Irish man's helicopter adventure ends badly

imeddyhobbs · 15-12-2009 01:00AM

There are bigger eejits driving cars and killing people!

Nobody was hurt in this case,Big woof

AckwelFoley · 15-12-2009 09:46AM

Rabies wrote: »

All I find ridicules is the way the word unemployed is highlighted in the opening post.

Has the country got as low as that?

:rolleyes:

baby jesus wept at your pc'ness

MagicMarker · 15-12-2009 09:52AM

What was so dangerous about it? Seriously?

AckwelFoley · 15-12-2009 10:08AM

MagicMarker wrote: »

What was so dangerous about it? Seriously?

Its athlone town shopping centre, not an episode of the A-Team

cournioni · 15-12-2009 10:23AM

Saibh wrote: »

In a previous news article from 2008, it states he was a business man - doesn't say what type of business.

Link

I hate it when people take up more than one parking space!! :mad:

Rabies · 15-12-2009 10:30AM

snyper wrote: »

:rolleyes:

baby jesus wept at your pc'ness

baby Jesus has a place beside Hitler in my heart

enda1 · 15-12-2009 10:36AM

MagicMarker wrote: »

What was so dangerous about it? Seriously?

Roof may not have been strong enough to support weight
Security guard or other people could have been blown off roof
Pilot could have struck cabeling/over head wires
Helicopter could have struck upright structures such as door well

I'm sure there are many more too.

Rabies · 15-12-2009 10:40AM

carpark could have been made of cheese and collapsed

enda1 · 15-12-2009 10:46AM

Rabies wrote: »

carpark could have been made of cheese and collapsed

Missed the bit where is was a carpark!

Right, scratch the first possibility.

extra-ordinary_ · 15-12-2009 12:01PM

The main danger was that it was a single-engined helicopter, and if the engine failed at any stage in the approach to land or after taking off, it would lead to a forced landing. Forced landings in highly congested areas e.g Athlone town are highly dangerous for obvious reasons and are prohibited by aviation regulations. Single-engined helicopters can only land in uncongested areas. It's all in the report.

pickarooney · 15-12-2009 12:29PM

I haven't been able to ascertain exactly 'oose chopper is this?

ScumLord · 15-12-2009 01:07PM

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

people with helicopters think they can do what they want

Yes, yes we can do whatever we want.
Now I'll spend the rest of the day hovering above you just out of reach while constantly mocking you and your land loving ways.

AckwelFoley · 15-12-2009 01:23PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Yes, yes we can do whatever we want.
Now I'll spend the rest of the day hovering above you just out of reach while.

...well, you will until you run out of fuel, then you will come crashing down to earth in a firey ball of lulz

Rabies · 15-12-2009 01:30PM

snyper wrote: »

...well, you will until you run out of fuel, then you will come crashing down to earth in a firey ball of lulz

or he could land on a carpark roof

ScumLord · 15-12-2009 01:32PM

snyper wrote: »

...well, you will until you run out of fuel, then you will come crashing down to earth in a firey ball of lulz

Not my chopper, in a flash of genius inspiration I crossed my chopper with a wind turbine and I now have infinite power as long as it's windy.

InReality · 15-12-2009 01:37PM

So dispite all the judge said and dispite your man being that stupid / dangerous / arrogent he still gets a suspended sentence.

I'll have to give this court system a go sometime and see what I can get away with.

Capt'n Midnight · 15-12-2009 01:54PM

snyper wrote: »

...well, you will until you run out of fuel, then you will come crashing down to earth in a firey ball of lulz

if there is no fuel left what's burning ?

testicle · 15-12-2009 01:54PM

TheZohan wrote: »

I don't think he's a legend.

He acted like a d!ick. Landing on a shopping centre to pick up a set of keys? FFS.

Where would you have him land?

ScumLord · 15-12-2009 02:14PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

if there is no fuel left what's burning ?

