Mike Poorboy wrote:
> Whoops !! I hit send while doing spell check. There was more to the story .
>
>
> It did remind me of an incident that happened to me back in the seventies.
> I worked at a helicopter service company in California. A pilot and I where
> standing on the flight line when one of our pilots was doing a test flight in
> one
> of our ag helicopters. As he was taking off the turbine stalled before he was
> out
> of transitional lift.
He was at around 150' when he came down the belly tank had 120 gallons of
water in it. The pilot wasn't able to auto- rotate with out air speed so it went
straight to the ground. On impact the belly tank exploded a good thing as it
broke the fall a bit. The helicopter rolled over and the main rotor separated
and flew about 50' away. I was in shock, as I am sure the camera person in the
video was. You really don't want to run over to the scene, because what you
might
see. I grabbed the nearest fire extinguisher an ran to where he went down,
and was relieved to see him climb out.
I sure don't know how you guys in public safety jobs do it day in and day out.
Mike
Nowroc
>
>
> CalSpeed@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was sent this video clip and I think that it is very important for the
> > racers and non-racers to view. It shows how serious car control is even on
> > an autocross. I wont go into too much detail but I think that everyone will
> > benefit from this clip.
> >
> > <http://www.realtv1.com/movies/raw_0004.mov>
> >
> > Take care out there,
> >
> > Michael "Calspeed" Carion
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