Old Koreelah Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38996750 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyG Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Oh dear must of let his OzRunways subscription lapse lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf jessup Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Things you can do when you fly a chopper Better than wandering around aimlessly and running out of fuel Ohhh those ruskies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Reminded me of a guy ( passed away quit a few years ago ) way back in the mid eighties...He had a WB Drifter on floats and being a keen fisherman decided to fly to a reef, out from Tully Heads...Going out was ok but by the time he turned around to head back a haze had set in and he couldn`t see the mainland...About half way back, he spotted a prawn trawler, landed close to it and asked for direction to Tully Heads. On another occasion, he`d put the Drifter on wheels, gone flying and was almost back to Tully Heads (had a house there) when he ran out of fuel,nothing but the Tully river and mangroves below him, fortunately, it was low tide so he put it down in the river, in a couple of feet of water, a guy in tinny saw him come down and picked him up...No injury to the pilot or Drifter...Pilot went back with his boat and retrieved the Drifter... Both true stories. Frank 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akromaster Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 No gps in that gunship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 No gps in that gunship? Or compass even?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 They were practising GPS and magnetic field jamming at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLA82 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 They were practising GPS and magnetic field jamming at the time I'm not sure if in the real scenario if their gps was being jammed the guys they land beside would be so friendly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now