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Ewwww! Nasty!

PostPosted:Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:16 pm
by Rob P
Sorry about the headline Rob L.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/helicopter ... -official/

Rob P

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PostPosted:Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:25 pm
by plus7g
I was going to write "bloody hell" in very large bold capitals then decided I couldnt be **** :wink:

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PostPosted:Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:28 pm
by Iceman
Unfortunately, that's almost certainly exactly what it was.

Iceman

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PostPosted:Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:30 pm
by plus7g
yes ~I know - but you know my context....... :D

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PostPosted:Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:40 pm
by chevvron
Film star Vic Morrow died the same way whilst filming 'Twilight Zone-The Movie' back in July 1982.

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PostPosted:Fri Jan 11, 2019 6:07 pm
by Sir Morley Steven
Some years ago a parachutist landed on top of a helicopter with the blades turning and was chopped up. Molto ewwwww!

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PostPosted:Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:02 pm
by Rob L
Sir Morley Steven wrote:Some years ago a parachutist landed on top of a helicopter with the blades turning and was chopped up. Molto ewwwww!

I believe that was Halfpenny Green (at least, that was the incident that I had heard of...late eighties or early nineties).

There was another (alleged) incident involving a new R22 pilot and his young daughter, which if true is very sad.

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PostPosted:Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:30 pm
by plus7g
Thruxton

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PostPosted:Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:02 pm
by Iceman
There was indeed such an event at Thruxton which caused the closure of the parachute centre there. I did my first few jumps with them in 83/84.

Iceman

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PostPosted:Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:57 pm
by robert79
The R22 pilot and daughter story is sadly true, they lived in the same village as my parents.