilot is advised to stay well clear of the boss, and the engineers for quite some time.
But then I know of a certain Bell G5 that flew unscathed for 22,000 hours (all mustering) before being dunked in seawater. overpitched.
cheers tet
A Bell47 3B1 has just had many new bits put on it, is test flown and signed off.
A pilot takes it out on a job, and somewhere between 25 and 30 minutes later he lands at a neighbouring property into a tight hole, ends up going down much faster than is acceptable, clips a pole with a M/R and we send the truck out next day.
The pilot is advised to stay well clear of the boss, and the engineers for quite some time.
But then I know of a certain Bell G5 that flew unscathed for 22,000 hours (all mustering) before being dunked in seawater. overpitched.
cheers tet
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From: Iceland
I once heard of what must be the shortest lived commercial operation of a air operator.
A new company with a H-300 on it very first job. 2 hour ferry flight to a site to pick up scientistīs in the mountains. Take-off there and immediately crashed on takeoff. Everybody ok but the helicopter was wrecked.
5 min total revenue flight.
A new company with a H-300 on it very first job. 2 hour ferry flight to a site to pick up scientistīs in the mountains. Take-off there and immediately crashed on takeoff. Everybody ok but the helicopter was wrecked.
5 min total revenue flight.
