Helicopters
18-09-2007, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by smitsturbo
they dont realy bother me as thats how i get to work & back in the north sea, sometimes the plane flight from aberdeen to scatsta is scarier 
18-09-2007, 04:56 PM
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Have too, to get to work
Should try the fookers in Mexico absolutely terrifying
Originally Posted by cozzfather
my old man worked on the brae a and reckoned
helicopters in the north sea made him very nervous
helicopters in the north sea made him very nervous
18-09-2007, 05:08 PM
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I wonder how many heli crashes could have been escaped with using autorotation?
I mean it's supposed to be practiced, but in 'that' situation is someone gonna be able to glide the bugger to the ground?
I mean it's supposed to be practiced, but in 'that' situation is someone gonna be able to glide the bugger to the ground?
18-09-2007, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by jameswrx
I wonder how many heli crashes could have been escaped with using autorotation?
I mean it's supposed to be practiced, but in 'that' situation is someone gonna be able to glide the bugger to the ground?
I mean it's supposed to be practiced, but in 'that' situation is someone gonna be able to glide the bugger to the ground?
18-09-2007, 09:47 PM
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Re: Helicopters
Originally Posted by cozzfather
would you go in one????
mike smith crashed one( he raced rs500's and married the blue peter bint)
bertie fisher(rally driver) and some of his family died in one
murray grierson, friend of the mcraes and a scottish rally champion
crashed his,but escaped.
noel edmonds and the duke of westminster had such near misses they gave up owning them and flying in them.
dave richards,colin mcraes boss at prodrive crashed his on sunday
the chairman of chelsea matthew harding never survived the crash
he was in.
mike smith crashed one( he raced rs500's and married the blue peter bint)
bertie fisher(rally driver) and some of his family died in one
murray grierson, friend of the mcraes and a scottish rally champion
crashed his,but escaped.
noel edmonds and the duke of westminster had such near misses they gave up owning them and flying in them.
dave richards,colin mcraes boss at prodrive crashed his on sunday
the chairman of chelsea matthew harding never survived the crash
he was in.
I think they become a necessity if you conduct your business all over the British isles and further afield. It saves on the whole check in/ mixing with the great unwashed
It seems they are the norm for these folk that have the income and the desire/need for them. According to the Scottish papers, Colin McRae's was purchased second hand around four years ago from another rally driver, Brian Lyall who was quoted as saying the craft was in 'outstanding condition'.
It doesn't alter the fact that they are inherently dangerous fuckers that defy grafity without the ability to generate lift the same way a plane, or birds wing does.
I have flown in one as a kid, I would be apprehensive about it now but I wouldn't let that stop me.
18-09-2007, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Big G
Originally Posted by frog
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What scares me of flying is the 2mins or so of plummeting to earth at 500odd mph!!!
19-09-2007, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by smitsturbo
sometimes the plane flight from aberdeen to scatsta is scarier
Choppers are ok though, quite like flying in them myself
Gets a bit dodgy in some bits of Africa though
19-09-2007, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by donny murdo
According to the Scottish papers, Colin McRae's was purchased second hand around four years ago from another rally driver, Brian Lyall who was quoted as saying the craft was in 'outstanding condition'.
i have watched Bryan Lyall many times rallying and knew he sold all
or most of his car dealerships in scotland to sell helicopters,i never
knew it was one of his,but i'm certain colins would have been a good
one.
i have had a "moment" on a plane and flying scares me, but it scares
me even more when you see how flimsy helicopters look from the inside.
why have they not got substantial rollcages built into them?
if its correct what someone said regards impact speeds,
many rallycars have serious impacts at over 100mph and look at
how they are built nowadays
19-09-2007, 12:09 PM
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when i worked for an engineering company last we got sent a massive book on all problems with all aircraft in the past year...
if you read that you would NEVER wanna get on something that takes off again
if you read that you would NEVER wanna get on something that takes off again
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