Lost russian military heli
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"The crewmember" surely ?
And, in light of the weather, looks like a good decision to land on a contrasting surface (the road) and wait for the blizzard to move through.
Anyone dispute that ?
No story, move on there nothing to see.
And, in light of the weather, looks like a good decision to land on a contrasting surface (the road) and wait for the blizzard to move through.
Anyone dispute that ?
No story, move on there nothing to see.
So What!
Good plan. Big Deal!
How many times did we all read the village names on the road signs back when we were flying CH-34's in the German ADIZ!
Better safe than sorry.
How many times did we all read the village names on the road signs back when we were flying CH-34's in the German ADIZ!
Better safe than sorry.
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Reminds me of when I was a pax. in a pair of Wessex flying from Odium to Biggin Hill for the Battle of Britain Air show in 1964.
It was quite foggy and flying over the Hogs Back, the Wessex I was in went down to a roundabout to read the road signs to help in direction to BH.!!!
We made it ok, and for the record it was one of the best Air shows I have attended.
3 airworthy Mosquitos on the ground, from the filming of 633 Sqn.
All 3 V Bombers and the RAF Yellowjacks , to name just a few.
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It was quite foggy and flying over the Hogs Back, the Wessex I was in went down to a roundabout to read the road signs to help in direction to BH.!!!
We made it ok, and for the record it was one of the best Air shows I have attended.
3 airworthy Mosquitos on the ground, from the filming of 633 Sqn.
All 3 V Bombers and the RAF Yellowjacks , to name just a few.
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Fixed-wing, but ....
I was looking for a bush strip on a very hazy day in the middle of nowhere, Nigeria, pre-GPS, when I finally had to give up and go to Makurdi, the nearest place I knew how to find, hard to miss because it's sited right on the Benue River.
When I got there I found a Nigeria Air Force fighter pilot wearing a spiffy grey leather flight jacket, even though it was 30º in the shade. He told me to follow the road south and to look for a hill that "sticks out like a dog's balls" and then to hang a right to follow the road that led to the Benue Cement airstrip at Gboko.
By God that hill did stick out "like a dog's balls," too!
When I got there I found a Nigeria Air Force fighter pilot wearing a spiffy grey leather flight jacket, even though it was 30º in the shade. He told me to follow the road south and to look for a hill that "sticks out like a dog's balls" and then to hang a right to follow the road that led to the Benue Cement airstrip at Gboko.
By God that hill did stick out "like a dog's balls," too!
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especially monsoon 
