Helicopter and 'Aircraft' Midair - Buckinghamshire UK

[Phil Perry]

Accident ocurred noon today. ( Three hours ago My time ) Services on scene . . . Developing.

 

Aircraft and helicopter in 'mid-air crash'

 

 

[Phil Perry]

More info re the incident above.

 

Helicopter and plane collide mid-air in Buckinghamshire | Daily Mail Online

 

 

[yampy]

Very tragic indeed .

 

Dave C

 

 

[MartyG]

Very sad news.

 

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

Sincerest condolences to all affected.

 

Until moving down here, I often flew through there when heading oop north from Fairoaks; I have also flown form Wycombe Air Park for a short while and my son's forst lesson (aged 8 with three pillows under him and two behind him) were conducted from there

 

For some reason, when there's a connection, they seem closer to home. RIP.

 

 

[boleropilot]

very sad, RIP and condolences to family and friends. four aviators with blue skies and tailwinds forever...

 

it is just SO hard to see other aircraft in the air - I heard a call when inbound to Boonah that meant another aircraft and my Drifter were going to be at the same place at the same time in about one minute - I never saw that aircraft (after 10 seconds of scanning the area where he said he was) so I did a descending 180 to make sure I was clear. problem is, the turn I made could have put me into conflict and I would have missed a collision if I had just kept flying straight and level - you never really know...after the turn I was 1,000 feet lower than the other pilots' 'transmitted' altitude and heading away from his 'transmitted' position - but...I've heard pilots say they were at 2,000 and they were at 2,500 and descending - no good to me if I'm at 2,500 and I think we're clear of each other - he should have called "passing through 2,500"

 

I was taught a scanning method when I was in Army Aviation and it is quite good, but there are so many angles and height differentials, it's always difficult, particularly if the other aircraft has no 'movement' against the background, i.e. it is moving directly toward or away from you. at least with the Drifter I have just about the best view of the sky there is...it's a big sky, but on a regular basis we should be saying out loud "OK, who's up here with me" and doing a proper scan.

 

BP

 

PS....I've recently fitted a strobe to the top of my kingpost and a VERY bright wide angle led 'landing' light under the pod

 

 

[Methusala]

I've just seen some new Airbusses and the upper and lower red flashing beacons are apparently leds. They really are a big improvement on strobes. wonder if this development will happen for us soon at a reasonable price?

 

 

[boleropilot]

have you seen the red anti-collision lights on the C17s? they are huge! I went for the SC-103 strobe, works straight off a 12volt battery (no drive box), uses only 500ma, about $100 from CPS.

 

BP

 

 

[Phil Perry]

I've just seen some new Airbusses and the upper and lower red flashing beacons are apparently leds. They really are a big improvement on strobes. wonder if this development will happen for us soon at a reasonable price?

My mate Paul, who is the executive vice president of Aveo Electronics UK,. . .has been supplying LED lighting for commercial and Airline aircraft manufacturers for over 12 years. These were mainly Wingtip and landing lights. Next Wednesday at the 'Flyers Arms' curry club, I'll ask him about strobes. He had some examples on display at an aviation trade show in Birmingham four years ago. . .they were incredibly bright, but his company are not particularly interested in the small LSA aircraft market. . .mainly big stuff. . . .The make most of their kit in Czechoslovakia, although he has said that after Brexit, the company are moving their manufacturing to the UK. . .. Since it is American owned, and he says that the board don't trust the EU on corporate taxes etc. . .( another story )