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    Double fatal crash W.A. wheatbelt involving Robinson R22 helicopter - 2nd Oct, 2022

    in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents

    Posted · Edited by planedriver

    On 04/10/2022 at 8:56 PM, sfGnome said:

    Part of the problem with the fuel tanks was that when a change was mandated, a lot of commercial operators didn’t do it, so the cut-off date was delayed instead of the operators being grounded. A mate hired one of the unmodified ones, and now he’s dead. 

    Very sad.

    I imagine you are possibly referring to the incident at Panorama House.

    If so, I saw where the rotor blades had clipped a tree just a few metres above the ground, and one would think that it may well have survived albeit damaged, had the fuel tanks not gone up.

    A tragic outcome, and others that were similar.

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    Double fatal crash W.A. wheatbelt involving Robinson R22 helicopter - 2nd Oct, 2022

    in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents

    Posted

    Thanks for posting that kiwiaviator.

    Unfortunately, it's seems to be a fact of life that if you buy the cheapest of almost anything, you need to have some aside for the risks that you take.

    Not that that would help the final outcome of many sad incidents.

    I like many, have flown in them a good number of times, but always have some doubts in the back of my mind.

    Too many parts in my view all relying on one another to keep them aloft.

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    Western Sydney Airport fuel to be supplied by tankers.

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

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    Possibly things have changed in the fuel supply network OME.

    Many years ago I did the automatic security gates at the JUHI fuel installation at Kingsford Smith Sydney Airport next to the international terminal, and they had a direct pipeline to the refinery at Clyde.

    I looked after the complex for many years.

    I was told back then, that due to underground water from the Cooks River, much of the airport was actually slowly sinking, which made one think about the security of underground pipes. In fact the the area surrounding the adjoining office had sunk to the point that it became necessary to have an additional new step built to get into the offices, whereas it had once been level.

    The building is still there, so all's well that ends well, they say.

     

    Better than NRMA Road service

    in Aviation Videos

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    1 hour ago, Marty_d said:

    I've seen that before, but it's bloody impressive - especially as it was made in 1926 apparently.

    Comment on the British Pathe site says the woman is a pilot, Gladys Ingle, also a member of "13 Black Cats" which apparently was a Hollywood daredevil group.

     

    Lot of setting up and camera work there - there's plenty of close-up camera work of her on the wing, even one shot which looks like it was taken from near the tail of the Jenny, and this was well before Go-Pro.

     

    Just make sure your nuts are tight Marty! 😜

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