RLWP Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) Richard Edited April 22, 2021 by RLWP Michael931080, Derek B and LSP_K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Well at least they got his number for the insurance .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 "Have you had your helipad blown away by a military aircraft? If so, call 0800......" Richard Kagemusha, Panzerwomble, Derek B and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusionreigns178 Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 It would have been a laugh if the temporary-pad mats had been sucked up into the propellers. I remember reading about an OH-6A Loach crew in Vietnam who got some old barbed-wire wrapped around their main rotor, when taking off from outside a forward-operating base. Let's just say, it didn't end well.... Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevepd Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 There was a certain 212 that landed at night in Salisbury Plain last year and gave the main rotor blades a polish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Oops. And not that far from where I live. A bit more from the local newspaper here. Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ade rowlands Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 I don’t understand why nothing can land there after the rubber matting has been tidied up. Where does the Helicopter land when it attends an incident? It’s not like someone drives out ahead of it to lay a rubber mat at the incident site is it? I’ve seen the local Air Ambulance parked up in many a field not a rubber pad in sight. Surely someone there can Paint a big H on all that grass. D.B. Andrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 34 minutes ago, ade rowlands said: I don’t understand why nothing can land there after the rubber matting has been tidied up. Where does the Helicopter land when it attends an incident? It’s not like someone drives out ahead of it to lay a rubber mat at the incident site is it? I’ve seen the local Air Ambulance parked up in many a field not a rubber pad in sight. Surely someone there can Paint a big H on all that grass. Mu guess is that an Air Ambulance lands in a field to recover a casualty just once and doesn't return to that spot. It lands on the hospital helipad often causing erosion of the ground Just my guess... Richard MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 (edited) A Chinook from Benson got stuck in mud near us recently after touching down with low hydraulic pressure . I suspect the pilot has done a lot of Duty Officer duty since . BBC Link to Stranded Wokka Edited April 23, 2021 by Panzerwomble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 There's some lovely stuff in this Flikr stream: https://sandiegoairandspace.org/collection/image-collection Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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