Helicopter Bird strike !

Diana Rudd (Boehme) · June 10, 2009, 08:41:58 PM

I trust you aint the pilot of these helicopters Billy.

Billy Struthers · June 10, 2009, 11:30:28 PM

No ! thank goodness ,I just assemble them here in Brisbane for Eurocopter I work on the Tiger and MRH 90 production line as an Quality assistant ,quite enjoyable and I get sent a lot of aviation related photos for my friends in SA as well ,its not a good thing seeing aviation wrecks

as we then have to repair them ...

Michael Alexander · June 11, 2009, 06:04:31 AM

My favourite documentary on telly is Aircraft Investigation on the National Geographic Channel..... I was never afraid of flying until I saw that show....

Sean · June 15, 2009, 07:14:03 PM

Great photos! And a medical helicopter too. Do you know if anybody in the aircraft was hurt? That weight coming through the window at high speed could kill somebody.

PS. Did anybody else notice that the sweet and innocent boys on this website are interested in the helicopter and the girls are more interested in Adult World??? nono1

SandyB · June 15, 2009, 08:43:28 PM

Noted Sean ... the wimmin more taken with the landing site ..

Billy Struthers · June 18, 2009, 02:11:42 AM

OK ! due to overwelming response from my previous heli pics ,here is a few more

notice the dart in the second pic ,I was wondering if the picture was doctored !

Michael Alexander · June 18, 2009, 08:34:34 AM

Gee! The tail of the chopper seems closer to the ground than the those of dem der 'orses...

Fanie de Klerk · June 18, 2009, 10:03:09 AM

Yep, those birds do alot of damage. We had a vulture going through the nose of an Impala MK11. Pieces were found on the training pilot's lap. Here in Dubai we had a bird going through an MD11 engine bending 4 Fan Blades.

SandyB · June 18, 2009, 07:44:17 PM

That scary shit .. flying so close to the ground ... I recall whenever we flew into Katimo Mulilo on those huge hercules aircraft the procedure was as close as possible to ground to stay off radar . at that low altitude it bounced like mad .. but then again they had huge wingspan designed for load , low speed and low altitude flying ,,,,

Billy Struthers · June 18, 2009, 11:12:16 PM

I recall a herc jockey called "Tiny" I think he had the most hours world wide fly hercs for the SAAF or safair in those days