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To: hoagy62

Yeppers. Just to the NW of the building where the helipad is located.


11 posted on 03/18/2014 8:42:57 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

According to an eyewitness at KIRO (competitor station located nearby), they saw the chopper liftoff, but looked like it was having trouble. It then wen into a spin, then went over the side of the building and went down. Almost sounds like something went screwy with the tail rotor controls.


15 posted on 03/18/2014 8:47:26 AM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

My father had told me of one time when the turnshaft failed on his tail-rotor (he was flying Bell 47g)..

He was lucky enough that he had altitude and forward speed, and there was a nearby airport.. he flew onto the runway with headspeed (AoA) and did an airplane landing on skids (no wheels)..

Sounds like they had a tail-rotor failure upon takeoff.. no momentum and no control :/


22 posted on 03/18/2014 9:46:06 AM PDT by Bikkuri ( those would have been affected.)
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