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Well .......... who'd have thought?
National Association of Air Ambulance Services reports:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">As the golfing season kicked off last weekend with the 2001 Benson and Hedges International Open, the AA supported National Association of Air Ambulance Services (NAAAS) reports that golf courses are among the most common destinations for air ambulance call-outs. Nigel Webb, chief executive of NAAAS, comments: “Regional air ambulance services are frequently called out to golf courses, with heart attacks and strokes being the most common emergency. This may be partly due to the large proportion of golf players aged over 55 compared with other sports, although both heart problems and strokes can affect people of any age. Air ambulances are often called upon because the patient's chances of survival can be significantly increased if treatment is received as quickly as possible.” One air ambulance spokesman agrees that air ambulances play a crucial part in reacting to golfing emergencies. He explains: “Call-outs to golf course incidents are so frequent that our teams often have the locations of all local golf courses marked on their wall maps, along with grid references, so that the paramedics can reach the scene in double-quick time.” Golf courses can be particularly difficult to access for land ambulances due to their large area, uneven terrain and obstacles, such as lakes and sand bunkers. A helicopter, however, can not only access difficult-to-reach areas more quickly but also gives the pilot a better view of the course as a whole, making the casualty easier to spot. The AA says: “The completion of the UK-wide network of air ambulance services last month means that, reassuringly, golfers are now only ever within a maximum of 20 minutes flying time of an airborne paramedic team, should an accident occur.”</font> |
I wonder how it fits in with the rules of golf if your ball hits a helicopter as it arrives or departs on a mission to save a hapless golfer - do you play it where it lies, or do you have to take a drop?
I must say it would be satisfying in a vandalistic kind of way to lob in and leave two big skid impressions on one of those beautifully maintained greens! |
Just think how far you could wack a golf ball with a 700 km/hr plus swing. You also have the world fastest golf buggy !! |
Arm o t w.
Play it as it lies I think, unless the proximity of the aircraft interferes with your swing and then you could safely take a drop within one club length, no closer to the pin. Of course, if your ball hit the aircraft in flight and was knocked OB you could probably find something in the 'Outside Agency' rules for a free drop. ------------ If it ain't broke......... |
here's a tech question would a ball chipped through the rotor disc of a French helicopter have back spin or front spin and would the same ball chipped through a US one have opposite spin ( assuming no contact with blades and aerodynamic forces only).
Cmon Lu answer that one LOL. |
widgeon :
Depends which side of either the ball approaches from, I suppose. |
widgeon:
hmm, a toughy! Problem is that while most heli's have predictable downwash inside ground effect, French heli's do not! As such a ball chipped through the disc area could do anything!! |
Widgeon
If the ball were chipped through you'd be using a fairly short iron, anything from an 8 on down to a wedge. There'd be significant backspin on the ball anyway and I doubt the downdraught would have any effect for the limited period the ball was in it. Borin' ain't I. ----------- If it ain't broke............ |
Whenever I'm flying over metro areas I ALWAYS look for the Golf Courses in case of emergency! I have this dream about being ushered up to the 19th hole in a golf buggy after a successful recovery for some celebrations!
Damage to the 4th Fairway or to some poor weekday golfer will be for the insurance companies to fight over!!! FOUR!!!!!!!!! ------------------ It's all small stuff. |
To: Widgeon
Regarding your challenge to answer the question about the spin of a golf ball as it passed through a spinning helicopter rotor I offer the following. A man wanted to discuss the atomic bomb with another man. The second man asked the first man a series of questions. The first question was why if you feed lettuce to a gerbil his turds are just tiny specs. He went on to ask why if you feed lettuce to a rabbit his turds come out like tiny pellets and thirdly, why is it if you feed an elephant lettuce his turds are the size of bowling balls. The first man said that he didn’t know the answer. The second man replied that the first man didn’t know about sh!t and that he wanted to discuss the atomic bomb. Just substitute golf balls going through a rotor for the atomic bomb and you would know my knowledge level on the subject. ------------------ The Cat |
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