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Very well played, Sir!

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Insertion complete, mission accomplished? :E

Rumor has it this be thems.

About That "Blue Thunder" Counter-Terror Chopper That Landed On London Bridge - The Drive

"Helicopter trials Next-Generation Autopilot using Cloud-based Computing technology"

PDR

Thought I'd just finish this thread with some more detail to calm the outraged Daily Mailers:E

Having had an update, the video clip actually shows the aircraft hovertaxiing back out of the weather having turned round instead of pushing on. No IFR option due to location and fuel.

The weather came across the tops of the hills and down onto them - they stopped, had a look, turned round and, just after the video clip, exited the poor weather and continued en route.

As expected, they reported the incident to their authoriser and chain of command on return to base - BEFORE the video clip even made it to FB.

Anyone care to apologise for the comments they made about this crew and their actions?

Errrrr No - lowering cloudbase coming of the tops of the hills - you must surely understand how that happens or are you so far up yourself you can't see weather phenomena?

You're not helping these guys.

So you are saying that it is indefensible to plan a low level sortie, get caught out by the weather in a steep sided mountain pass, stop, turn round and taxi out??????????

I really don't know what sort of flying you did in the Army but I do think you have forgotten your roots and lost complete perspective here.

The be a better pilot thread should hold that video up as a 'how to extricate yourself properly' example - or a 'how not to end up in CFIT or IIMC' - it shows exactly what should be done - go down, slow down and turn round when you can.

By 'up yourself' I mean pretending you have never been caught out by weather - I'm starting to wonder if you are a pilot at all.

Helonorth - I don't need to help these guys - they didn't do anything wrong and everyone except you and DB knows it

Team, why dont we just leave this as crew pushed the sensible limit a bit too far, and use it as an example of how not to do it

So now the facts DB- and they are facts - don't match your perception of the video, you lack the honesty or moral courage to admit you fired from the hip and criticised a crew, assuming they were cowboys because they were in a video that you didn't like the look of.

Now even you must understand that hill fog - which is just cloud on the ground - can be formed in hilly terrain such as the Lake District very quickly and can be extremely localised - can you not understand that this wasn't a 'push on into a lowering cloudbase and poor vis' situation but instead a sudden appearance at the top of a steep sided valley, of said hill fog. Note the steep-sided valley descriptor which forced a slow-down, go-down with no immediate option to turn round. Once established safely in a hover, but engulfed in the forming hill fog, the turn around could be completed and the exit strategy (hovertaxiing on a line feature which was the SAFEST thing to do) employed.

Do please carry on trolling about this but I don't think I am the only one asking questions about your experience or problem with either SAR or SF flying.

Nigel, grow up you are better than that.

DB
It was not along a road, it was along side a road!. If I got caught out like that I may want to keep a road in sight incase I HAD to put it down. At least then not far to walk for help or to get picked up or to arrange a recovery if breaking down or jerry can etc ...
I agree with Crab... (sorry Crab!)

Chopjock - another good reason for following the road in those conditions is that the wires are usually strung along the roads in those parts - much better to know exactly where they are and have them in view than to be constantly worried about where they might be or come across them unexpectedly:ok: