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#2575033 - 08/26/08 10:28 AM Serious helicopter close call  
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Way too close for comfort, both for pilot and guy on ground...

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#2575060 - 08/26/08 11:53 AM Re: Serious helicopter close call [Re: Vulgarity]  
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Taking off in a gale from a heaving deck is always "dicey". I'm surprised they even tried in that weather


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#2575534 - 08/27/08 02:09 AM Re: Serious helicopter close call [Re: No105_Archie]  
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Shortest, most intense flight of his life one would assume. Now how much goes into the logbook then? \:D


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#2575551 - 08/27/08 03:00 AM Re: Serious helicopter close call [Re: Abledog]  
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Notice the damage to the tail rotor. I am surpised the tail boom did not break away or bend upward into the rotor disc (catastrophic).

Amazing footage.

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#2575595 - 08/27/08 05:09 AM Re: Serious helicopter close call [Re: Skater]  
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Looks like he caught a gust of wind over the fantail at the precise moment of liftoff. Bad luck, definitely, and it could have been a lot worse (like, for example, if the ship was just cresting a wave and the gust had been just a bit harder).


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#2575596 - 08/27/08 05:22 AM Re: Serious helicopter close call [Re: Vulgarity]  
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Hi,

Liftoff ??

Seem's to me a serious breach of rules and safety to liftoff when some people still on the helideck .. and particulary in the rear aera of the helicopter !!!
I think .. this liftoff was a pilot(s) big mistake or more surely a technical problem..
I don't think the weather is involved.

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#2575611 - 08/27/08 06:27 AM Re: Serious helicopter close call [Re: Weird_Crapolla]  
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how could the weather not be involved?! they were trying to take off in insane conditions, anyone could see an accident coming. i sure hope they had a good reason for trying to take off. more likely they didn't have that good a reason to try to fly and the pilot involved lost his job..

#2575614 - 08/27/08 06:50 AM Re: Serious helicopter close call [Re: VF9_Longbow]  
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do what? what exactly are "insane conditions"? Ive heard of IMC and VMC but never Insane :lol:

#2575697 - 08/27/08 12:06 PM Re: Serious helicopter close call [Re: Blindeye_03]  
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 Originally Posted By: Blindeye_03
do what? what exactly are "insane conditions"? Ive heard of IMC and VMC but never Insane :lol:


insane flying conditions include conditions when the helicopter is barely able to be kept on the deck even with the skids in netting and the engine at minimal/no power, like in this video.. just plain stupid. there better have been a medical emergency or something to prompt that stunt.

#2575704 - 08/27/08 12:31 PM Re: Serious helicopter close call [Re: Goodwood]  
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 Originally Posted By: 777 Studios - Goodwood
Looks like he caught a gust of wind over the fantail at the precise moment of liftoff. Bad luck, definitely, and it could have been a lot worse (like, for example, if the ship was just cresting a wave and the gust had been just a bit harder).


Gust of wind for sure but I didn't hear any increase in rpm for it to be taking off. Couple the gust of wind as the stern was dropping.


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