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Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jan 2021, 01:37
Replies: 871
Views: 963,155
Posted By S Jones

The twitter link herein: ...

The twitter link herein:
https://twitter.com/seatodaynews/status/1348121298149392386
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jan 2021, 00:41
Replies: 871
Views: 963,155
Posted By S Jones

Another angle: ...

Another angle:

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1200x675/erv9k_gvoaqeh2i_eaf61d6b8765d0750c78a4f1087873dc48053315.jpg
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd May 2016, 17:30
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,630,036
Posted By S Jones

Henra, Most iPads have L-ion batteries. Li-Po...

Henra, Most iPads have L-ion batteries. Li-Po batteries (from my rc helicopter days) will not extinguish in water- they'll reignite once out of it and make its own oxy. The only way is put them...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Dec 2013, 15:40
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

Someone previously mentioned the roof being in...

Someone previously mentioned the roof being in darkness. Pity I can't find any previous shots of the Clutha at night, but if he was expecting to land on what he thought was a flat bit of ground 10ft...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Dec 2013, 13:55
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

Interesting. They are apparently dismantling the...

Interesting. They are apparently dismantling the aircraft at the scene, according to the DM.
Fenestron now showing much more damage than from the photo above.
'Every time I shut my eyes I see that...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Dec 2013, 13:05
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

I think this is the image Cabby's referring to....

I think this is the image Cabby's referring to. Shows a bit more of the fenestron.

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5968/o8da.jpg
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Dec 2013, 12:54
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

Fortyodd2 Generally to others not in the know...

Fortyodd2
Generally to others not in the know and especially the desparate media hounds - by the time the EC135 runs out of fuel, over the previous 30 minutes there would be 3 amber warning lights,...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Dec 2013, 01:47
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

I've just been googling why my force was using an...

I've just been googling why my force was using an AS350 a couple of weeks ago (wondering if some forces might revert to older/other models pending AAIB) and I came across the police aviation page.
...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Dec 2013, 01:03
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

nomorehelos

nmh yes, you're right, I have no experience in this industry. I never claimed to. I'm just a member of the public with an interest in aviation. Didn't think that was a hanging offence.
As for post...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Dec 2013, 00:18
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

Nomorehelos Post#101 is innocent enough, and...

Nomorehelos
Post#101 is innocent enough, and 135 (mine) was in response to a rant that those involved were being bigged up.

You may have missed the inference, but my post was actually about the...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2013, 23:22
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

Sorry Steve, I misquoted. Smart stated 250...

Sorry Steve, I misquoted. Smart stated 250 metres, not feet. I agree with you, he would only have seen a certain percentage of the aircraft's descent, but what he did see evidently made a big...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2013, 22:58
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

@Steveo67 Does this view help? I can't see the...

@Steveo67 Does this view help? I can't see the cathedral much in the way. The tenements would be more of an issue.

Putting the heli to the north/travelling east, looks like they didn't have any...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2013, 22:31
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

@Steveo67 Gordon Smart stated he was about 250...

@Steveo67 Gordon Smart stated he was about 250 feet from the incident, which to me puts him at the Qpark multistorey on Dunlop Street, just to the west of the Clutha.
"It fell like a stone"...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2013, 22:06
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

Thank you SASless. I was beginning to think I...

Thank you SASless. I was beginning to think I was the only one who had seen "questionable" activity by our helo here in Bedford.
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2013, 21:29
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

I'm having a hard time trying to convince myself...

I'm having a hard time trying to convince myself this was the result of an autorotation. As someone else said, a 7-8ft drop from a roof you would expect to survive.

I'm just thinking the plotted...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2013, 21:06
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

I seem to recall in the Pete Barnes accident in...

I seem to recall in the Pete Barnes accident in January, someone was able to plot his course.
Is anyone able to find out the route SP99 took, as that could give an indication of where they were...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2013, 21:02
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

@Shy, there's a few spaces. Not sure how empty...

@Shy, there's a few spaces. Not sure how empty the car park to the north would have been though, going by the 120 customers in the bar.

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/6643/lg6d.jpg

EDIT:...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2013, 20:44
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

MightyGem "Is it just me, or is anyone else...

MightyGem "Is it just me, or is anyone else getting fed up with the way that the local population; ie, members of the public, the Fire Brigade, Chief Police officers, MPs and anyone else given the...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2013, 19:33
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

Nemrytter, Sorry, yes my mistake, you're right.

Nemrytter, Sorry, yes my mistake, you're right.
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2013, 19:26
Replies: 2,934
Views: 2,219,556
Posted By S Jones

A local SBS user reported that his last contact...

A local SBS user reported that his last contact was 22:21:49 at 725ft. Network shows last contact 75 feet 2224

Am I the only one who's seeing that and thinking...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Apr 2013, 17:25
Replies: 8
Views: 13,822
Posted By S Jones

Sadly it looks like it was the Eindekker: Pilot...

Sadly it looks like it was the Eindekker:
Pilot killed after First World War replica aircraft crashes near airfield where he was practising for display | Mail Online...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Apr 2013, 10:57
Replies: 8
Views: 13,822
Posted By S Jones

Sounds like it's the one from the Great War...

Sounds like it's the one from the Great War DisplayTeam, though some confusion over if it's the Eindekker or the Triplane that went down.
Great War Display Team - Home...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Mar 2013, 09:48
Replies: 4
Views: 3,687
Posted By S Jones

PDG Helicopters supplied 'GK dressed up as a...

PDG Helicopters supplied 'GK dressed up as a US-registered Medevac for the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises, so it's been used as a film hack.

My money is on it being used in the Tom Cruise film...
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