Wires. What wires?
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Given that an entire R44 seat assembly is only $800, it's probably worthwhile buying new rather than trying to hose down the old one... :eek:
Still, at least the battered Avanza MPV escaped further injury. I/C |
Uhhhhhhh.....Ahhhhhhhh.....well Damn!:uhoh:
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That's what I like to see a good recce of the site, who the f--k taught him
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No doubt the time of day didnt help either.
Still, the wire protectors did a stirling job...;) |
I don't suppose the Wooden Poles and Cross Arms up that there at Eye Level meant anything to the Pilot?:oh:
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Oh dear, bet he's glad that was captured on camera ::D
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Oh geez, I could barely watch through my fingers!
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Still, the wire protectors did a stirling job... JD |
I think MB was being flippant! No WP on Robbo.
Lucky the MR blade tips hit first and not the mast or TR |
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Lucky, Blind & Stupid...Fvk Me....what was he thinking or looking at/not http://www.bladeslapper.com/content/...on_puking2.gif
What ever happened to good old basic Airmanship ie: SWAT checks - pre-landing??? :{ |
Lucky, Blind & Stupid...Fvk Me....what was he thinking or looking at/not What ever happened to good old basic Airmanship ie: SWAT checks - pre landing??? |
My friend, flying a Hughes 300, almost did the same thing. But I waived him off and the blades just grazed the wires. Dammit, you can't see those bloody things in the air.
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Obviously responsibility always lies with the PIC, but the chap on the ground who seems to redirect the helicopter directly into the wires can't have helped!
Matthew |
I don't suppose the Wooden Poles and Cross Arms up that there at Eye Level meant anything to the Pilot? |
It looks like the pilot knows the wires are there, flies over them and comes down the other side and then tries to fly / land while having to pass under them.
Is that correct ? |
I think it's a case of "tunnelling", can't see anything else than the landing spot.
Concentrating a little bit too hard on the touch down part of the approach. JD |
Lucky, Blind & Stupid...Fvk Me....what was he thinking or looking at/not What ever happened to good old basic Airmanship ie: SWAT checks - pre-landing??? When you eventually do, you're going to love all the armchair criticism........ Safe flying VF |
Spot on mad boom. Things like this are better discussed as a learning exercise - the video highlights lots of pitfalls;
Dusk Last minute change in approach Waving arms on ground Positive ground marshalling (but by whom?) Moving Car Impending Brown Out Was he/she trying to fly under wires What was the experience level What was the task - weddings/proms can actually be quite daunting with lots of folk about. All in all its good that they survived - we can learn from it and teach others from it. |
This is unfortunately something that is so easily done.
The first day of this years spray season I very nearly became a statistic due to a wire strike. The field we were spraying had a power line, like the one in the video, running east and west along a road that marked the field boundary. In the north east corner it made a ninety degree turn and then ran down the north/south field boundary. We were going to spray the field on the other side of the road, which meant that I was going to be free of worrying about the wires as I was running north/south. Well for some reason on the second to last run I got it into my head that my next left hand turn was going to be "wire free". I pulled up, turned and set myself up to do the last run..............completely forgetting the wires were there. At the last second I saw them and managed through blind luck to pull up and go over them. I can still see them now out the door passing under the booms. It scared they heck out of me. I had only flown over them about two hundred times that day! It is one of those moments in my flying career that will stay with me until my last breath. I have thought about it over and over as to what I was thinking. Still don't have a rational explanation. It can happen to anyone. |
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