Abandoned Huey Spotted
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Abandoned Huey Spotted
A mate of mine was out walking in the hills somewhere in the UK today & found an apparently serviceable G registered Huey abandoned in "the middle of nowhere" - registration & location withheld to stop idiots going there. So can anyone shed any light on what happened (presumably a tech issue), the rotor blades are tied down but it's going to have a bit of a rough time with the storm approaching.
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I hope they do a really through pre-flight if it was really unattened. We once found a couple of beer cans, one on the ground under the ship and one under the throttle bellcrank at the bottom of the hellhole of a Huey that was left unattended overnight in a place thought to be safe. They were absolutely not there the day before. The only way was if someone tossed them on top, they hit the mast, swashplate or topcase and one bounced all the way through and one fell almost all the way through. They were found by a mechanic doing a really good preflight, sticking his head up past the hook for a look-see after spotting the one on the ground. Miller-lite....undrinkable by all but the most drunk people.
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Wherever it is in the UK, unless it’s a brave team of pilot’s it will still be there tomorrow.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51425482
Maybe an example of pilot/pilots That decided NO we aren’t flying on in this weather, put it safely on the ground, tied blades down and walked away.....
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51425482
Maybe an example of pilot/pilots That decided NO we aren’t flying on in this weather, put it safely on the ground, tied blades down and walked away.....
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forgive the "Huey" term
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Perhaps do a rego check to find the owner, or even just Google the rego number?
https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
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This is possibly the aircraft used for under slung load work for the National Parks people, restoring footpaths etc. There have been relevant NOTAMS about this sort of work
quite recently.
quite recently.
). Just curious given the forecast why it was left in an exposed area & not flown home. Blue skies all.Joined: Aug 2000
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Shy if that was near Halifax that was me until our landrover and all the lifting kit, helmets, safety kit longlines, hooks got nicked.
Not sure how well a blade is going to do as presumably only rear blade could be tied down ? Hope Stuart's machine survives the weekend
Not sure how well a blade is going to do as presumably only rear blade could be tied down ? Hope Stuart's machine survives the weekend
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Cheers Shy, knock on effect is a real problem for those down the line. About 8 guys on zero hours contracts now have no work as we couldnt shift the gear for the Natural England all because some toe rag cant be bothered to get a job
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