My sex perhaps?

seamus · 15-12-2009 02:43PM

Nforce wrote: »

Different helicopter iirc, the one in question was an N registered MD500.

Edit...it was a Hughes 369... http://www.aaiu.ie/upload/general/10599-0.pdf

Same idiot though. Unless there are a lot of irresponsible heli pilots in Ballycumber, Co. Offaly?

asmobhosca wrote: »

The chopper type in question is about the size and weight of a bicycle, but it was still an utterly stupid thing to do, although quite amusing

The chopper in question is about the weight of 60 bicycles and 5 times the length of one.

Not to mention the fact that it has blades on top of it spinning at a couple of hundred rpm.

Wossack · 15-12-2009 02:56PM

pickarooney wrote: »

I haven't been able to ascertain exactly 'oose chopper is this?

+1

probably under the Mrs. name so it didnt get whipped when he went on disability and turned into a man of no means..

Victor · 15-12-2009 03:15PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

if there is no fuel left what's burning ?

Fumes.

ScumLord wrote: »

My sex perhaps?

Crash and burn, you mean.

Dragan · 15-12-2009 03:22PM

snyper wrote: »

Unemployed people can afford helicopters.....

Yeah, sure i have two, and a solid gold rocket car.

Pdfile · 15-12-2009 03:42PM

cowboy fly-by ftw

Capt'n Midnight · 15-12-2009 07:36PM

Victor wrote: »

Fumes.

Alright, alright, calm down, calm down

DonJose · 15-12-2009 09:38PM

The same dope crashed a helicopter a couple of months later, the accident report states the helicopter ran out of fuel.

"Ballycumber man Sean O'Brien has cheated death for a second time after he survived a helicopter crash near his home last Wednesday.

Mr O'Brien was flying the helicopter accompanied by his brother Hugh when the accident occurred shortly after 4pm. The helicopter is believed to have plummeted almost a thousand feet to the ground before coming to rest at Clonshanny, between Ballycumber and Clara.

Both men were taking to hospital where there injuries were described as superficial. Sean O'Brien was released hours later while his brother remained in hospital overnight."

http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2007/09/21/26438-ballycumber-air-crash-man-cheats-death-for-second-time/

Heres the accident report,

"The Investigation concluded that the helicopter had run out of fuel." :rolleyes:

http://www.aaiu.ie/upload/general/10780-0.pdf

Capt'n Midnight · 16-12-2009 03:31AM

DonJose wrote: »

The same dope crashed a helicopter a couple of months later, the accident report states the helicopter ran out of fuel.

...
"The Investigation concluded that the helicopter had run out of fuel." :rolleyes:

snyper wrote:

...well, you will until you run out of fuel, then you will come crashing down to earth in a firey ball of lulz]

see unlike Hollywood in real life running out of fuel doesn't always result in a fireball

In sentencing did the judge take into account the crashing of the other helicopter , during a period where most of us would be on our best behaviour ?

Still it's OK to put the lives of non-helicopter owning public at risk if it avoids the inconvenience of picking up a key using land transport :rolleyes:

_Roz_ · 16-12-2009 09:57AM

This is bloody fantastic.

'I'm just popping to the supermarket to pick up my keys. Back in 5.'

*Helicopter*

I mean, he has to have a few screws loose to think it's not insane for health and safety reasons, but I do think it's bloody fantastic. I wish I'd seen it. From a distance, obviously.

Victor · 16-12-2009 10:13AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

In sentencing did the judge take into account the crashing of the other helicopter , during a period where most of us would be on our best behaviour ?

I think he crashed it before the first court case.

AskMyChocolate · 16-12-2009 10:43AM

snyper wrote: »

Source http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Irish_mans_helicopter_adventure_ends_badly&in_article_id=417663&in_page_id=2

Unemployed people can afford helicopters.....

http://www.rofl.name/asciiart/lollermanche4vz.gif

...and I heard last week that the prison population is ballooning.

Irish man's helicopter adventure ends badly

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