Helicopter Crash Sunday 8/8/10

Oscar Bravo

A helicopter has crash landed at Derry airport this evening.no reports of injuries thankfully.

Mr Benevolent

You mean 'performed a controlled autorotation'. If there were no injuries then you can't call it a 'crash landing'.

Oscar Bravo

Ya,its well smashed!

Hogzy

Confab wrote: »

You mean 'performed a controlled autorotation'. If there were no injuries then you can't call it a 'crash landing'.

So if i smash my car into a wall but walk out unscaved then its not a crash?

andy_g

This thread is about the crash not bitching between users of if i crash yada yada yada and walk away. Lads get back on topic in regards to the crash, keep it civil, or simply do not post.

tracker-man

Hogzy wrote: »

So if i smash my car into a wall but walk out unscaved then its not a crash?

In the context of the helicopter incident the word crash is wrong, completely misleading. I haven't read anything about this incident other than this thread but considering it happened right at the airport and nobody was injured then the pilot most likely landed by autorotation (in the case of engine failure) as he was trained to do.
BTW, its impossible to smash your car into a wall and walk out unscaved. You could walk out unscathed though...

rob88

jesus christ.. nothing but bitching over minor technical terms.. every one needs to grow a pair and grow up.. the more i read this forum the more i don't want to get into aviation if it is full of people like on here

Jammyc

Really has been a bad week for aviation. Glad to hear there were no injuries.

tracker-man

rob88 wrote: »

the more i read this forum the more i don't want to get into aviation if it is full of people like on here

Don't be disheartened, Boards.ie is not representative of the general aviation community. Most users on here are "Virtual" Pilots, obsessive spotters, 12 year olds with microsoft flight simulator etc.
If you want aviation discussion and reliable help and advice just go to Flying in Ireland. Just my opinion, and why I haven't read or posted anything much in this forum in a long time.

jmayo

rob88 wrote: »

jesus christ.. nothing but bitching over minor technical terms.. every one needs to grow a pair and grow up.. the more i read this forum the more i don't want to get into aviation if it is full of people like on here

As tracker-man wisely points out don't let an aviation forum on a general discussion website colour your opinion of aviation.
Also don't let one flight school or one club make your mind up about aviation.
Just like in all walks of life and all professions aviation has it's good and it's bad.

tracker-man wrote: »

Don't be disheartened, Boards.ie is not representative of the general aviation community. Most users on here are "Virtual" Pilots, obsessive spotters, 12 year olds with microsoft flight simulator etc.
If you want aviation discussion and reliable help and advice just go to <Snip>Just my opinion, and why I haven't read or posted anything much in this forum in a long time.

You forgot flyer.co.uk discussion forum for some good information (I know more British but nevertheless informative) and there is always pprune.