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gulliBell 2nd Oct 2018 11:12

I'm curious whether he parked it where it ended up, or he parked it somewhere close by that was more accessible, or whether he continued on with the mission?

stilllearning 2nd Oct 2018 13:58

Not sure if the guy manages normal landings but he surely does a great job at slopes and flying the mast !!!

HeliHenri 2nd Oct 2018 14:11

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He get a 9 out of 10 for the artistic part !
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Devil 49 2nd Oct 2018 15:47

I hope the patient didn't see that...

Bell_ringer 2nd Oct 2018 16:16

Probably saw the sign "ski apache" and decided anything an apache can do, a squirrel can do better :ouch:

JackJones 2nd Oct 2018 16:28

There's like a million questions here, was he eating in flight and just forgot he had to land it or what, those pesky in flight meals on commercial operations!!

arketip 2nd Oct 2018 16:58

Maybe he was caught out by one of those extremely fast moving fogs

katismo 2nd Oct 2018 18:06

Didn't see if they did high or low recon, almost looks like a pedal turn in to the tail wind and started deep decent. Don't know weight and D alt, but guessing 8000 ft ..ish? How the crew was briefed from the ground about the landing conditions (wind etc.)?

They were very lucky with this one. They shouldn't put lottery anymore, you are a winner already.

roybert 2nd Oct 2018 18:55


Originally Posted by BobbyHowie (Post 10263889)
You weren't expecting a rotor tip to hit the slope? You thought that was normal? Jeez.

Yup but he didn't from what I could see but it does look like he smacked the Tail Rotor.

SASless 3rd Oct 2018 00:09

Might be over 10.000 feet elevation....peak is about 11,300 feet high.

Vertical Freedom 3rd Oct 2018 00:45

Surely that wasn't a real Pilot at the wheel? :{ 'twas the Patient at the helm me thinks :yuk:

gulliBell 3rd Oct 2018 00:52

VF. I suspect so. Again. And again. And again...seems pilots have been doing some dumb stuff lately, falling off hospital helipads, rolling off throttle in 60 foot hover, playing bouncy castle when there is no bouncy castle, etc etc. Maybe a passenger put that PX burner in the Truk lagoon as well?

Vertical Freedom 3rd Oct 2018 01:05

G'day GB........the new-age of proffesionaljism :yuk: such a sad future for Piloting :{

JBL99 3rd Oct 2018 13:56

Hey, at least he left the tail hanging over the ledge - just like VF says!:)

krypton_john 3rd Oct 2018 19:15


Originally Posted by JBL99 (Post 10264950)
Hey, at least he left the tail hanging over the ledge - just like VF says!:)

Yeah maybe but we're not signing him off until we have verification that his skids were aligned...

JBL99 3rd Oct 2018 21:50


Originally Posted by krypton_john (Post 10265183)
Yeah maybe but we're not signing him off until we have verification that his skids were aligned...

Very good!!! :D:D

noooby 4th Oct 2018 16:15

Ahhh but do they have to be aligned with the direction the aircraft is pointing, or the direction that his seat is now pointing considering it has probably torn itself loose. Extra points if one skid aligns with nose and one with seat!

krypton_john 4th Oct 2018 19:46

After getting away with that "landing" they may as well be pointing to Mecca!

JBL99 4th Oct 2018 21:31


Originally Posted by BobbyHowie (Post 10263889)
You weren't expecting a rotor tip to hit the slope? You thought that was normal? Jeez.

I think you'll find krypton_john was being facetious!

Vertical Freedom 5th Oct 2018 04:13

da Tail rotorless is safely clear! :ok: skid marks aligned (trailing behind) with the direction of travel..................Yippeee :yuk:


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