October 23, 20241 yr Only one helicopter ride for us - 20 years ago we took the tourist ride up & down the Las Vegas Strip at night. The nighttime views were spectacular. When we took of from McCarran, our Eurocopter tilted over about 45 degrees while I was sitting (actually leaning on) next to the plexiglass door looking straight down a couple hundred feet as we turned up over the MGM Grand to head north. I didn’t take one picture of the 15-20 minutes while we were airborne. smh Similar to this video…. Edited October 23, 20241 yr by Armybrat
October 23, 20241 yr 11 hours ago, RPM said: It was a Robinson R44. You might want to reevaluate "perfectly good." Those fuckers will take themselves out of the air. I'll never ride in another one. The main issue with Robinson’s are that they are cheap and you only need limited training hours to fly one, so too many people are flying them that have no business/experience flying them. When something goes wrong, they are done. That plus they manage to clip a lot of power lines and trees with them and that gets reported as a Robison crash the same as any other. I have a number of clients that have them and only have one that technically crashed his but he really just landed in his pond behind his house a couple weeks after getting it. Insurance people were not amused.
October 23, 20241 yr 53 minutes ago, Armybrat said: Only one helicopter ride for us - 20 years ago we took the tourist ride up & down the Las Vegas Strip at night. The nighttime views were spectacular. When we took of from McCarran, our Eurocopter tilted over about 45 degrees while I was sitting (actually leaning on) next to the plexiglass door looking straight down a couple hundred feet as we turned up over the MGM Grand to head north. I didn’t take one picture of the 15-20 minutes while we were airborne. smh Similar to this video…. any idea which model you were on? My kid, like all Army Aviators, trained on a Lakota.
October 23, 20241 yr 32 minutes ago, Brew said: I have a number of clients that have them and only have one that technically crashed his but he really just landed in his pond behind his house a couple weeks after getting it. Insurance people were not amused. Is he from Nocona? I remember that happening a couple years ago. The thing I was referring to about R-44 is boom strike.
October 23, 20241 yr 13 minutes ago, Gil Bang said: any idea which model you were on? My kid, like all Army Aviators, trained on a Lakota. I have no clue. From what I could see, that company had about 8 or 10 of those Eurocopters in operation. My cousin flew a Huey gunship in Vietnam, and Mrs. Brat’s old boyfriend flew a Hughes Loach.
October 23, 20241 yr 49 minutes ago, RPM said: Is he from Nocona? I remember that happening a couple years ago. The thing I was referring to about R-44 is boom strike. This one was in MS, an older guy that really had no business flying. I’ve briefly read up on boom strike, but the bigger issue I have seen and heard about has been inexperience related. Clipped power lines and trees are a significant cause of fatal Robinson crashes. However, I’m with you, I’m not getting in one. It was more due to the fact I don’t trust any of the guys I know as pilots than anything else though. One of my contractor clients flies one regularly to job sites. He had 40 hours of flight training before he was turned loose. He was already instrument rated on turboprops which may have played into the time requirement, but that seemed like a very short training window to me.
October 29, 20241 yr On 10/22/2024 at 10:32 AM, Lat22 said: Good point. At least it didn’t chop its own tail rotor off before hitting the tower.
November 10, 20241 yr Posted a couple pics from that day in the game thread. 1st one is from a buddy out in Steiner Ranch. Other 3 are mine from west of downtown - they must have made 4 passes each way before the actual flyover.
December 6, 20241 yr Slow news day on the Twitter. That was from nearly 15 years ago. Embarrassing nonetheless.
December 6, 20241 yr The last flying Martin Mars is doing flight tests before it winds up flying down the west coast and then inland to its final stop at Pima Air Museum.
December 12, 20241 yr Small plane crash in Victoria. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/small-planes-crashes-3-vehicles-texas-roadway/story?id=116704255 Edited December 13, 20241 yr by ChickenSandwich
December 13, 20241 yr On 12/11/2024 at 6:33 PM, ChickenSandwich said: Small plane crash in Victoria. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/small-planes-crashes-3-vehicles-texas-roadway/story?id=116704255 Planes work better with fuel.
December 13, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Lat22 said: Planes work better with fuel. Or at least the right kind of fuel. Jet A in a non-turbo prop? Similar incident near Lufkin years ago.
December 31, 2024Dec 31 On 12/28/2024 at 9:23 PM, Mittens said: This is the strangest crash. No idea why the landing gear wasn't extended. Pilot reported a bird strike, declared an emergency and best they could do was land gear up and a clean wing?
December 31, 2024Dec 31 On 10/22/2024 at 6:31 PM, Gil Bang said: On Sunday, I rode in a Bell "Long Ranger" from Key Largo to Miami. Fucking amazing. I rode in the Long Ranger with the highest time airframe in existence about 40 years ago, from Lake Whitney to its FBO at Addison in Ft. Worth. We hovered over cattle creep feeders on the big ranches to the west of Ft. Worth until bucks as big as yearling calves came scampering out. The doors wouldn’t even latch, the airflow kept them shut. But when we would hover, all bets were off. CHIEF
December 31, 2024Dec 31 23 hours ago, CycleTex87 said: This is the strangest crash. No idea why the landing gear wasn't extended. Pilot reported a bird strike, declared an emergency and best they could do was land gear up and a clean wing? Makes no sense at all. Bird strike on right engine at 7 mile final, flaps down. Why on earth would you not just continue on to land? Instead they clean up to go around, then 180 to land downwind, no flaps, fast, disregarding that they are going to float in ground effect. Hit the berm around 150 mph. Edited December 31, 2024Dec 31 by Rv8riveter Clarity
January 3Jan 3 Vans RV10 down in California. Pilot and 16 year old daughter dead. Probably an impossible turn scenario. Damn, the audio at 1:58 is hard to listed to.
