Bell 204B VH-EQW ditching at Tarome Australia 20 Sep 2023
Who did it belong to AC, for what was it used, registration?
You don't see many of these, Hueys with drop tanks, forget how much they held, some aircraft had the 1400lb main tank, some 1,700, could fly all day almost.
You don't see many of these, Hueys with drop tanks, forget how much they held, some aircraft had the 1400lb main tank, some 1,700, could fly all day almost.
Yah it was pancaked from a downwind approach and running out of power. The crewman thy was on board for that accident, was only just back at work from an accident where he was on the hoist cable which was run into the superstructure of a vessel during a winch and he took a pretty big hit on the deck.
Who did it belong to AC, for what was it used, registration?
The original enquiry came to the Polair crew room in Dec 86, asking "Who is most recent on a Huey?" Two of us had flown them, and I was the more recent being 4 years since the last go, trumping Chucky who was at 7 years. But funny how the checklist just flowed out of my memory, Hatches, Harness, Heaters, Electrics, Fuel quantity, pressure and selection, Instruments in limits, lights out, Audio, Auto, Full throttle, and 6600 (though on this one it said 100%). Still remembered it in 2001 when I was back in another Huey. That same checklist can be applied to almost any machine, even used it as a final check in the S76.
