Princess Anne in helicopter scare
 

Not quite to the usual near death journalistic rubbish , but it involves a school!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7033701.stm

I had a TRU trip this morning on start up, managed to raise my arm and reset it. Happened in an airport located within 30nm of a school.
Hope it makes the BBC news......PM for autographs!!!!!:ugh:

The London Metro conveyed the full drama with an eye-witness report. A schoolgirl watching the departure was quoted as saying 'there was a puff of smoke and everyone got out'.

Knowing the Princess Royals reputation for being "Formidable" perhaps it would be more appropriate to read "helicopter in Princess Ann scare"!

Could be it was a magic helicopter.

A puff of smoke and 30 people got out!!!!!!!

Who operates the machine? I know it is registered to the "Royal Travel" or similar, but is it crewed, operated and maintained by another S-76 operator - or purely done in house?

Is it not crewed and maintained by a special RAF regiment ?

So let me get this right, HRH Anne looks at a helicopter and scares the crap out of it?
Sounds very plausible.

SB

Just to show what appears to be the usual over embelished reporting we as helicopter pilots fall foul of

The Headline: Princess Anne's quick getaway as helicopter catches fire
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

GS

No, it's certainly NOT operated by the RAF Regiment! :p

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page5025.asp

What a load of utter Cr**, i cannot believe the Journos get away with it

"Princess Anne: Had to escape from a burning helicopter",

Bring back hanging i say:mad:

Hey yuo gals and guys, why are you so hard on jurno's. You all know they take the job because it requires little of the grey matter. Had they a modicum of a brain thay would choose another profession. IMHO being a jurno is the only choice when all else fails.