January 3Jan 3 On 9/2/2024 at 4:06 PM, Hornius Emeritus said: my daughter went skiing in Aspen a couple of years ago. She ended staying with her boyfriends, friend's parents. She said it was the biggest house she's ever been in. She said while she was their, Jeff B called and asked to use the folks hangar. She broke up with her boyfriend so no further trips to Aspen.. ;<(
January 3Jan 3 Flew in this one. About 30 years later the pilot who was my frat little brother's dad crashed at Reno.
January 11Jan 11 https://www.11alive.com/embeds/video/responsive/85-72774a23-fdab-404e-896e-8e92f9859a77/iframe
February 3Feb 3 OK, now for something completely different. An oldie but goodie. Kiwis don't have jet fighters so Hueys were substituted.
February 6Feb 6 On 1/3/2025 at 9:08 AM, cabowabo said: Vans RV10 down in California. Pilot and 16 year old daughter dead. Probably an impossible turn scenario. Damn, the audio at 1:58 is hard to listed to. Damn, all because he didn’t properly latch his door shut. Seems like those gull wing doors are more trouble than they’re worth. Pretty amazing that the door didn’t detach quickly.
February 8Feb 8 So for the first time a sitting president will be at the Super Bowl. I know there is a TFR no matter for these things, but I wonder what additional air support will happen. Additional F-22s running in circles at Vs?
February 10Feb 10 BAY AREA ALERT SAN DIEGO ALERT THE LAST MARTIN MARS FLEW FROM VANCOUVER TO ALAMEDA YESTERDAY IT IS SCHEDULED TO FLY TO SAN DIEGO TOMORROW (TUESDAY) THEN IT WILL FLY TO AN "UNDISCLOSED" LAKE IN ARIZONA where it will be taken apart and trucked to pima THIS IS THE LAST TIME A LARGE SEAPLANE WILL TAKE TO THE AIR if you live in the bay area, especially if you have kids, pack a cooler and get to the alameda seaplane pier before sunrise TOMORROW!!!!! - departure time is not announced 7 were built - the 2 survivors were delivered to the US Navy in 1946 - others at bottom of ocean or broken up https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/re-engined-philippine-mars-ready-for-final-flight/ https://vintageaviationnews.com/warbirds-news/philippine-mars-takes-flight-again-embarking-on-its-journey-west.html https://skiesmag.com/news/philippine-mars-lands-in-san-francisco-bay-en-route-to-final-resting-place/ https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/wwii-flying-boat-20157568.php (visible in read mode) https://www.scimag.news/news-en/112365/marooned-in-maintenance-the-philippine-mars-epic-journey-to-an-arizona-museum/ (stupid ai graphic)
February 10Feb 10 NOTE THE SAN DIEGO STOP IS STILL NOT CONFIRMED THE ITINERARY FROM ALAMEDA IS NOT CONFIRMED
February 11Feb 11 Vince Neil’s jet crashes into another jet on landing. Vince not on board, but at least 1 fatality Edited February 11Feb 11 by Pescado_Rojo
February 11Feb 11 1 hour ago, Pescado_Rojo said: Vince Neil’s jet crashes into another jet on landing. Vince not on board, but at least 1 fatality Based on the video, I'm guessing the pilot ate it, and by it, I mean the fuselage of the other airplane. They are claiming left landing gear failure.
February 11Feb 11 THEY BOLTED!!!!!! it's gone to az fucking weasels https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-flyk#391520de they turned off the ads-b over indio it either turned left and went to havasu, set down in the salton sea (doubtful), or made for the gila river we'll find out tomorrow
February 11Feb 11 THEY BOLTED!!!!!! it's gone to az fucking weasels https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-flyk#391520de they turned off the ads-b over indio it either turned left and went to havasu, set down in the salton sea (doubtful), or made for the gila river we'll find out tomorrowI saw a fb post they landed on Lake Pleasant.
February 11Feb 11 https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/mars-makes-it-to-arizona/ I was hoping to make a trip to Tucson in the next few weeks to see it and also see a couple of Spring Training games on the way home. Doesn't sound like it will be be display ready anytime soon. I may have to be content with seeing it from a distance if they don't break it down right away.
February 11Feb 11 3 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said: https://www.facebook.com/share/14yFfwqD9T/?mibextid=wwXIfr The link Very cool.
February 11Feb 11 the landing at lake pleasant https://www.facebook.com/BoneyardSafari/videos/and-touch-down-of-philippine-mars-c-flyk-at-lake-pleasant-az-philippinemars-mart/501922605900260/
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